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Thousands Attend Wings Wheels & Keels
Festival at Hummel Field filled with unusual cars, aircraft and boats
by Tom Chillemi -
The 26th annual Wings, Wheels and Keels (WW&K) at Hummel Field airport delivered another show on Sept. 24 that was attended by an estimated 3,800...
Mill Creek ramp solution elusive
Officials continue quest for way to stop re-silting at popular boat launch site
by Larry Chowning -
Mother Nature’s winds, tides, storms and sand continue to stall efforts to stop constant silting of sand in front of Mill Creek boat...
Pilot-businessman Barber recognized for Hummel Field work
by Tom Chillemi -
Pilot and businessman Oscar Barber has been flying out of Hummel Field airport for about 60 years. As a crop duster, cargo hauler, charter pilot, and fish spotter he knew the limitation of the runway,...
Questions requested for candidates forum
by Don Richeson -
Urbanna residents are invited to submit questions for a candidates forum set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, in the meeting room of the Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department firehouse at 335 Virginia St. in Urbanna.
“Urbanna...
Campaign letters cease after Oct. 27
In part to avoid late bombshells, no election letters will appear in last issue before the election
Letters commenting on positions of candidates seeking office, campaigns, political party endorsements or otherwise commenting on the ballot process regarding the Nov. 8...
Authorities: Ex-MHS teacher exposed himself to child
by Tom Chillemi -
Former Middlesex High School (MHS) teacher Benjamin Bagby, 53, of Locust Hill, was arrested on Sept. 13 and is facing a sex-related charge against a juvenile, reported Maj. M.E. Sampson of the Middlesex County Sheriff’s...
Wings, Wheels & Keels returns to Hummel Field this Saturday
by Tom Chillemi -
The 26th Wings, Wheels and Keels (WW&K) event is set for 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at Hummel Field airport, on Grey’s Point Road (Route 3) in Topping.
WW&K will have more than 100 antique,...
Officials to hash out MHS plan
by Larry Chowning -
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) and Middlesex County School Board (MCSB) will sit down together next month and hash over the possibility of modernizing Middlesex High School (MHS) in Saluda.
Architects presented three possible...
Options weighed for new sheriff’s building
by Larry Chowning -
Deciding which way to go with a new Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office building has hit yet another road block.
Bay Design Engineer Ben Burton and new County Engineer Charlie Beam were instructed in August by Middlesex...
Non-residents own 40% of Urbanna real estate
by Tom Chillemi -
About 40% of Urbanna real estate is owned by non-residents. That’s according to figures for the year 2021 presented to the Urbanna Town Council by Town Treasurer Michelle Hutton at the council’s Sept. 8 regular...
