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Oyster reef is going in at mouth of Piankatank
The Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery Program, Piankatank River Reef Habitat Phase II, started earlier this month. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Norfolk District, in partnership with Virginia Marine Resources Commission, issued a contract for this project.
The project is located...
Traffic arteries become parking lots after crash
Tom Chillemi contributed to this story.
Traffic snarls related to a serious crash backed up vehicles for nearly an hour and half at the intersection of General Puller Highway (Route 33) and Greys Point Road (Route 3) at Harmony Village...
Limits on rental rules on supervisors radar
There has been a reoccurring lobbying effort in the Virginia General Assembly to get legislation approved that would restrict a locality’s ability to restrict short-term rental properties if it is managed by a Virginia Realtor.
Two bills with identical language...
Action tabled on collecting Urbanna and Saluda sewage at St. Clare Walker
The Middlesex County School Board (MCSB) tabled action Monday, March 13, on reaching an agreement with Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) on selling HRSD approximately one half-acre of land on St. Clare Walker Middle School (SCW) property at Locust...
Eighteen train in MC fire school
Trainees will work to better the Middlesex community
Volunteers make a better community.
At a time when volunteerism is trending down, 18 young men have stepped forward with a desire to be firefighters. They are learning the many life saving aspects...
SCW student requests board to help address racial threats
A St. Clare Walker (SCW) Middle School student addressed the Middlesex County School Board (MCSB) during a public comment period, Monday, voicing her concerns over racial tensions that erupted on Jan. 19 when a string of possible threatening emails...
MHS Advanced Band judged as “Superior”
The Middlesex High School (MHS) Advanced Band performed at the Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck area assessment on March 2 at West Point High School “with outstanding results,” said MHS Band Director Doug Armstrong. The band received the highest ratings possible, “superior,”...
“Lee” Weber played dynamic role in MC
Middlesex County has had many women who have played a dynamic role in improving quality of life in the county. One of the most dynamic county public servants was Lenora Ozella Monk “Lee” Weber.
Weber lived in Topping and in...
Long wait for new bridge continues
by Jackie Nunnery -
Drivers on the Robert O. Norris Jr. Memorial Bridge will need to practice patience after State Sen. Ryan McDougle’s $400 million budget amendment to speed up its replacement failed to make the current Senate budget...
Urbanna Cat Project aids area’s feral cats
The Urbanna Cat Project has been around for more than 12 years seeking to make an effective, humane, cooperative and lasting impact on the feral cat population of Urbanna, said Co-founder Suzanne Caciola. The project has worked organizing volunteers,...
