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(Editor’s note: As of Monday, the Virginia Department of Public Health reported 42 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Middlesex County, with three Middlesex patient COVID-19-related hospitalizations and one death involving a Middlesex resident....

by Larry Chowning-   Middlesex County School Board (MCSB) has decided to conduct a “partially” open public meeting format for its 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10 regular board meeting at the Cooks Corner Office...

Thermometers for schools by Gary Cook -  Last week current Middlesex County Rotary Club President Barry Thomas and Treasurer Janet Riggs presented Claudia Soucek, Middlesex County Public Schools (MCPS) board chairman, and Dr. Peter...

Delayed by COVID-19, MHS seniors finally get commencement by Tom Chillemi -  The Middlesex High School Class of 2020 graduation on Saturday was unlike any other in the 71-year history of the school. Due to...

Chesapeake Academy Director of Curriculum and Instruction Kim Dynia, an Urbanna resident, just completed a comprehensive course called Tech to Learn, led by the author of “Ditch that Textbook and Tech Like...

by Tom Chillemi -  COVID-19 delayed, but did not cancel the 2020 Middlesex High School commencement, which is set for Saturday, July 25, in the John S. Clements Memorial Gymnasium for the 87...

A Middlesex County girl, Rya Marie Struse, is this year’s recipient of Irvington-based Chesapeake Academy’s C. Jackson Simmons Award for History and English, the school announced this week. Rya is the daughter...

Chesapeake Academy celebrated Jackson Pyles who earned the Class of 2020’s  Salutatorian Award for achieving the second highest academic average in grade eight at the school’s recent commencement exercises. All award recipients...

by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County School Board voted 4-0 Monday to approve a “hybrid” school opening plan for Aug. 24 that will include staggered four-day-a-week classes -- two days with face-to-face,...

“All of us are eager to return to our campuses and see each other in person, but we also know that the health and safety of our students, faculty and staff come...

Christchurch School announced recently the names of students receiving honors at the end-of-year virtual underclass awards ceremony. Sarah Grace Kosek, daughter of Shannon and Patrick Kosek of St. Stephens Church, was named recipient of...

Katherine Lewis will be joining Middlesex County Public Schools as the new assistant principal at Middlesex Elementary School, replacing Danielle Norris. She is excited to become a part of the Middlesex community and...