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Marshall Community Pool officially dedicated Saturday
The opening of the Marshall Community Pool on May 25 marked the realization of one of the larger projects completed in the Town of Urbanna and its citizens.
Building a $1.2 million pool was a community effort — a public-private...
Turks stray ammo case has MC link
Tyler Wenrich of Louisa County pleaded guilty to having two 9 mm bullets in his backpack when he was trying to board a cruise ship in Turks and Caicos Islands. He pleaded guilty and was free on bail. He...
Man gets four life sentences, plus 20 years
Jerry Wayne Culbertson Sr., 69, was sentenced to four life sentences plus 20 years for sex crimes against a victim younger than 13 years of age.
Judge Charles J. Maxfield sentenced Culbertson on May 1 in Middlesex County Circuit Court.
On...
Candidates filing for supervisor and town council seats
Middlesex County Director of Elections and General Registrar Melissa D. Welch announced this week that two local candidates have filed for seats, one for the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) and the other on Urbanna Town Council (UTC)...
What are Middlesex County’s plans for sewer systems?
With bids nearing $82 million for Hampton Roads Sanitation District’s forced main sewer pipe line in Middlesex County, the county’s cost to build collection systems could be well above original estimates. HRSD pays for the forced main; the county...
Middlesex sewer costs double
Future of Saluda to Deltaville system uncertain
Right now it would reportedly cost $82 million to build a 17-mile forced main sewer pipeline from Saluda to Deltaville and on to an existing pipeline in Mathews County.
Only two construction bids to...
Middlesex County OKs $3.3 million revamp for sheriff HQ
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) voted on Tuesday, May 7, to approve a $3.3 million contract with Norman Company Inc. of Mechanicville to restore the old Lewis B. Puller Center building at Cooks Corner to house the...
Suit alleges Canada firm encroached on U.S. areas
A $2 billion “False Claims Act” lawsuit alleging “figurehead fraud” against the Canadian seafood giant Cooke Inc. of St. John, New Brunswick, was unsealed in April in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York...
Sentinel office is closed for Memorial Day
The Southside Sentinel office in Urbanna will be closed on Monday, May 27, in observance of Memorial Day. The office will re-open at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 28.
All news and ad deadlines remain unchanged.
The news and classified ad deadline...
One hundred plus bicyclists recognize fallen MC deputy
The annual Police Unity Tour bicyclists stopped at the Middlesex County Volunteer Fire Department building in Urbanna on Friday, May 10, on the way to Washington, D.C., to honor fallen first responders.
The group comes to Urbanna annually to honor...
