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Taber Park site to honor the late Charles and Betty Page Bristow Urbanna Beautification Inc. (UBI) has raised 40% of the amount needed to build the Bristow Community Pavilion at Taber Park in the Town of Urbanna in just a...

Skipjack from 1800s has Deltaville ties; owner plans to fix; driver charged with DUI Deltaville has long been noted for wooden boatbuilding and repair and in 1969 the oldest skipjack on the Chesapeake Bay, Rebecca T. Ruark, was completely rebuilt...

by Tom Chillemi - More than three years into planning a sewer system for Middlesex County a question remains: How will the county pay for a sewer system currently estimated at more than $41 million, since revenues will not...

by Larry Chowning - The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) learned Friday, Jan. 6, at a work session, that plans to dredge Whiting Creek at Locust Hill and Broad Creek at Deltaville are moving forward. Middle Peninsula Planning District...

by Larry Chowning - After a public hearing, the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) approved, 4-1, an ordinance on Tuesday, Jan. 3, to provide a 25% “one time” rebate to county personal property taxpayers by returning surplus tax...

by Larry Chowning - The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) conducted its annual organizational meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 3, and for the second year in a row the board elected Lud Kimbrough as chairman. Saluda District Supervisor Don Harris...

Broad Creek last dredged a decade ago by Larry Chowning - Every decade or so, Broad and Jackson creeks in Deltaville have to be dredged and are the highest maintenance creeks in Middlesex County. The creeks also have some of the...

From staff reports - A Saluda man was shot and killed by law enforcement officers after he shot and wounded a deputy in Amelia County, reported Corinne Geller, public relations director for the Virginia State Police (VSP). According to news...

Middlesex school board to go along with legislators new teaching directives by Larry Chowning - The Middlesex County School Board (MCSB) voted unanimously to abide by a General Assembly law requiring school officials to notify parents of sexually explicit materials...

The Urbanna Town Council is awaiting a total cost estimate from general contractor J.A. Heisler Contracting Company Inc., which will manage construction of a new community pool and bathhouse and concession stand, said new Urbanna Mayor Bill Goldsmith this...