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Weather without winter

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...

County considering 5% salary increases

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...

Middlesex to study ‘service districts’

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. ...

Dead buzzards keep others away

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...

Sewer to cost county $55 million; users pay more

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...

Fight for ‘things that matter’

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...

Virginia gun rights advocates take Second Amendment stand

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,...

Middlesex school budget talks begin

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...

New school year will begin before Labor Day

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...

Middlesex County Board of Supervisors

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...

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