School

Middlesex High School cheerleaders spoke to the Middlesex Kiwanis Club at a recent meeting. Above, from left, are Kori Watman, Haylee Foster, Morgan Milby, Mary Casto, Tiffany Mott, and coach Jasmine Sydnor. The Kiwanis Club recently donated funds to support...

Ware Academy was recognized for its participation in Virginia Naturally for the seventh consecutive year with the Big-Eared Bat State Pennant. Ware’s ongoing efforts to introduce students to the environment and stewardship of natural resources remains a focus of...

On Monday Christchurch School Science Department Chair Mike Carey set up a school telescope on Bell Tower Hill so students could see with their own eyes the transit of Mercury across the sun. The transit will not happen again...

The Ware Academy Board of Trustees is delighted to announce the appointment of  Dawn Fleet as the next head of school, effective December 1, 2019. The board’s unanimous decision was based on the enthusiastic recommendation of the Head Search...

Cub Scout Pack 341 recently went to Urbanna for the annual Scouting for Food program.  The Scouts went house to house and left paper bags for people, asking them to donate food for the Middlesex Food Pantry. The Scouts will...

The Middlesex YMCA Jingle Bell 5K run/walk, Kids Fun Run and Family Day will be held Saturday, December 14, at Piankatank River Golf Club in Hartfield. The public is invited to join the fun. The beautiful Jingle Bell 5K loop...

The Middlesex County School Board and school officials were honored Monday night at the school board meeting by the Virginia State Boards Association with “Awards of Distinction” for participating in various state workshops and programs over the year. Pictured...

by Larry Chowning –  The Middlesex County School Board heard parents’ concerns Monday at the board’s regular monthly meeting on whether to open school prior to Labor Day and to add four days to the 2020-21 school calendar year. School officials...

First-graders at Middlesex Elementary School (above) celebrated and honored local veterans last Thursday evening with patriotic songs. There was standing-room-only in the MES gymnasium for the program. (Photo by Larry Chowning)

Bay Transit, a division of Bay Aging, and Rappahannock Community College (RCC) held concurrently running-ribbon cutting ceremonies at the RCC’s Warsaw and Glenns campuses on Wednesday, November 6, to celebrate the installation of new Bay Transit bus shelters at...