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The Middlesex County School Board (MCSB) received preliminary budget information on Monday, Feb. 10, from School Superintendent Dr. Tracy Seitz that includes a 7% raise for teachers, a 4% raise for all other school employees and a $779,000, or...

On Feb. 13 following a required public hearing at which no one spoke, the Urbanna Town Council amended fiscal year (FY) 2024-2025 budget appropriating all remaining American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) funds of $237,600, and funds from the sale...

Siblings Cooper Rosenthal, 4, and Carsyn Rosenthal, 2, visitors from Maryland, celebrate the three-plus inches of snowfall Tuesday while visiting their Gigi and Pappaw (grandparents Crystal and Scott Wiles) in Locust Hill. The pair sport makeshift snowshoes created using shopping...

Middlesex County has been awarded a $2.3 million grant to dredge Broad Creek in Deltaville. County Administrator Matt Walker announced at the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors Feb. 4 regular monthly meeting that Virginia Port Authority has awarded a $2.3...

Broadband Internet service is coming soon to unserved areas including central and upper Middlesex County. Residents or businesses in the service areas are encouraged to sign up now, said Kevin Gentry, executive director of the Middlesex Broadband Authority. For a...

Supervisors have voted to have a state historic county line highway marker replaced with a new updated sign. Supervisors voted to expend $3,500 to replace the sign — one of the original Middlesex historic road signs erected in the early...

Broad, Jackson creeks areas may get special designation; funding would come solely from landowners in areas At a Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) work session on Jan. 3, Middle Peninsula Planning District (MPPDC) Executive Director Lewis “Lewie” Lawrence provided...

Last week’s story in the Sentinel about a Jan. 23 fire that destroyed the boat that Rusty Chrisley and his 13-year-old Pomeranian-mix dog Star were living on resulted in an outpouring of generosity, said Ron Hynes, who set up...

The Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) system requested $170,000 funding in the upcoming budget from the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) on Friday, Jan. 24. This is an increase of $25,000 from the current budget year. The county...

Fire destroys two homes in Deltaville, firefighters prevent further spread UPDATE Wind-driven fire quickly consumed two houses on Stingray Point on Thursday, Jan. 30. By the time the first firefighter arrived the waterfront homes were a glowing torrent of orange flames as east...