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The cost of central water is on the rise. To compare water rates of the Town of Urbanna, the Middlesex Water Authority (MWA), and Aqua Virginia Inc. water systems water consumption is assumed to be 8,000 gallons in two months. Two...

Virginia Tax has announced that tax filing season in Virginia is now under way. Taxpayers are now able to file their individual income tax returns. “We strongly encourage you to file electronically,” said Tax Commissioner Craig M. Burns. “It’s the...

Rev. Mike Cook portrays both a priest and a bartender in recently released movie nominated for five Academy Awards The movie “The Holdovers” was recently nominated for five Academy Awards. The film is directed by Alexander Payne and is cast with...

Death likely accidental The search for a Middlesex County woman that had been missing since Jan. 12, came to a sad conclusion when the body of Buffy Marie Moore was found in LaGrange Creek about 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan....

Taking a closer look at bay menhaden A Virginia Legislature House Bill 19 was filed on Jan. 10 in Richmond to address ongoing ecology, fishery impacts and economic issues with Atlantic menhaden in state waters. The bill calls for...

Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) voted, 4-0, on Friday, Jan. 19, to write a “letter of objection” to a State Corporation Commission (SCC) application for higher water rates by Aqua Virginia Inc. (Aqua). The board opted not to join...

by Jeremy Cox -  Sportfishing groups and environmentalists are calling for a partial moratorium on Virginia’s menhaden reduction fishery, citing troubling declines of certain bird and fish species that feed on them. A petition, dated Dec. 12, 2023 and signed by...

A 53-year-old Middlesex County female was still missing Tuesday despite efforts of multiple law enforcement agencies that searched the waters in and around LaGrange Creek, reported Major M.E. Sampson of the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO). According to Maj. Sampson,...

Monday’s snow frosted bamboo on Urbanna Creek, while areas to the east received less snow. Many welcomed the soft, fluffy flakes after last season’s scarcity of snow. Although it mostly melted by day’s end, for a time it did...

Middlesex Supervisors tabled action Wednesday, Jan. 3, on joining other counties in challenging a State Corporation Commission (SCC) application for higher water rates by Aqua Virginia Inc. The water company has filed a rate increase application with the SCC that...