News

by Larry Chowning - The proposal to move the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) headquarters from Saluda to Cooks Corner is moving forward. The plan involves spending $3.75 million to renovate the currently vacant 40-year-old former Lewis B. Puller...

Hummel Field’s current runway (the one with painted stripes) will close forever on Monday, Aug. 8 as construction of the realigned runway continues. The Topping airport’s new runway will be 1,000 feet longer than the old runway and aligned...

Chicago-based RV resort firm adds 253 sites to MC property by Larry Chowning - There is a new look on Old Virginia Street west of the Town of Urbanna as Bethpage Camp-Resort, owned by Chicago-based Encore RV Resorts Thousand Trails...

by Larry Chowning - Body-worn and automobile dash cameras for Middlesex County deputies were the topic of concern at the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) July regular monthly meeting. During the public comment period, Robert Jackson of Urbanna stated...

From staff reports - Arko Corporation, one of the largest convenience store operators and fuel wholesalers in the United States, announced last week that GPM Investments LLC, (“GPM”) a wholly owned subsidiary of Richmond-based Arko, acquired from Fredericksburg-based Quarles...

by Tom Chillemi - A Middlesex County Circuit Court judge is to consider if the Town of Urbanna can borrow $500,000 from the “Charles Wellington Taber Fund” principal to be used to build a new community swimming pool. Request The petition...

by Tom Chillemi - After decades of discussion, building a longer, safer runway has begun at Hummel Field airport in Topping. Oscar Barber, of Delaware Corporation (DelCorp) in Topping, is working with Middlesex County and the Virginia Department of Aviation...

Debate featuring “Patrick Henry” and “George Wythe” to highlight Urbanna’s Aug. 6 Founders Day by Larry Chowning - Urbanna’s Founders Day on Saturday, Aug. 6, will feature a reenactment debate between Patrick Henry (Richard Schumann) and George Wythe (Robert Weathers)...

by Larry Chowning - The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) encouraged Sheriff David Bushey at the July 12 MCBS meeting to move ahead with planning for a $3.7 million renovation into a new sheriff’s and emergency services facilities...

by Tom Chillemi - On July 12, the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) rezoned approximately 15 acres in Saluda to General Business and 2.3 acres to Village Community, clearing the way for a major business. The rezoning application...