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Cryers to serve as grand marshals of the 69th Oyster Festival

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The Urbanna Oyster Festival Foundation has named Linda and Dave Cryer grand marshals of the 69th annual Urbanna Oyster Festival set for Nov. 6 and 7. The Cryers moved to Middlesex County in...
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Urbanna’s Davis wins Va. shucking championship

  Urbanna Oyster Festival Oyster Shucking Contest winners appear below. Amateurs (shucking 12 oysters): irst — Craig Bishop, Powhatan, 2:03. Second — Jacob Perry,  Mathews, 3:40. Third...
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Thousands experience oyster festival as a happy place

Thousands came to the 68th Urbanna Oyster Festival for different reasons. It was a fashion show. There was music, shopping, and foods to tempt...
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Oyster Shucking Contest is at Urbanna firehouse

The Virginia Oyster Shucking Contest will start at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7, behind the Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department station (the Urbanna firehouse)...
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Take oyster shells to Urbanna town marina

They will be recycled to make new oysters The Town of Urbanna Marina is the location of the “Friends of the Rappahannock” oyster shell recycling...
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Oyster Festival postmark available in Urbanna

The United States Postal Service has approved a pictorial oyster festival postmark honoring the 68th annual Urbanna Oyster Festival, which is this Friday and...
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Thousands expected for 68th Urbanna Oyster Fest

The 68th Urbanna Oyster Festival is set for Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7 and 8, and once again the event promises good times, delicious...
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Luna and Lynx will offer deck tours for Urbanna Oyster Fest

The Urbanna Oyster Festival has many traditions and in 1985 at the 28th annual oyster festival, the first tall ship, Alexandria, came to the...
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World’s two oldest oyster festivals forge historic connection

From Virginia to Galway The Urbanna Oyster Festival, the second-oldest oyster celebration in the world, has established an international connection with its older counterpart, the...
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A.B. Gravatt III selected as grand marshal of Oyster Festival

Col. (retired) A.B. Gravatt III of Urbanna and Lansdowne, in background, has been named grand marshal of the 2025 Urbanna Oyster Festival. (Photo by...
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Veteran ace shucker Sarah Hammond Stokes named Oyster Fest captain

The Urbanna Oyster Festival Foundation has named Sarah Hammond Stokes, 86, of Urbanna as captain of the 2025 festival. A Middlesex County native, Stokes surprised...
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Oyster Shucking Contest is Saturday at the firehouse

The Virginia Oyster Shucking Contest, sponsored by T.M. Williams & Son Seafood, Urbanna Seafood & Raw Bar, Tony Walton Seafood and Walton Seafood, will...

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