71.3 F
Urbanna
Saturday, April 11, 2026

804-758-2328

sharp-energy
HomeOne Woman's Opinion

One Woman's Opinion

Urbanna’s ‘big brass’ boundary brouhaha: Part 5

Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 Part 5 The prayers of writers are sometimes answered even though they don’t necessarily attend church services. And so the very next day a terrible storm hit Nimcock County tearing across the land, uprooting trees and taking off roofs of many houses. And most conveniently helping Merrypen find a way out of the “big brass” boundary...

Urbanna’s ‘big brass’ boundary brouhaha: Part 4

Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 Part 4 By now everyone in the charming town of Nimcock had taken sides. Who could not take a side? Everyone was talking...

Urbanna’s ‘big brass’ boundary brouhaha: Part 3

Part 1 • Part 2 Part 3 The lawyers had been selected, the distinguished Ronald E. Widget (who some in the county felt was totally unscrupulous) and the candy Enos F....

The ‘big brass’ boundary brouhaha continues

Part 1 Part 2 A  week or two passed by with not much more interchange between the Army and the Navy much to Nimcock’s relief. No one liked blow-ups between neighbors...

The ‘big brass’ boundary brouhaha

(Editor’s note: Before passing away this month, “One Woman’s Opinion” columnist Mary Wakefield Buxton completed a special five-part series, “The Nimcock Chronicles.” The following column is the first in...

One Woman's Opinion

Memories growing up in more innocent times, part three

by Mary Wakefield Buxton - Part 1 • Part 2 URBANNA — Looking back, the 1950s was a time in our country where many teenagers saw the world through rose-colored glasses. Innocent yes, but we were also wrapped up so much in our own lives...

Memories growing up in a more innocent time, part two

by Mary Wakefield Buxton - Part 1 • Part 3 URBANNA — If the 40s in America were innocent times as the nation recovered from the war, the 50s hit us like a bombshell. Ike was president and we liked Ike. We weren’t so politically...

Memories growing up in a more innocent time

by Mary Wakefield Buxton - Part 2 • Part 3 URBANNA — The “Over 80” club is a small proportion of American population but we are an interesting group. We remember the depression and World War II. We know what this nation endured during those...

“Looking for zebras, other help from doctors”

by Mary Wakefield Buxton - URBANNA — Do we appreciate our doctors? Yes. My doctor, Dr. Keith Cubbage of White Stone Family Practice, told me recently he was ever on the lookout for “zebras” that might be invading my body. As a senior citizen, one...

Examine history — it speaks of universal suffering

by Mary Wakefield Buxton - URBANNA — Not studying history is scary. What concerns me is few people study history anymore as it leads to few job opportunities and therefore many people are not properly scared. We should be scared. Not knowing the story of...

Edwards was a prince of a man

by Mary Wakefield Buxton - URBANNA — In 1984 when we first moved to Urbanna it didn’t take long before I heard that a man, W.D. Edwards, “ran” Middlesex County. Being from Newport News, I had never heard of him. But I remembered the...

‘Columnist ponders Urbanna as tourist Mecca’

by Mary Wakefield Buxton - URBANNA — In 1984, when we announced to Newport News family and friends we were moving to a cottage on Kent Street in Urbanna, population fewer than 500, people stared at us with looks of disbelief, asking, “What will...

“A tale of three teachers”

URBANNA — There has been much discussion recently about whether teachers should teach according to a planned theme or dogma and inject political or religious bias in classrooms in public and private schools and colleges or… simply present the many sides of issues and...

Happiness is awakening in Urbanna

URBANNA — Fortunate are those who live in a small town in rural Virginia. We are given the gifts of friendly folks, beauty, peace and safety wrapped up in one lovely package. And best of all — no traffic lights and no fast-food restaurants! Awakening...

“Wouldn’t it be lover-ly if…”

by Mary Wakefield Buxton - URBANNA — Wouldn’t it be “lover-ly” if we could elect leaders who could defeat inflation? Imagine going to the store to buy groceries and other needed supplies without having to mortgage the house or sell the family jewels. Wouldn’t it...

Columnist loves biking around Urbanna

by Mary Wakefield Buxton - URBANNA — Oh, what a beautiful Sunday morning it was! You know, the one following the big storm the other night that rumbled by Urbanna so close the lights flickered. Fortunately, we didn’t lose power. Not much rain but I...

Restoring skipjack is worthy cause

by Mary Wakefield Buxton - URBANNA — On a stormy wintry day, March 4, 1977, just off the Honga River near Deal Island in the Chesapeake Bay, the Claud W. Somers sank in 12 feet of water with all six crew members on board....

More News