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Described as one of Va.’s most pristine watersheds Friends of Dragon Run and Chesapeake Conservancy recently announced the permanent conservation of more than 650 acres of essential wildlife habitat along Dragon Run, a blackwater stream with associated swamps that flows into...

A Med-Trans helicopter landed in the Middlesex High School parking lot in Saluda on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 8:15 a.m. to aid and assist in the transporting of an Urbanna man with a medical emergency to Virginia Commonwealth University...

A body recovered from a house fire in Deltaville on Saturday has been sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Richmond for an autopsy, reported Maj. M.E. Sampson of the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO). The fire at 828...

Often stayed on his workboat; sometimes docked in Middlesex On Tuesday, Jan. 20, the FBI announced it has closed another double homicide connected to the Colonial Parkway Murders of the 1980s. According to FBI public affairs officer Cassandra Temple, deceased Lancaster...

Middlesex supervisors and the school board have a busy budget planning agenda on the proposed 2026-2027 fiscal year county and school budgets in February, March and April of 2026. Officials will conduct a budget work session on Thursday, Feb. 5,...

The snow dusting only lasted long enough for Sentinel reporter Tom Chillemi to put his request in writing (above) on a van’s window. Punxsutawney Phil makes his prediction on Feb. 2— Groundhog Day. A stately garden bell (right) near...

All three of Middlesex County Public Schools earned full accreditation from the Virginia Department of Education for the 2025-2026 school year. Middlesex High School had the highest score of all high schools in Region III, reported MCPS School Superintendent Dr....

The Urbanna Town Council is exploring ways to repair or replace the bridge that leads to the Urbanna Town Marina, it was reported at council’s Jan. 8 meeting. The town-owned bridge was closed to vehicles on Dec. 19, 2025, due...

Fixes eyed for crash-prone sites Hartfield is the crossroads of motorists traveling between Mathews-Gloucester counties and towards the Robert O. Norris Jr. Bridge and Lancaster County. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has two projects planned for Hartfield  -- a left...

County bought fire hydrants Following a public hearing on Jan. 6, the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors approved zoning ordinance changes regarding hooking onto the Middlesex Water Authority (MWA) water lines. Subsidizing water During the public hearing three citizens leveled complaints that...