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Abandoning road over Healy’s Millpond dam likely
Action intended to make needed repairs on dam less costly
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 on Tuesday, Oct. 3 to begin the abandonment process of the road over Healy’s Millpond dam and to conduct a public...
A DAM MESS
Easy solution continues to elude officials responding to Healy’s Millpond Dam crisis
Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), assigned with maintenance of roads in Middlesex County, looked after all those secondary roads in the county until 2006 when the state agency...
Once forgotten Firebird set to shine at WW&K on Saturday
Anyone who appreciates vintage cars and trucks dreams of discovering a “barn find,” a classic car that sat forgotten in a garage for decades.
A restored 1968 Pontiac Firebird barn find is the car featured by Memory Lane Car Club for Wings,...
Manufactured homes hearing canceled
Middlesex supervisors had been asked to amend a county ordinance to allow manufactured homes in some waterfront areas of Middlesex. The county had scheduled a public hearing on the matter for Tuesday, Oct. 3.
However, after the Sentinel went to...
Fire claims dock; restaurant open
A wind-driven fire consumed part of the oyster processing section of Rappahannock Oyster Company in Topping on Saturday. However, Merroir, the company’s seafood restaurant, remains open.
The emergency call went out at 7:20 a.m. as the remnants of Tropical Storm...
Wings Wheels & Keels returns Sept. 30
Vintage cars, aircraft and boats going on display at Hummel
The 27th annual Wings, Wheels and Keels (WW&K) is set for 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30, at Hummel Field airport in Topping and is accessed from Plainview...
Authorities probe death of Wake man, 91
Robert Nicholas Daniel is behind bars facing multiple felony charges after deputies responded to a domestic violence call of a 91-year-old man, reported Major M.E. Sampson of the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO).
According to Maj. Sampson, on Aug. 26...
Dredging of Broad Creek coming soon
Deltaville’s Broad Creek needs to be dredged as soon as possible and the wheels are turning to make it happen.
That was the message chairman of the board Lud Kimbrough brought to the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) on...
Blue catfish program receives funding cut
Fully implementing could create MC jobs
A legislative bill by State Del. Keith Hodges, R-Urbanna, to enhance and create a blue catfish fishery in the state ran into a bit of a roadblock Sept. 6 when the General Assembly...
WINDS SLAM DELTAVILLE, VA
Strong gusts early Sunday rip roof off dock at Deltaville’s Regatta Point
A little wind is a friend — but a lot of wind is an enemy.
Powerful wind ripped the roof off of covered docks and caused another dock’s roof...
