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Former UMVFD member killed in King & Queen collision
Jason Ware, 46, of Saluda was killed in a car accident on his way to work Friday morning to the Chesterfield County Fire and Emergency Medical Services (CFEMS) “Chester Fire Station” where he served as a captain.
Ware was killed...
Urbanna Founders Day gives glimpse into life, issues of early Virginia
Urbanna Founders Day 2023, celebrated this past Saturday, will be remembered as one of the best yet in its 10 years, many attendees said.
There was a spirited debate on the separation of church and state by characters portraying Thomas...
Permitting issues slow paving of elementary school’s grassy area
Middlesex County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Tracy Seitz informed the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Aug. 1, that the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has delayed the paving of the overflow parking grass lot at Middlesex Elementary School...
MC school employees pay raises stay at 5%
Middlesex County school employees had hoped for a 7% raise this year but the state legislature opted not to vote on an amendment that would have made it happen.
The state budget is voted on every biennium so it has...
Grants eyed as means to fund Deltaville path
The Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission (MPPDC) might be the answer to an ongoing problem for Middlesex County and the Town of Urbanna competing with larger, wealthier localities when going after state and federal grant monies.
Middlesex County Administrator Matt...
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...
