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Use of explosive targets there raises concerns, but supervisors table issue until Aug. meeting by Larry Chowning - Saluda District Supervisor Pete Mansfield requested at the board of supervisors regular monthly meeting Tuesday that the board consider an ordinance to prohibit...

by Larry Chowning -  During the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors is using virtual Zoom technology for conducting public meetings to accommodate social distancing and citizen participation. At the board’s June 2 meeting, County Administrator Matt Walker...

by Larry Chowning -  St. Clare Walker Middle School’s (SCW) Bailey Hooper who teaches Algebra 1 and Math 8 has been named Middlesex County Public School’s (MCPS) 2020 Division Teacher of the Year.  Annually, MCPS officials select one  Teacher of the...

Led by Darrell Sears of Urbanna, a 30-strong line of socially distanced, patriotically decorated golf carts makes its way west on Virginia Street past the Southside Sentinel office on Fourth of July morning during the inaugural Urbanna Independence Day...

Seniors from the local VHSL Region 1A high school baseball teams took the field one last time on Tuesday, June 30, 2010 for an action-packed doubleheader. In game 1, seniors from Essex High School teamed up with seniors from Rappahannock...

by Don Richeson -  While normal Independence Day community fireworks displays and parades in Middlesex County have been canceled this year due to COVID-19 concerns, there are still ways to celebrate. A patriotic-theme golf cart parade is set for 11 a.m....

Eighty-boats converge in Urbanna, cruise Urbanna Creek, Rappahannock River by Tom Chillemi -  More than 80 boats turned out on Saturday, June 27, for a parade to support U.S. President Donald Trump. Many of the boats were decorated with multiple American...

MC supervisor reports citizen concerned about exploding targets’ noise, safety near subdivision by Larry Chowning -  At the June 2 Middlesex County Board of Supervisors meeting, Saluda District Supervisor Pete Mansfield introduced a citizen’s complaint that Tannerite explosive targets were being...

by Larry Chowning -  Along with 19 other newly approved Virginia historical highway markers celebrating African-American history, Gov. Ralph Northam announced last week that a historical “Stingray Point Contraband” highway marker will be placed in Deltaville, alongside General Puller Highway...

by Tom Chillemi -  On June 25, the Urbanna Town Council unanimously approved the budget for fiscal year 2020-2021, which began July 1. The total budget is $753,300, a decrease of about $44,000 from the 2019-2020 budget total of $797,800. The...