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Repairing cracks in 1760s town-owned center estimated cost: $250,000 Brick masons have begun work this week on restoring cracks in a portion of the west wall of the circa 1760s Urbanna Museum and Visitors Center building on Virginia Street. Kevin Nieto...

The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) voted on March 25 to allow a $20,000 grant to lapse that was to go towards the purchase of “body cameras” for the Middlesex County Sheriff’s (MCS) Office. The board also voted...

Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) will be studying the feasibility of closing the Urbanna, Saluda and West Point wastewater treatment plants and sending that wastewater to HRSD’s Williamsburg plant for treatment and discharged into the James River. This Middle Peninsula...

FY 2025-2026 budget reflects no property or personal property tax increase The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) voted last week to advertise for public hearing on a proposed $36,392,418 fiscal year (FY) 2025-2026 budget that reflects no property or...

Spring has sprung and to mark the arrival of the annual sailing season in Deltaville about 450 people came out to burn their socks Saturday at the annual sock burning/oyster roast. Karen Soule said that the eighth annual event is...

Yellow airplanes called “Air Tractors” have been criss-crossing area skies this week dropping nitrogen granules to fertilize pine trees. Rice Flying Services of Corning, Ark., is the contractor and a team of subcontractors based in Cullman, Ala., flying two Air...

Local funds needed to complete pay out to eligible employees Supervisors are hedging on paying out the $52,000 in local funds needed to complete the bonus for some employees in the sheriff’s office, commonwealth’s attorney’s office, treasurer’s office and commissioner...

The Virginia General Assembly has approved a change to the Town of Urbanna Charter “clarifying that the mayor shall be a member of town council and shall be included in the determination of a quorum.” House Bill HB2332 was...

A case of parvovirus (parvo) at the Middlesex County Animal Shelter has caused the facility to close in order to contain the highly contagious disease. • Shelter is on lockdown • Dog Park is closed • Vaccinate your dogs Shelter Manager Barrett Worley said...

Yearly $200,000-plus cost for body cams slows MC purchase The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) appears to be hedging on the purchase of body cameras for Middlesex County deputies in the upcoming 2025-2026 fiscal year budget season. At a budget...