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by Tom Chillemi -  The Middlesex County Kiwanis Club is sponsoring a Prayer Breakfast for Our Community event. It is planned for 8 a.m. Thursday, June 10, at Virginia Street Cafe. The public is invited to attend. The ticketed event will...

by Don Richeson -  The May Daze event, which had been announced for today, Saturday, May 29, have been postponed, due to today’s rainy, gusty weather in Urbanna. “The Urbanna May Daze event was postponed due to weather,” Urbanna Town Administrator Garth...

The 61-foot Nellie Crockett, left, (1925) and 55-foot F.D. Crockett (1924) were “on the hard” last week at Deltaville Boatyard. The Nellie Crockett is owned by Ted and Mimi Parish of Georgetown, Md. The Nellie normally gets its annual...

Council votes suggest changes ahead by Tom Chillemi -  The Urbanna Town Council appears to be looking for a new town attorney. After a closed session at the May 13 meeting, Councilor Merri Hanson motioned that the town administrator issue “a...

Middlesex County has averaged 10 suicides a year in the past six years! by Larry Chowning -  “We are not alone” was the theme of a roundtable panel on suicide and mental health presented at the historic Middlesex County courthouse on...

by Tom Chillemi -  The Urbanna Town Council is seeking grants to help pay for a new well, a new community swimming pool and other Taber Park improvements. One requirement is for council to conduct a public hearing, which has been...

Town of Urbanna 2021/2022 Committee/Board Appointments Planning Commission Name Email Term Expires Roy Kime-Staff r.kime@urbannava.gov Merri Hanson (Council Member) m.hanson@urbannava.gov 22 Alana Courtney papeterie@verizon.net 23 Donald Drayer donlcgmu@gmail.com 24 William (Henry) Dunton hdunton@gmail.com 23 Wanda Hollberg (prefers texts) whollberg@gmail.com 22 Penelope (Gari) Lister garilister@hotmail.com 24 Historic Architecture Review Board Name Email Term Expires Roy Kime-Staff r.kime@urbannava.gov Barbara Hartley (Mayor) b.hartley@urbannava.gov 22 Peni Roberts peni.roberts@verizon.net 24 Meriwhether (Tammy) Putney putney@va.metrocast.net 24 Patricia Wheeler pattyree7001@yahoo.com 23 Wanda Hollberg (prefers texts) whollberg@gmail.com 22 Board of...

The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors voiced concern at its regular May meeting that drivers are not slowing down in work areas along General Puller Highway (Route 33), including at this work zone in Saluda. This is creating dangerous...

Jamaica, other unserved areas, to get fiber system in two years by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex Broadband Authority (MBA) is considering a memorandum of understanding with Dominion Energy (DE) and All Points Broadband last month to provide Fiber to...

by Tom Chillemi -  “Land application” of treated wastewater in Middlesex County has been talked about for years. Land application is an alternative to discharging the treated water into a river or creek. The Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) has committed...