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The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) “request for proposal” (RFP) to hire a reassessment firm to reassess property in Middlesex brought concerns from the former chairman of the Middlesex County Economic Development Authority, Gordon White. The Deltaville resident...

Rider eventually nabbed in woods in Jamaica area A police pursuit of a motorcycle that started near Gloucester Point ended with a suspect being arrested at Church View, reported Maj. M.E. Sampson of the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO). According...

On June 3, Middlesex Supervisors unanimously approved an extension of a special exception for a 3-megawatt solar facility on 44 acres at 218 Wood Brothers Road in Hartfield.  The land is being leased for 30 years from William K....

Authorities seek the public’s assistance in locating the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a house near Water View last week, reported Sgt. J. Teagle of the Virginia State Police’s Area 33 office in Gloucester. The investigation indicates...

Middlesex County Supervisors voted unanimously on June 3 to approve a proclamation declaring that Hummel Field, the county owned airstrip in Topping, was officially founded on July 22, 1941. Airport representative Jamie Barnhardt informed the board at the meeting that...

Filing deadline is next week This week, incumbent Dana D. Burnett completed all paperwork and is now a qualified candidate to run for the Middlesex County School Board representing the Saluda District, reported Melissa D. Welch, Middlesex County’s Direc-tor of...

MHS’s John S. Clements Memorial Gymnasium was filled with joy for the 76th commencement exercise on May 31. Eighty-two students received diplomas.

Christchurch School (CCS) celebrated its 104th graduation exercises on Saturday, May 24, at 9 a.m. on Bell Tower Hill, overlooking the Rappahannock River. CCS Head of School William J. “Billy” Coyle delivered the commencement address. This was the third graduation...

A special exception application for a 20-megawatt utility scale solar energy facility in Deltaville failed to get approval of the Middlesex Board of Supervisors. On Tuesday, June 3, following a four-hour public hearing, the board was split, 2-2, on the...

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin named the month of June 2025 as “Chesapeake Bay Deadrise Month” through a proclamation read to a crowd on Sunday, June 1, at the Yorktown Workboat Races. The Chesapeake Bay deadrise is the official “State Boat”...