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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,...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The annual Fireman’s Parade is set for 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, and the Urbanna Oyster Festival Parade is set for 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4. The Fireman’s Parade will wind its way through town, while the Oyster Festival Parade...

The Urbanna Oyster Festival waterfront at the Urbanna Town Marina will showcase the area’s varied history and emphasize the conservation and restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. Since its days as a crucial colonial port, Urbanna’s waterfront has always been an...