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Work starts on Hummel Field terminal
Steel is being erected this week for a new 4,400 square-foot terminal building at Hummel Field airport in Topping.
The Virginia Department of Aviation (VDOA) will pay for 89% of the cost of the $1.7 million terminal (about $1.5 million)....
Tony Robusto celebrates 100th birthday
Tony Robusto of Urbanna, a U.S. Army veteran of World War II who also served during the Korean War, turned 100 on Oct. 24, 2025.
Friends and family surprised him with a ride in Larry Hayne’s 1955 Chevy convertible as...
March 2026 trial date set in fatal bridge crash case
Jesse David Foster will stand trial in Lancaster County Circuit Court on charges related to a fatal three-vehicle crash that occurred on the Robert O. Norris Jr. Memorial Bridge near Grey’s Point this past summer. The jury trial is...
Thousands expected for 68th Urbanna Oyster Fest
The 68th Urbanna Oyster Festival is set for Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7 and 8, and once again the event promises good times, delicious food, two parades, live music on three stages, historic buyboats, tall ships, crowning of the...
World’s two oldest oyster festivals forge historic connection
From Virginia to Galway
The Urbanna Oyster Festival, the second-oldest oyster celebration in the world, has established an international connection with its older counterpart, the Galway International Oyster Festival, during a meeting on Oct. 11 in Ireland.
Michele Hutton, Urbanna Town...
What should high school renovation include, how will county pay for it?
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors and Middlesex County School Board participated in a joint work session on Tuesday, Oct. 14, to discuss possible renovation of the high school or building of a new Middlesex High School (MHS) building.
There...
Middlesex County purchases 21 acres on Broad Creek
Eyes public water access, marine trades training
The Middlesex County Economic Development Authority (EDA), with backing by the Middlesex Board of Supervisors, purchased about 21 acres with access to Broad Creek in Deltaville last week for $1 million.
The...
Town of Urbanna poised to buy 300 Virginia St. site
The Urbanna Town Council has submitted a notarized purchase agreement along with $10,000 in earnest money to purchase the H&H Properties building at 300 Virginia St., said Urbanna Mayor Bill Goldsmith. The building is at the intersection of Virginia...
U.S. govt. shutdown, tiger beetles stall Mill Creek Landing dredging
Year in, year out, the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors seeks ways to address silt and sand that every ten to 12 months returns to blanket the waterside opening of Mill Creek public boat landing in Wake.
Middlesex County Planning...
Stormont landfill could become site for solar power
Middlesex Supervisors recently visited a solar farm at a former Albemarle County landfill site, in an effort to decide whether a solar farm will work at the former Middlesex county landfill site at Stormont.
At the board’s Tuesday, Oct. 7,...
