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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...

Chesapeake Academy (CA) seventh-grade students attended Oyster Festival Education Day in Urbanna on Thursday, October 31, before the Oyster Festival. Oyster Festival Education Day brings the expertise of local non-profit, government and private organizations to local students with a...

In addition to enjoying the Urbanna Oyster Festival last weekend, Christchurch School students and faculty completed hundreds of hours of service projects. As is tradition, Seahorses enjoyed working at festival food and education events. They did service projects for...

The Middlesex High School and the St. Clare Walker Middle School Bands are selling fresh citrus fruit for the upcoming holiday season. “We are excited to offer fresh from the orchard citrus and three amazing varieties of cheesecake through our...

This past week the Food Pantry at Hands Across Middlesex had a problem: over 20,000 pounds of food was being delivered on Thursday and few regular volunteers were available. This was the result of moving the delivery from the...

Last weekend’s Christchurch School Homecoming and Fall Family Weekend ended with a Celebration of the Arts on Sunday afternoon. Hosted by the school’s Visual and Performing Arts Department, “Autumn Leaves, Arts in Perspective” featured a gallery showing by Sarah...

Dr. Kendra Wood, coordinator of advising at Rappahannock Community College, was chosen out of many advisors from member institutions to win the EAB Advising Excellence Award at this year’s NACADA (National Academic Advising Association) conference. This award recognizes an academic advisor who...

Chesapeake Academy is on the hunt for the next Osprey Merit Scholar. Osprey Merit Scholars are excellent school citizens, academically capable, responsible, and motivated. Well-respected by teachers and peers, an Osprey Scholar has a desire to pursue excellence, leadership...

The Alzheimer’s Association Greater Richmond Chapter will host a Caregiver Education Conference on Wednesday, November 6, from 12:30-2:30 p.m. at the Lancaster County Public Library, 16 Town Centre Drive, Kilmarnock. Most persons, when confronted with the reality that a family...