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In-town water rates will increase 5% starting July 1, according to Urbanna’s $2.12 million budget for fiscal year 2023-2024, which was adopted by the town council on June 22. There are no tax increases in the budget. Total projected tax...

The Middlesex County School Board (MCSB) voted on Monday, June 12, to approve a four-year lease for $389,277 to have weapons detection systems installed at the county’s three public schools. It was approved on a 4-0 vote as Pinetop District...

Middlesex receives $800,000 check during Sen. Warner’s Syringa stop Many Internet “deserts” in Middlesex County will be getting broadband service. The majority of the work should be completed in the first quarter of 2024, said Kevin Gentry, executive director of...

Middlesex County Public Schools (MCPS) officials reported on Thursday, June 15, that there is no evidence that cybercriminals who claim to have stolen MCPS data have actually done so. Two weeks ago, an Akira ransomware group claimed on the “dark...

Sewer work at Cooks Corner came to a halt recently when it was discovered that a septic drain field is under the parking lot of Eddie’s Auto Sales and Service and in the path of a planned sewer line. Faced...

Methane gas releases from old landfill had exceeded safety levels; MC fined $7,235 Middlesex County has been fined $7,235 by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for violations of the Virginia Waste Management Act involving the closed county landfill...

The recent rejection of a special exception to build a Family Dollar store in Saluda and Hampton Roads Sanitation issues with the sewer construction project at Cooks Corner both came under fire during a public comment period at the...

The deadline to file as a candidate in the Nov. 7  General Election is 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 20. The Middlesex elections office will be closed on Monday, June 19, for Juneteenth, a federal holiday. This means there are...

Urbanna is growing. A voluntary boundary line adjustment that would add 22 acres to the Town of Urbanna was approved by the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors and the Urbanna Town Council last week. The actions followed a public hearing...

The Middlesex High School (MHS) varsity baseball team were eliminated from the State Class 1 baseball tournament today June 9 at Salem Memorial Stadium in Salem as the Charger lost to Lebanon High School, 4-1. The Chargers, 16-7, finished off...