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Primarily for hikes in teachers’ pay, health insurance by Larry Chowning - At a joint Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) and Middlesex County School Board (MCSB) budget work session last week, School Superintendent Dr. Tracy Seitz proposed a $784,715...

by Tom Chillemi - Former Middlesex County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Franklin Smith Jr. of Locust Hill pleaded guilty in Middlesex Circuit Court on Feb. 14 to carnal knowledge of a detained person by a law-enforcement officer. According to court records,...

by Larry Chowning - The Middlesex County Historic Courthouse Committee met on Wednesday, Feb. 16, and discussed ways to create in an educational context an accurate history of Middlesex County’s political and social history at the historic courthouse in...

by Tom Chillemi - Urbanna may be eligible for grant money to fund the proposed new community swimming pool, Councilor Bill Goldsmith told the Urbanna Town Council at its Feb. 10 meeting. The grant would pay half of the new...

by Tom Chillemi - Those who attended the 2022 Founders Day Black History Presentation on Feb.12 were reminded of some Black history. Middlesex High School teacher Michael Pierce recalled a famous court case that began in Prince Edward County in...

Committee forming to take closer look at Urbanna kayak-launching site by Tom Chillemi - There was standing room only for the first Urbanna Town Council meeting at its new offices on Feb. 10. Likely on the minds of most citizens who...

School board votes to let parents decide on children’s masks; teacher masking still required by Larry Chowning - The Middlesex County School Board (MCSB) voted 4-0 Monday, Feb. 14, to adhere to Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Executive “Order No. 2” that...

by Tom Chillemi - Middlesex County is among those counties that lost population between the April 1, 2020 census figures and the “July 1, 2021 Population Estimates for Virginia and its Counties and Cities” published last month by the...

by Larry Chowning - A generational Middlesex County Board of Supervisors issue came to light again at the board’s January meeting as two supervisors encouraged the board to hire a local contractor whose bid was more costly than an...

by Larry Chowning - The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors approved a fiscal year-end June 30, 2021 audit by Robinson, Farmer, Cox Associates, (RFCA) on Tuesday, Feb. 1, that shows the county is in good fiscal shape. The audit states...