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by Tom Chillemi -  The Middlesex Water Authority (MWA) has paid off the $1.7 million loan that the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (BOS) made to the MWA a few years ago. The MWA was created by the Middlesex supervisors in...

by Tom Chillemi -  Authorities discovered a body in a home that burned in Water View on Monday. The remains of the deceased man were sent to the state medical examiner’s office to confirm identification. Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office Cpl. R.T....

Shacklefords man’s body discovered in Jackson Creek by Tom Chillemi -  The body of Devin Massey, of Shacklefords in King and Queen County, was found floating in Jackson Creek in Deltaville on Friday, Oct. 2, reported Sgt. Eric Van Fossen of...

Even with full-scale Oyster Festival canceled, many may still come by Tom Chillemi -  Although this year’s Urbanna Oyster Festival has been canceled due to COVID-19, there is the possibility that visitors will still come to Urbanna anyway as people cooped...

by Tom Chillemi -  Add Trick or Treat to the list of events canceled in Urbanna due to concerns over COVID-19. On Oct. 8, a split Urbanna Town Council voted to cancel the Halloween tradition.  Urbanna Mayor Diane Gravatt noted that the...

Meet the candidates for the 2020 Urbanna town elections and hear their responses to random questions written by local townsfolk and moderated by retiring town councilor George DeVries.

Topping pilot escapes injury after WWI replica’s engine quits by Tom Chillemi -  “If you can walk away from a landing, it’s a good landing,” said U.S. Air Force test pilot Chuck Yeager. “If you can use the airplane the next...

A little more than 20 years ago a group of Middlesex County residents and religious leaders gathered together and formed the Middlesex Habitat for Humanity chapter. The goal then, as it is today, was to give families a chance...

Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) crews work on damaged railings Monday on the Beryl R. (Dick) Newman Memorial Bridge across Urbanna Creek. The bridge, built in 1957, was the first bridge in the state constructed using pre-stressed concrete both...

by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) is the only governing body out of nine not to approve a letter to Virginia Department of Conservation Resources (DCR) requesting an eligibility criteria study of the lower Rappahannock...