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A sample of the new street lights proposed for Cross Street, left, can be seen at the home of former town council member George DeVries at 355 Chandler St. It closely matches the look of the lights on...

by Tom Chillemi -  The Urbanna Town Council will continue to meet remotely via Zoom meetings using computers and/or cell phones. Council and many other governmental bodies have been meeting virtually since April 2020 to maintain social distance and protocols...

by Larry Chowning -  COVID-19 continues to spread havoc in the Middlesex County community as students at Middlesex Elementary School (MES) and St. Clare Walker Middle School (SCW) have been diagnosed with the virus. In an email to the Middlesex County...

by Tom Chillemi -  Converting the former Rappahannock Central Elementary School into a microbrewery and event center was part of a major plan to revitalize both sides of General Puller Highway (Route 33) at Cooks Corner. With the brewpub and restaurant...

Remains behind bars in Saluda after fleeing at 115 mph, hitting vacant building by Don Richeson -  The driver of a pickup truck that plowed through a brick wall and into a vacant Route 17 building Jan. 2 remains behind...

by Larry Chowning -  Mill Creek in Wake, along with four other Middlesex County creeks, will be part of a bathymetric and “hand auger sediment sample” survey program conducted in February in 15 Middle Peninsula creeks by Virginia Institute of...

by Larry Chowning -  At the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) first-of-year work session on Friday, Jan. 8, the board authorized Middlesex Broadband Authority Executive Director Kevin Gentry to use $141,000 — the remainder of the county’s Coronavirus Aid,...

Golf club rep asks officials for routing fix by Larry Chowning -  The dead ends on both sides of Route 629 (Stormont Road) over Healy’s Mill Pond near Hartfield have been dead ends since February 2006 when Virginia Department of...

by Tom Chillemi -  Decades ago, the late Charles Bristow, a longtime Urbanna Oyster Festival official, struck an agreement with owners of 3.5 acres next to Taber Park whereby the Oyster Festival Foundation would maintain the property so the festival...

The Middlesex County Farmers Market building just outside of Saluda on General Puller Highway (Route 33) is getting a new roof. The farmers market is maintained by Middlesex County and funding for the roof is coming out of the...