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Urbanna Founders Day is this Saturday
The annual Urbanna Founders Day on Saturday, Aug. 5, will feature a reenactment debate between “Patrick Henry” (Richard Schumann) and “Thomas Jefferson” (Kurt Benjamin Smith) on the separation of church and state.
The debate is set for 11...
In 30s, 40s and 50s, ‘Urbanna Beach’ was town’s summertime place to be
(Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series on Urbanna swimming holes.)
The old “Urbanna Beach” that was located just down the shore from today’s Urbanna Town Marina was the place to go in the summertime in the...
Middlesex libraries get new director
The Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) system has hired a new executive director, Aaron J. Moore, to fill the shoes of Carrie Dos Santos, who left the MCPL to take on a position at Rappahannock Community College.
Moore brings...
Boy’s snow cone sales give back to firefighters
Twelve-year-old Jacob Smith of Laneview raised $492.84 for the Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD) by selling snow cones at The Boatyard at Christchurch this past Saturday.
Jacob is the son of Henry and Christina Smith and is a rising seventh...
Keep crab pots out of channel
Social media brouhaha over misplaced pots
calls to mind story about their late inventor
§ 28.2-710. It is unlawful (in Virginia waters) to place or maintain any crab, eel, or fish pot in a navigable channel which has navigation aids installed...
Rescue Regatta fundraiser slated for Aug. 18, 19
The Middlesex County Volunteer Rescue Squad (MCVRS) is presenting the inaugural Rescue Regatta fundraiser on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 18 and 19, in Deltaville.
The regatta will feature a pursuit-style race on Saturday. This is a race for money, not...
Middlesex sewer cost questions remain unanswered
Oftentimes when government gets ready to spend a lot of money, a lot of citizens get interested.
However, many would say the public hasn’t paid much attention to Middlesex County’s plan to deploy sewer between Saluda, Topping and Deltaville, that...
Urbanna breaks ground on new pool
New Urbanna community swimming pool groundbreaking ceremony participants (above) include, from left, Urbanna Zoning Administrator Roy Kime, Town councilors Beth Justice and Merri Hanson, Town Administrator Garth Wheeler, Councilor Larry Chowning, Pool Committee Chairman Barbara Hartley, Pool Committee members Sue Warner...
Wheeler to step down as Urbanna administrator
Urbanna’s town administrator since 2020, Garth Wheeler, is stepping down from the position effective Aug. 5.
At the July 13 town council meeting, Mayor Bill Goldsmith read aloud Wheeler’s short letter of resignation dated July 5.
Wheeler wrote, “I have enjoyed...
OK on Saluda Tractor Supply closer
Progress is being made on bringing a Tractor Supply business to Saluda reported Middlesex County Planning Director Dave Kretz at the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) regular monthly meeting on July 11.
On July 12, 2022, MCBS approved the...
