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The long-awaited Deltaville Broad Creek dredging project has started, reported an official of Seaward Marine, the firm that was hired by the county to dredge the creek. The county has been awarded a $2.3 million Virginia Port Authority grant for...

Citizens question safety of solar panel materials A decision on a $40 million solar energy facility in Deltaville will be before the Middlesex County Planning Commission when it meets tonight, Thursday, April 10, at the Middlesex County Historic Courthouse in...

Two Middlesex County supervisors are at odds over the possibility of giving real estate tax rebates to Middlesex taxpayers, rather than lowering the tax rate after each county reassessment of property. At the March regularly scheduled Middlesex County Board of...

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...