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Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday, Dec. 10 new, targeted measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 as new cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in all areas of Virginia. Executive Order Seventy-Two directs Virginians — including Middlesex County residents...

County receives $1 million grant for bike and foot path along Gen. Puller Highway by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) learned at its Dec. 1 meeting that the county has been awarded an 80/20 matching...

by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) learned in November that Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) funds will be used to increase salaries for correctional officers working at the Middle Peninsula Regional Security Center...

by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) has given permission for the Middlesex County School Board (MCSB) to start the procurement process to obtain a firm price on the cost of installing new heating, ventilation and...

by Tom Chillemi -  The Eastern Middlesex Water System is moving full speed ahead. Construction began Dec. 1 with land clearing and the first sections of pipe were scheduled to begin being laid this week, starting just south of Urbanna...

(Editor’s note: The following story was inadvertently omitted from the Sentinel’s Dec. 3 print edition.) by Don Richeson -  The Lower Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department (LMVFD) Auxiliary has arranged for Santa to ride atop a fire truck through Deltaville and Hardyville....

by Don Richeson -  The pilot killed in a Nov. 24 Deltaville plane crash has now been been officially identified by the state medical examiner's office in Richmond, it was announced in a Thursday, Dec. 3 Virginia State Police news...

From staff reports… The severe economic pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic has forced developers of the proposed Cooks Corner brewpub to pull out of the project, Gordon White, chairman of the Middlesex County Economic Development Authority (EDA), announced Monday. Saying that...

by Tom Chillemi -  A Virginia State Police (VSP) news release said Monday that the state medical examiner’s office had yet to announce positive identification of the pilot who died in a Nov. 24 Deltaville plane crash. UPDATE HERE However, multiple social...

by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County Volunteer Fire Department (MCVFD) is sponsoring three evening “Santa’s Neighborhood Visit” events via fire truck in Urbanna, Remlik, Kilmer’s Point, Burrell’s Marina Road and Saluda. “Although COVID-19 has canceled many Christmas events, we feel...