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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...

Wisdom and Peace

by Mary Wakefield Buxton –  Urbanna, Va.— To celebrate a 78th birthday we journeyed to Louisa to spend an overnight at Prospect Hill Plantation, circa...

A Spoiled Show

by Mary Wakefield Buxton –  Urbanna, Va.— How disappointing it was to hear the news that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, under continued pressure from House...

Events in and around Urbanna

by Marry Wakefiled Buxton –  Urbanna, Va— A whopper of a storm was brewing as we pulled into the Mary Washington Ball Museum and Library...

Last Days at Appomattox

Urbanna, Va.— Historian Patrick Schroeder from the National Park Service at Appomattox, who specializes in the history of Lee’s surrender to Grant in April,...

The summer of 2019

by Marry Wakefield Buxton Hot was the word for it. The hottest summer I ever remember. Either that or I am becoming more sensitive of...

Calm down and carry on

by Mary Wakefield Buxton Urbanna, Va.— Sorry to say Urbanna Town Council suffered some turbulent meetings and bad publicity over the summer. For a town...

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