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County loans MWA $226,270 for acquisition of easements
by Larry Chowning –
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors voted on Wednesday, November 6, to loan the Middlesex Water Authority (MWA) $226,270 to hire a consultant and acquire waterline easements.
The proposed Eastern Middlesex Water System, designed to provide drinking...
Governor’s School announces new director
Dr. Rachel Previs Ball is the first alumnae director of Chesapeake Bay Governor’s School (CBGS). She graduated from King William High School and CBGS in 2004 and is excited to be a part of the program that served as...
M&M Building Supply earns national industry recognition
Paying homage to their local community with the opening of their third location has earned M&M Building Supply national recognition from a leading home improvement industry publication.
“The Hardware Connection,” a national digital magazine covering the independent retail hardware industry,...
Veterans Day 2019
Pat Roane, U.S. Navy (retired), described the dedication and sacrifice of veterans during the Veterans Day Celebration on November 11 at the Middlesex County Historic Courthouse in Saluda, VA.
Roane, of Mathews, was the keynote speaker in a ceremony to...
Williams, Kimbrough unseat incumbents
Jessie, Bushey, Hurd, Burke, Thrift elected
There will be two new members of the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors beginning in 2020.
For the Harmony Village District seat on the board, challenger Reginald Williams Sr. defeated incumbent Kathy Swinehart in...
Marissa Halbig, Adalyn Parsley reign over 62nd Oyster Festival
by Tom Chillemi –
Marissa Halbig was crowned Queen of the 62nd Urbanna Oyster Festival and Adalyn Parsley was crowned Little Miss Spat at the Urbanna Firehouse on Friday, November 1.
As Urbanna Oyster Festival Queen, Halbig received a $5,000 college...
Jury finds teen guilty of 2nd-degree murder
On October 31, 2019, a Middlesex County Circuit Court jury found Tariq Joel Beane of Lancaster County guilty of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Following a three-day trial, the jury found Beane...
Surviving a ‘living hell’
Veterans Day set for Monday
by Larry Chowning –
When Lewis Briggs Jr. of Locust Hill got his draft notice in 1968 to go into the United States Army, he thought someone was pulling a joke on him. He soon...
2019 Middlesex County Election Forum
Middlesex County voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, November 5, from 6 a.m.-7 p.m. to elect three county supervisors, three county school board members, four constitutional officers, a state delegate, a state senator, and two directors to...
It’s Oyster Festival time!
by Tom Chillemi –
Mention the Town of Urbanna to someone, when traveling far or wide, and their response is likely to be “the Oyster Festival.”
The area’s premier annual autumn festival and the “Official Virginia State Oyster Festival” returns to...
