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Hanover Tavern offers stunning theater as well as a lesson in history

Those who love theater in Middlesex County are fortunate we have opportunities nearby to enjoy live theater productions. Both Lancaster Players in White Stone and Courthouse Players in Gloucester offer plays and are an easy drive from here. Not so nearby but offering top notch professional actors and actresses is the Virginia Repertory Theater of Richmond. They offer two plays at Hanover...

‘Norfolk Waterside provides easy access for quick vacation getaway’

Why not replace stressful and exhausting distant vacation plans for a nearby weekend getaway? The latter plan could be just as refreshing for those who need a break in...

Newport News Mariners Museum features ‘Battle of the Ironclads’

On a recent March Sunday while that cloudy, cold wind coming off the Rappahannock River was casting a chill over the town of Urbanna, we decided it was a...

Memories of ‘Dandy’ — the sweetest dog of all

One thing that every dog owner knows and carries in his brain every day of his life-like stone is the knowledge that one day his precious dog will die. But...

Cruising columnist ponders the what, where, how and why of one’s existence

Another important question while on vacation: Are we having any fun? Good question. Our cruise continued. We had ended our five-island itinerary and begun the long steam back to...

Amid widespread suffering, pandemic creates some good

by Mary Wakefield Buxton -  Urbanna, Va. — Social isolation has prevented the spread of the coronavirus in the commonwealth. But businesses forced to close have...

Can everyone stop the shouting?

by Marry Wakefield Buxton -  Urbanna, Va. — Several weeks ago in the new “Sentinel Sound Off” feature readers were asked if they thought President...

Hail and farewell to Hardin

by Mary Wakefield Buxton -  Urbanna, Va. — Tom Hardin retired last month after many years serving Middlesex County as editor of the Southside Sentinel. Over...

Even in Eden, gators lurk, Conclusion

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 by Mary Wakefield Buxton -  View from my Lanai, Conclusion Urbanna, Va. — “Things fall apart;...

An Empty Dream, Part 4

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 by Marry Wakefield Buxton -  The overnight in a Naples, Fla., motel gave us a...

Chasing the Sun, Part 3

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 by Mary Wakefield Buxton -  Urbanna, Va.—On Christmas Eve, after my morning tea, I made...

Wind Off The Gulf, Part 2

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 by Mary Wakefield Buxton –  Urbanna, Va— There are dozens of species of palm trees...

Birdsong and other joys of life

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Urbanna, Va.— It’s good to hear spring has arrived in Urbanna, that the winter...

Vienna, Conclusion

by Mary Wakefield Buxton –  Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5 • Part 6 • Part 7 Urbanna,...

Vienna, Part 6

by Mary Wakefield Buxton –  Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 Part 5 • Part 6 • Part 7 Urbanna, Va.— One...

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