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Urbanna may allow more apartments in commercial area
The Urbanna Town Council will consider amending its zoning ordinance to allow a limited number of apartment or condominium residences in the B-1 (Commercial) District. The amendment would allow up to six residences per lot.
Council will conduct a public...
Fox guarding chicken house analogy apply to Taber Fund?
After years of thinking the Taber Fund principal could not be spent, the current Urbanna Town Council recently voted to withdraw $500,000 from the fund as a loan to pay for a proposed community swimming pool, with the provision...
Family Dollar request denied
MC supervisors vote 3-2 against zoning request after citizens decry store proposed for east Saluda
A single vote matters.
Consider the recent application for a Special Exception to build a Family Dollar store on the east end of Saluda. The Middlesex...
Quest continues to keep landing in Wake silt free
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) approved 4-0-1 on Tuesday, May 2, to spend up to $10,000 to secure permits to have maintenance dredging done at the public boat ramp on Mill Creek at Wake.
Middlesex County Planning Director...
Hardyville man dies after Jeep overturns along Gen. Puller Hwy.
A Cooks Corner crash claimed the life of a Hardyville man on Tuesday, May 2.
The man, Howard Leander Hollingsworth, 51, a resident of the 7700 block of Belle Aire Drive, was driving a 2015 Jeep Wrangler east on General...
Southside Sentinel wins seven awards in VA-wide state press contest
From staff reports -
The Southside Sentinel received seven awards — including two first place wins — in the 2022 Virginia Press Association (VPA) News and Advertising Contest. The Sentinel competed in the VPA’s non-daily group two category, which...
Omega Protein, Youngkin sign memo of understanding
The christening of two menhaden steamers came on the heels of the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration and Omega Protein.
The menhaden fishery has been on thin ice with Gov. Youngkin’s office since...
A pricier pool gets town OK
Council approves, 5-2, increase of $69,000 in Urbanna pool project
The proposed Urbanna community swimming pool went through another debate at the town council’s April 27 meeting. Council ultimately voted 5-2 to raise the pool contract price by $69,000, bringing...
Urbanna town officials react to explosive growth in short-term rentals
Nationwide, short-term rentals have reportedly grown 800% since 2011, changing the economics of investment properties. Owners can receive more rent from one vacationer in a week than they previously received in a month renting to full-time tenants.
Getting some short-term...
Statewide early voting begins May 5; MC not having party primaries
In-person voting for the June 20 primary election begins Friday, May 5 and will continue through June 17. Of the 133 cities and counties in Virginia, 66 of them will be conducting a primary election for at least one...
