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Sunflowers stretch to the sky in upper Middlesex County last week as summer peaks.  Aug. 7 marked the halfway point between the summer solstice (June 20) and the autumnal equinox (Sept.  22).

The Virginia Department of Forestry has received  calls from homeowners concerned about sudden defoliation on their local hardwood trees. Staff have surveyed the area and confirmed at least three outbreaks of the variable oak leaf caterpillar. Common throughout eastern North...

A pursuit by authorities that started in White Stone in Lancaster County led to the suspect’s car crashing near Topping in Middlesex County and a search for the suspect who fled, reported Maj. M.E. Sampson of the Middlesex County...

• Again forces temporary closure of bridge • Authorities seek pickup that sideswiped van The Virginia State Police (VSP) is investigating a hit-and-run collision that occurred on the Norris Bridge at approximately 6 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 1, reported Robin Lawson,...

All Middlesex County school buses have been equipped with exterior cameras to discourage illegal passing of buses when at a stop. MCPS Superintendent Dr. Tracy Seitz informed the board that cars passing buses when at a stop has been a...

Middlesex Supervisors voted 4-0 on July 8, 2025 to sell the 7.05 acres of county-owned waterfront property on Paradise Lane Landing in Deltaville. The property was purchased in May 2015 with supervisors paying $214,500 out of county coffers for the...

Thirty-two teams competed in the third annual Rescue Regatta, which is a fundraiser for the Middlesex County Volunteer Rescue Squad. “The wind was out of the north, so the whole race the sailors were sailing ‘a reach,’” said Hartfield...

Supervisors approved a “one-time monetary bonus to full-time and part-time county officers and employees as well as constitutional officers and their staff in recognition of their hard work and dedication.” The approved ordinance states “the board wishes to provide for...

The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors was informed that renovation of the old Rappahannock Central Elementary (RCE) school cafeteria/auditorium at Cooks Corner into a community center could cost up to $2.9 million for a “heavy” restoration of the building. During...

The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors is expected to consider adoption of an expenditure to purchase body-worn cameras for the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office at the board’s Aug. 5 regular monthly meeting. On June 16, the supervisors-appointed “Body Camera Committee,”...