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School officials discuss buying metal detectors
At a special called meeting on Monday, the Middlesex County School Board discussed the purchase of eight metal detectors for the county’s three school facilities.
The discussion of metal detectors comes on the heals of a recent shooting of a...
Trial date set in exposure case of ex-MHS substitute teacher
Grand jury to hear cases involving ex-Middlesex High School school resource officer
On Jan. 23, the Middlesex Grand Jury indicted Benjamin Bagby, 53, of Locust Hill for the felony charge of exposing sexual or genital parts to a child under...
Wallops rocket launch creates nice display
“This one was tricky — it’s actually 15 photos composited into one,” Blue wrote in an email to the Sentinel. “The most I could expose was 15 seconds without blowing out the sky and the boat. I actually missed...
County still using wrong founding year in some places
Middlesex County was founded in 1668 but it took centuries to establish that date. Even today, some of the signage in the county, along with the official county website, have the incorrect date of establishment as 1673.
On the 350th...
MCSO investigating possible threatening middle schooler posts
On Monday, Maj. M.E. Sampson of the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO), said detectives are investigating a string of possible threatening emails and social media posts made by a group of St. Clare Walker (SCW) Middle School students on...
Kimbrough: Way finances handled should generate taxpayer pride
Audit of most recent fiscal year appears to show Middlesex is in good financial shape
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) voted to approve its annual audit on Jan. 3 for the fiscal year (FY) ending June 30, 2022...
‘Public Service Authority’ could manage water, sewer
The Middlesex Water Authority (MWA) has run 42 miles of water lines from the wells near Urbanna to Topping and Deltaville. Sewer, which is just starting construction, will probably follow those water lines.
With this in mind, former MWA board...
Official: Odor issues unlikely at 100,000 gal. sewage site
Proposed storage facility would abut St. Clare Walker Middle School
The Middlesex County School Board (MCSB) tabled action Tuesday, Jan. 10, to sell approximately one-half acre of land to Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) off the St. Clare Walker Middle...
MLK Day breakfast: Moving forward to find the past
Saluda MLK Day breakfast resumes
In 1954, before the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a well-known civil rights leader, he gave a sermon titled “Rediscovering Lost Values.” King’s message 69 years ago in some ways is as valid...
Reed elected school board chair
The Middlesex County School Board (MCSB) conducted its organizational meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 10, as 22-year veteran of the board Elliott Reed was elected unanimously as chairman.
Reed was first elected to the school board in 2000 and has been...
