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These daffodils bloomed at the Deltaville Community Association building earlier this year than in recent memory. The area has avoided a pipe-freezing January cold snap. The emergence of the daffodils is one of the first signs of spring, which...

by Tom Chillemi –  About three years ago Middlesex County undertook a study that determined there was an average 14% gap between Middlesex salaries and salaries paid in other areas, said Middlesex County Administrator Matt Walker, during the January 10...

by Larry Chowning –  During a Middlesex County Board of Supervisors work session on January 10 to discuss strategic budget goals, Pinetop District supervisor Lud Kimbrough brought up the concept of creating a “Powers of Service District” in Pinetop District. ...

by Larry Chowning –  The Town of Urbanna has been participating for the last three years in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Buzzard Remediation Program. As part of the program, dead buzzards are hung in trees to disrupt the roosting habits...

by Tom Chillemi –  There is an elephant in Middlesex County. The county stands at the threshold of a huge project—building a sewer system for the central and eastern portions of the county. The cost to the county is estimated at $55...

by Tom Chillemi –  There is inequality in some school systems with regard to gifted education opportunities for black children, said Dr. Joy Lawson Davis, keynote speaker at the 15th Annual Middlesex NAACP Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast...

by Chip Lauterbach Capital News Service –  Chants of “We will not comply,” and “USA, USA” sounded through the blanket of security as thousands of armed Second Amendment supporters converged on Richmond to protest proposed gun control measures on Lobby Day,...

by Larry Chowning –  Middlesex School Superintendent Dr. Peter Gretz told the county school board on January 13 that state revenues for the 2020-21 (FY21) Middlesex County school budget may increase by $400,000. On the downside, Dr. Gretz said his “high...

by Larry Chowning –  The Middlesex County School Board voted unanimously Monday on the recommendation of Dr. Peter Gretz to start the 2020-21 school year on Monday, August 24, before the Labor Day holiday. A pre-Labor Day calendar had been...

Members of the 2020 Middlesex County Board of Supervisors are, from left, Saluda District representative Pete Mansfield; Harmony Village representative Reggie Williams; new chair of the board and Jamaica District representative Wayne Jessie; vice chair and Hartfield District representative...