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by Tom Chillemi -  On the ballot for the Nov. 2 General Election are the Saluda and Hartfield district seats on the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors and the Middlesex School Board. There is also a special election to choose...

by Don Richeson -  A Middlesex County crash claimed the life of a Cooks Corner man Saturday. Cornelius Keonte Owens, 25, was killed when the 2002 Jeep Cherokee he was driving ran off General Puller Highway (Route 33), struck a ditch...

According to authorities, the pipeline’s closing was in response to a ransomware attack, in which a computer system’s data are held hostage until a ransom is paid. Colonial experienced such an attack. The FBI has reportedly linked it to...

by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County Public Schools community received word on Thursday, May 6, that an individual last in a school building on Monday, May 3, had tested positive for COVID-19. The notification came in an email from School...

by Larry Chowning -    The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) agreed Tuesday, May 4, to resume open, in-person, public board meetings and to allow the public to do business inside courthouse buildings, providing face coverings are worn. The board...

by Tom Chillemi -  The Town of Urbanna has more than $28,000 in delinquent water accounts that it will be working to collect. The normal enforcement procedure for those who do not pay their water and sewer bills is for the...

The Urbanna Town Council will meet remotely via Zoom on Thursday, May 13, at 6:30 p.m. On the agenda is discussion of the proposed budget and repair of the boat ramp at the town marina. Reports will be made by the...

On Sunday, May 16 at 4 p.m., the Middlesex County Museum and Historical Society will present a virtual program entitled, “Tangier Islanders in Urbanna and The Great Storm of 1933." The program will include a discussion of Tangier Islanders...

Jessie and Williams cast no votes, cite overspending by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) approved a $29 million fiscal year (FY) 2021-2022 budget on a 3-2 vote on Thursday, April 29, at a special called...

by Tom Chillemi -  The Urbanna Town Council voted last month to spend $6,100 to replace rotted wood and to paint the front of the Urbanna Town Hall building. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. At the April 22...