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Supervisors vote to abandon Stormont Road over dam
Middlesex County Board of Supervisors voted, 3-1, to recommend to VDOT to abandon a portion of Stormont Road (Route 629) over Healy’s Millpond dam.
The vote had Jamaica District Supervisor Wayne Jessie, Harmony Village Supervisor Reggie Williams and Pinetop District...
Deltaville prepares for party, Christmas Cruise
The annual Christmas party for Deltaville and the Jackson Creek Christmas Cruise has been scheduled for Friday, Dec. 8, rain or shine. The festivities will start at 4 p.m. with a cookie contest. A home and business decorating contest...
MC, town face hit on cigarette
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering a ban on menthol cigarettes in the United States (U.S.), which could impact local cigarette tax revenues for Middlesex County and the Town of Urbanna.
“If the FDA bans menthol cigarettes, national,...
Incumbents in MC races turn back challengers
Middlesex County incumbents held onto their seats in the Tuesday General Election, but there will still be some new faces in several positions, since not all of the incumbents decided to run again.
Supervisors races
In the Pinetop District Board of...
Ex-MHS deputy gets two months behind bars
Former Middlesex High School (MHS) Resource Officer Clayton Michael Colley was sentenced on Nov. 1, having pleaded guilty to a felony of taking indecent liberties with a child by a person in a custodial or supervisory relationship; and a...
Bednarczyk crowned Oyster Fest Queen
Caitlynn Epperly crowned festival’s Little Miss Spat
Carina Bednarczyk was crowned Queen of the 66th Urbanna Oyster Festival and Caitlynn Epperly was crowned Little Miss Spat at the Urbanna firehouse on Friday, Nov. 3.
As the 2023 Urbanna Oyster Festival Queen,...
MC motorcycle crash kills Mattaponi man
A speeding motorcyclist lost control and died after striking a sign and tree at the intersection of Burrells Marina Road and Old Virginia Street (Route 602) Saturday evening. The motorcyclist, Ulysses Wise Jr., 46, of the 200 block of...
Welcome to the 66th Urbanna Oyster Festival
The 66th Urbanna Oyster Festival is set for Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3 and 4, and once again the event promises good times, delicious food, two parades, live music on three stages, historic buyboats, crowning of the Oyster Festival...
Oyster Shucking Contest is at the firehouse
The Virginia Oyster Shucking Contest, sponsored by Rappahannock Oyster Company, will start at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4, behind the Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department station (the Urbanna firehouse) at 335 Virginia St.
Since Urbanna is the home of Virginia’s...
Festival food choices abound
More than 100 vendors will be open for business when the 2023 Urbanna Oyster Festival begins at 10 a.m. on Friday and goes until midnight with the dance at the Urbanna firehouse, and on Saturday the festival runs from...
