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Sewage flow from manhole raises concern
Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) Director of Small Communities Sam McAdoo addressed the Urbanna Town Council last week about concerns regarding sewage overflow occurring last month in the Bonner and Linden streets area.
Rain on March 17 caused water to...
MC supervisors OK $36.3 million budget
No changes in tax rates for fiscal year 2025-2026
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors took two and a half hours Monday night, with a 10-minute break in between, then long pauses followed by the question, “What do you want...
Middlesex County school reps sound alarm on non-competitive pay for teachers
Middlesex County Public Schools pays its teachers the lowest salaries of any school system on “this side of Interstate 95” was the message to Supervisors from school officials and the public at a hearing on the county’s proposed 2025-2026...
Regional E-911 dispatch center eyed
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) is learning about the possibility of consolidating local E-911 centers into regional emergency dispatch communication operation centers.
The county recently paid approximately $3.6 million to revamp the old Lewis B. Puller Center building...
Decade-long debate continues
Urbanna-owned strip at end of Virginia Street yields yet another proposal: site for plantings
A proposal for the end of Virginia Street in Urbanna could provide funding for plantings on the town’s 30-foot-wide strip of land. At its April 10...
Two vehicles collide at U.S. Route 17 near Saluda
Virginia State Police Senior Trooper J.W. Krom investigated the two-vehicle crash at U.S. Route 17 and Town Bridge Road that occurred on April 18 at 5 p.m., reported Sgt. J. Teagle of the Virginia State Police’s Gloucester office.
Through Trooper...
Middlesex supervisors will have final say on Deltaville ‘solar farm’
The Middlesex County Historic Courthouse was packed on April 10 with citizens opposing a 20-megawatt utility scale solar energy facility on 77 acres off of North End Road in Deltaville.
For an hour and 45 minutes, 13 people in opposition...
Groundbreaking to replace bridge accelerated
Bridge work may begin in ’28, eight years earlier than previously planned
Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Tuesday, April 15, announced construction to replace the Robert O. Norris Jr. Memorial Bridge over the Rappahannock River between the Middle Peninsula and...
May finish eyed for Puller Ctr. revamp into sheriff’s HQ
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) approved the final supplement costs of nearly $170,000 to complete the Puller Center restoration into the Middlesex County Sheriff and Emergency Services offices at Cooks Corner.
Middlesex County Sheriff David Bushey informed the...
Broad Creek dredging may now go deeper than officials earlier expected
Middlesex County received some good news last week as County Administrator Matt Walker informed the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) on Tuesday, April 8, that Seaward Marine, the firm that was hired by the county to dredge Broad...
