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by Larry Chowning -  Mill Creek in Wake, along with four other Middlesex County creeks, will be part of a bathymetric and “hand auger sediment sample” survey program conducted in February in 15 Middle Peninsula creeks by Virginia Institute of...

by Larry Chowning -  At the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) first-of-year work session on Friday, Jan. 8, the board authorized Middlesex Broadband Authority Executive Director Kevin Gentry to use $141,000 — the remainder of the county’s Coronavirus Aid,...

Golf club rep asks officials for routing fix by Larry Chowning -  The dead ends on both sides of Route 629 (Stormont Road) over Healy’s Mill Pond near Hartfield have been dead ends since February 2006 when Virginia Department of...

by Tom Chillemi -  Decades ago, the late Charles Bristow, a longtime Urbanna Oyster Festival official, struck an agreement with owners of 3.5 acres next to Taber Park whereby the Oyster Festival Foundation would maintain the property so the festival...

The Middlesex County Farmers Market building just outside of Saluda on General Puller Highway (Route 33) is getting a new roof. The farmers market is maintained by Middlesex County and funding for the roof is coming out of the...

by Jackie Nunnery -  It has been roughly a year since Dominion Energy began construction on the underwater transmission line project in the Rappahannock River and in the shadows of the Robert O. Norris Jr. Memorial Bridge. However, the work...

by Don Richeson -  The driver of a pickup truck that plowed through a brick wall and into a vacant Route 17 building Saturday night is now behind bars in a Saluda jail and facing multiple charges, the Sentinel learned...

The busy 2020 pace for Christmas Friends came to an end Saturday with the delivery of gifts to 194 needy children and 64 needy or disabled senior adults in Middlesex County. Volunteers in vans and trucks spread out in 12...

Urbanna administrator resigns by Tom Chillemi -  The Town of Urbanna government is about to undergo major changes. Taking office on Jan. 1, 2021 will be a new mayor in Barbara Hartley. Also, three different town councilors will join three incumbents...

by Larry Chowning -  The Cooks Corner Office Complex (CCOC) at Cooks Corner awaits an estimated $750,000 renovation, which is expected to begin in spring 2021. The bid process will start in late January 2021, said Middlesex County Administrator Matt...