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Teacher pay falling behind prompts $1,000 bonuses
The Middlesex County School Board (MCSB) voted unanimously in April, to give a $1,000 “retention” bonus to all Middlesex County Public Schools (MCPS) employees who are returning for the fiscal year 2026-2027 (FY 26-27) school year.
The approval came on...
Middlesex supervisors vote 4-1 to rescind noise ordinance
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors voted, 4-1, on Tuesday, May 5, to rescind a noise ordinance passed by the board in April. The board agreed to create a committee to formulate a more compatible ordinance for rural Middlesex.
Supervisors...
Longtime civic leader Russ Russell celebrates 100
Longtime civic leader and Middlesex County Kiwanian Russ Russell of Urbanna turned 100 years old on Friday, May 1!
Russ and his wife, the late Pat Garnett Russell, moved to Urbanna in 1981 on Russ’ retirement as a captain in...
Assessor: Middlesex properties up 25-40% in value
At the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors meeting on April 7, real estate assessor Jason Cowan of Cowan Services LLC provided a detailed update on the current countywide real estate reassessment, which is showing 25% to 40% value increase...
Norris bridge fatalities case gets venue change
Lancaster County Circuit Court Judge John S. Martin last week granted a change of venue for a trial on charges related to a July 2025 fatal three-vehicle crash on the Robert O. Norris Jr. Memorial Bridge. The trial scheduled...
Deltaville deadrise Henry Clay finds new life
Now in Maryland as the Driftwood
For many decades, Deltaville was Virginia’s wooden deadrise/cross-planked boatbuilding capital with boatbuilders and boatbuilding sheds scattered along the shores of Broad and Jackson creeks.
Wooden boat buyers came from up and down the Chesapeake Bay...
Sound off on expansion of water system
Control of the expansion of central water systems in Middlesex County by the Middlesex County Water Authority (MCWA) will go before the public at a public hearing on Tuesday, May 5, at 7 p.m. in the Middlesex County Historic...
Town must wait for Urbanna Town Marina bridge grant funds
Urbanna has been awarded a $450,000 federal grant, with no local match required, for preliminary engineering, design, and environmental review activities necessary to repair or replace the bridge serving the Urbanna Town Marina.
However, the grant specifically states that the town...
Antebellum-era Hartfield mansion, ‘Woodstock’ bulldozed
Once owned by Lincoln’s granddaughter
Demolition spotlights Middlesex’s lack of
historic preservation ordinance
Middlesex County Planning and Zoning Director David Kretz said last week that the antebellum 1840s Hartfield mansion “Woodstock on the Piankatank,” sometimes referred to as the “Lincoln house,”...
Trio qualify to run for Middlesex County sheriff
Three persons have qualified as candidates for the special election for Middlesex County sheriff set for Nov. 3, reported Melissa D. Welch, director of elections and general registrar for Middlesex County.
Christopher J. Easter, 47, of Saluda, served in...
