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Allure Art Center brought 35 fine art plein air painters from across the Mid-Atlantic area to paint at locations across Middlesex and Lancaster counties last week. The weeklong event, Plein Air Unleashed, culminated in a preview reception and exhibit...

A joyous sign of spring and summer is the clusters of small crab sheds lying along the shorelines and marshes of the creeks and coves of the Rappahannock and Piankatank rivers. The sheds mark the arrival of the blue...

There is no tax increase in the proposed fiscal year (FY) 2025-2026 Urbanna Town Council budget. However, if approved, the  in-town water rates will increase about 10% and out-of-town water rates will go up 5%. The in-town rate will increase...

The Independence Day weekend in Urbanna could be special this year! A 200-drone light show could decorate the night sky over Urbanna on Saturday, July 5, if details can be worked out. On April 24, the Urbanna Town Council voted to...

The Democratic Party Primary is scheduled for Tuesday, June 17, to select the Democratic candidates for Virginia’s lieutenant governor and attorney general. Democratic primary candidates for lieutenant governor include Levar Marcus Stoney, Babur B. Lateef, Aaron R. Rouse, Victor R....

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...

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 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...

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...

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...