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Oct. 15 “Taste of Middlesex” to feature food, music, cars, Luna

All of the folks in Middlesex County know there are a lot of things Middlesex has to be proud of. As more restaurants and commercial kitchens have been added to the Middlesex...

Former Urbanna yacht builder passes

Yacht builder Joseph “Joe” Conboy, 87, passed away in North Carolina recently. From 1966 to 1984, Conboy built wooden and fiberglass boats at his yard on Robinson Creek in Urbanna. He specialized in custom-built...

Family Boatbuilding Week begins June 19 at DMM

Did you know that once a year, right here on the Middle Peninsula, people from all over the country get together to build a boat, in one week, that they can take home? Take...

Meet the Oyster Festival captains

Father-son duo fiberglass boatbuilding pioneers by Larry Chowning -  Pioneers in Virginia’s fiberglass commercial boatbuilding industry, John (Chip) Collamore III and his son, John (Jock) Collamore...

Beautiful Hull 103 now completed at Deltaville Maritime Museum 

“Sweet!” is how Deltaville Maritime Museum’s newly completed Hull 103 is being described. It is the third prototype Deltaville deadrise built by John England...

Deltaville marine business is strong

by Larry Chowning - There are more boats in Deltaville than there are people and boats and marine businesses drive the local economy. As the...

Deltaville boatbuilding legend and his son will reign over scaled-back Oyster Festival

by Larry Chowning -  Pioneers in Virginia’s fiberglass commercial boatbuilding industry, John (Chip) Collamore III and his son, John (Jock) Collamore IV, both of Deltaville,...

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