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Woman’s Club craft sale still on; shops, restaurants still doing business By Don Richeson -  COVID-19 is weighing down Santa’s sack with a lump of coal or two, canceling Urbanna’s main Christmas-theme offerings, but not everything. The three main Christmas-theme Light Up...

Five students and two staff members quarantined by Larry Chowning -       A Middlesex County Public School (MCPS) employee has tested positive for COVID-19, according to MCPS Superintendent Peter Gretz.      Dr. Gretz informed the school community via email...

by Tom Chillemi -  The Town of Urbanna has received three proposals from architectural and engineering firms that are interested in designing and engineering a major overhaul of Taber Park, it was announced at the Nov. 12 town council meeting. Almost...

by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) voted 3-2 Wednesday, Nov. 4, to not endorse a study by Virginia’s Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) considering the Rappahannock River for the Virginia Scenic Rivers program. DCR officials...

Because area post offices will be closed on Thanksgiving day, next week’s Southside Sentinel will appear a day early -- on Wednesday, Nov. 25 -- and deadlines will be on Monday, Nov. 23. The deadline for display ads is...

With less than two weeks into hybrid in-school instruction, the Middlesex County Public School (MCPS) system is facing its first case of COVID-19 in the schools. MCPS superintendent Dr. Peter Gretz informed the school community via email Sunday at 6:22...

Includes limit of 25 individuals for in-person gatherings, expanded mask mandate, on-site alcohol curfew, and increased enforcement RICHMOND—As COVID-19 surges in states across the country, Governor Ralph Northam Friday announced new actions to mitigate the spread of the virus in...

by Larry Chowning -  Years ago, when the first day of oyster season opened, local oystermen referred to that day as “the day the smokehouse door opened” while others called it “the day the bank opened” — referring to the...

Austin now officially Urbanna councilor elect by Tom Chillemi -  A tied vote between Urbanna Town Council candidates Marjorie Austin and Dave Lipscombe Jr. was broken by drawing the winning name. On Friday, Nov. 6, during the meeting of the...

by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) agreed on Wednesday, Nov. 4, to revisit a project originally spearheaded by former Harmony Village Supervisor the late Jack Miller to upgrade and provide more parking space at the...