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Urbanna Town Marina bridge fix cost estimated at $4.4 million
Council considers temporary span
Building a bridge to the Urbanna Town Marina has been estimated to cost $4.4 million, reported Urbanna Town Administrator Ted Costin.
Although the bridge is just 16 feet long, the areas on both sides of the...
Middlesex firefighters, deputies navigate ice-encrusted landscape
The area remains in winter’s grip with a thick layer of ice making walking treacherous. “I can’t walk across my yard,” said Betsy Hudgins of Deltaville. “I can’t remember it ever being like this.”
Shuffling seems to be one way...
Dragon Run milestone: 650+ acres preserved
Described as one of Va.’s
most pristine watersheds
Friends of Dragon Run and Chesapeake Conservancy recently announced the permanent conservation of more than 650 acres of essential wildlife habitat along Dragon Run, a blackwater stream with associated swamps that flows into...
Urbanna man airlifted from MHS parking lot
A Med-Trans helicopter landed in the Middlesex High School parking lot in Saluda on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 8:15 a.m. to aid and assist in the transporting of an Urbanna man with a medical emergency to Virginia Commonwealth University...
Deltaville fire claims a life
A body recovered from a house fire in Deltaville on Saturday has been sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Richmond for an autopsy, reported Maj. M.E. Sampson of the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO).
The fire at 828...
Wilmer connected to two more murders — total now six
Often stayed on his workboat; sometimes docked in Middlesex
On Tuesday, Jan. 20, the FBI announced it has closed another double homicide connected to the Colonial Parkway Murders of the 1980s.
According to FBI public affairs officer Cassandra Temple, deceased Lancaster...
School board budget planning to pick up steam
Middlesex supervisors and the school board have a busy budget planning agenda on the proposed 2026-2027 fiscal year county and school budgets in February, March and April of 2026.
Officials will conduct a budget work session on Thursday, Feb. 5,...
Middlesex County gets snow dusting
The snow dusting only lasted long enough for Sentinel reporter Tom Chillemi to put his request in writing (above) on a van’s window. Punxsutawney Phil makes his prediction on Feb. 2— Groundhog Day.
A stately garden bell (right) near...
All three Middlesex schools earn full accreditation
All three of Middlesex County Public Schools earned full accreditation from the Virginia Department of Education for the 2025-2026 school year.
Middlesex High School had the highest score of all high schools in Region III, reported MCPS School Superintendent Dr....
Urbanna seeks state help to repair or replace bridge
The Urbanna Town Council is exploring ways to repair or replace the bridge that leads to the Urbanna Town Marina, it was reported at council’s Jan. 8 meeting.
The town-owned bridge was closed to vehicles on Dec. 19, 2025, due...
