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by Larry Chowning -  Bay Medical & Wellness Family Practice (BMWFP) has opened on Route 17 near Hardee’s next to Harris Motors in Saluda and will offer complete primary care and wellness services for the entire family, newborn to the...

by Tom Chillemi -  If the Urbanna Town Council’s attorney is right, Urbanna’s mayor does not have the right to vote as part of town council. This is due to Urbanna’s Charter and the town’s election structure, wrote town council’s...

MC supervisors reverse course, decide better to use Cooks Corner funds for floor in 1950s gym by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) approved on a 3-1-1 vote March 2 to reallocate $22,627 to go towards placing...

by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors announced at the March 2 meeting that the county has hired Ann Marie S. Ricardi as assistant county administrator. Ricardi will eventually take the place of current assistant county administrator Betty...

by Larry Chowning -  After a closed session Tuesday, March 2, pursuant of Virginia Code Sections regarding discussion of personnel matters, specifically regarding the county attorney’s office and discussion of acquisition of real property, the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors...

What to do about boat tax discussed? by Larry Chowning -    During a budget work session on Tuesday, March 2, County Administrator Matt Walker provided a scenario of raising personal property taxes to balance a proposed fiscal year 2021-2022 budget. Walker made...

Customers expected to pay $10,000 hook-up fee and $100-plus a month on average by Tom Chillemi -  The Middlesex County Capital Improvement Plan for 2021-2025 calls for an investment of $19 million by Middlesex County over five years to build...

by Tom Chillemi -  A long simmering feud boiled over at the Urbanna Town Council’s Feb. 25 meeting. Alliances were clear among the councilors following a tied vote to look for another town attorney. For more than 13 years, Andy Bury has...

by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors approved $5,000 on Feb. 2 to demolish an unsafe and unoccupied home located at 1884 Old Virginia St. near Hilliard’s Mill Pond in Remlik. Middlesex County Attorney Heather Lewis informed the...

U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-1st Dist., issued the following statement after voting “no” on the Democratic Partisan Reconciliation Package, H.R. 1319, which passed on the House floor Saturday: “Since the beginning of the pandemic, I have been clear that any...