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Sept. 11 in Urbanna features golf cart run, Taber Park market
This Saturday, Sept. 11, the Town of Urbanna will host its monthly farmers market and, in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the day that changed lives forever, there will be a patriotic golf cart run.
Topping woman dies after car runs off road
A Topping woman died Sept. 1 after the car she was driving struck a tree. Julie Ann Tucker, 46, was traveling westbound on Farys Mill Road in Gloucester County when her 2011 Toyota Scion crossed the centerline and ran off the roadway.
Town Council discussion on proposed pier continues
Should the Town of Urbanna build a pier on a narrow strip of land that is less than 100 yards from the Urbanna Town Marina?
Seven associated with MC schools receive positive COVID-19 tests
Middlesex County Public Schools reported in four emails in recent days that seven people associated with the schools tested positive with COVID-19 and 48 people have been quarantined.
Historical marker to be erected at lynching site near Middlesex
Researchers seek relatives of 1896 Black lynching victim
by Bessida White -
A Black man named Thomas Washington was lynched in Essex County in March 1896 for the alleged attempted assault of a young white girl. The body was found hanging...
Middlesex corn crop looking good this summer
The timing of rain for corn has been perfect this summer, said Evan Perry, manager of Corbin Hall Farm near Water View.
Hartfield F.D. is accepting pesticides Tuesday morning
The Virginia Pesticide Collection Program will take in unwanted, outdated or banned pesticides for safe disposal 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31…
Middlesex native to give talk on post-Civil War Black Richmonders
The Middlesex County Museum and Historical Society Inc. will sponsor a “virtual” talk by Dr. Carey Latimore IV on Sunday, Sept. 12, at 4 p.m. Dr. Latimore’s topic will be “The Continued Struggle: African Americans in Richmond, Pursuit of...
Property line fix coming to Canoe House Landing
A 20-year-old property line adjustment issue at Canoe House Landing Public Beach on the Rappahannock River and in the Jamaica District should soon be resolved…
Town council divided on constructing a pier
by Tom Chillemi -
The Urbanna Town Council is divided on what should be done with a narrow strip of land where Virginia Street meets Urbanna Creek. Payne’s Crab House used to shed crabs on this 30-foot-wide parcel that is...
