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by Tom Chillemi - The current lease on the building that houses the Urbanna branch of the Middlesex County Volunteer Rescue Squad (MCVRS) expires in two years, Tina Mennett, MCVRS secretary told the Urbanna Town Council at its April...

by Tom Chillemi - Urbanna Beautification Inc. (UBI) addressed the Urbanna Town Council at its April 28 meeting with a proposal to build a pavilion in Taber Park to be dedicated to the late Charles and Betsy Bristow. UBI has...

by Larry Chowning - The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) approved on a 3-2 vote Thursday, April 28, a tax rate change to balance the fiscal year 2023 (FY 23) $31,149,744 budget. The result of the vote amounts...

A llama mother and her baby, known as a “cria,” relax in the sun last week in a Locust Hill field as an emu mother and her chick forage for food. It’s all a part of the cycle of...

From staff reports - The Southside Sentinel received two first place awards and three second place awards in the 2021 Virginia Press Association (VPA) News and Advertising Contest. Newspapers across Virginia annually submit their best work in the VPA’s...

by Tom Chillemi - When the Urbanna Town Council meets at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 12, its finance committee will present its proposed budget. Finance Committee Chairman Bill Goldsmith said the committee is proposing a two-cent reduction in the...

Proposed jump in taxes on large boats expected to attract speakers by Larry Chowning - Six citizens attended last week’s Middlesex County Board of Supervisors’ public hearing on the county budget, and no one at the hearing spoke for or...

by Larry Chowning - The Middlesex County Sports Complex Committee (MCSCC) is seeking funds to finish off a new “family” picnic pavilion currently under construction and to rebuild dugouts on the baseball and softball fields. The all-volunteer MCSCC is composed...

MC Public Schools report two testing positive for coronavirus last week -- seven quarantined by Larry Chowning - COVID-19 is creeping back into the Middlesex County Public Schools (MCPS). After going through a stretch with no reports of COVID-19 cases,...

by Tom Chillemi - “The strong give up and move on… while the weak give up and stay.” So goes a line in a song by 70s-80s pop duo Daryl Hall and John Oates. The lyric underscores the courage...