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Capping its 39th year, Christmas Friends brightens Yule for scores in Middlesex
Months of preparation and the involvement of hundreds of volunteers came to a successful conclusion Saturday with the delivery of Christmas Friends gifts to 256 disadvantaged children and senior adults in Middlesex County.
Volunteers in vans and trucks carrying a...
Sentinel will next appear Dec. 31
A special Tuesday, Dec. 31, issue of the Southside Sentinel will be the final one of the year.
There will be no Thursday, Dec. 26, edition, since the staff will be on its annual Christmas week vacation.
The Sentinel office...
29th Urbanna Hometown Christmas Parade winners named
The 29th Urbanna Hometown Christmas Parade on Saturday, Dec. 7, had 40 entries.
The winning entries were chosen by a panel of judges who are not from Urbanna.
The winners are listed first and followed by second place. First and second...
‘Working waterfront’ sites eyed
The Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission (PDC) held a “public engagement meeting” on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at Rappahannock Community College in Glenns to introduce designs for working waterfronts for 11 area “public landings.”
The purpose of the landings is to...
Dredging Broad Creek has a price tag of $2.75 million
Walker: Cost ‘not sustainable’ in Middlesex County budget
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors experienced sticker shock on Tuesday, Dec. 3, when County Administrator Matt Walker announced to the board that the Broad Creek dredging project in Deltaville will cost...
All county taxpayers would pay for sewer
Five things about sewer planning
As Middlesex County sewer planning enters its sixth year, here are five things to know about sewer:
It will be expensive.
Urbanna’s treatment plant exceeds nutrient limits.
A “Middle Peninsula Master Plan Study”...
Urbanna’s Hometown Christmas Parade is this Saturday
The Urbanna Hometown Christmas Parade is set for 7 p.m. this Saturday, Dec. 7.
It starts at the Waverly Commons parking lot, then proceeds east on Virginia Street, left on Grace Street, right on Bonner Street, left on Rappahannock...
Urbanna hires Christine ‘Chris’ Branch as new town clerk
Recently-hired Urbanna Town Clerk Christine “Chris” Branch has more than 30 years experience and is a “certified municipal clerk,” said Urbanna Mayor Bill Goldsmith. “With her experience, we think she will be a great addition to our town staff.”
Most...
Middlesex officials take aim at ‘Internet deserts’
Middlesex Supervisors continue to try to eliminate Internet deserts throughout the county and provide high-speed Internet to everyone.
At the supervisors regular November meeting, Kevin Gentry, IT director and executive director of the Middlesex County Broadband Authority, informed supervisors that...
Costs increase on Cooks Corner workforce housing project
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors learned in November that the cost of building a 24-unit workforce housing complex at Cooks Corner is continuing to increase in cost as the county waits for funding to appear.
Bay Aging’s Assistant Director...
