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Urbanna’s Davis wins Va. shucking championship

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  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 — Kiki Ladendorf, Urbanna, 3:51. Professional Women’s division (shucking 24...
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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 a field of women oyster shuckers in 1983 at...
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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 start at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, behind...
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Students test water at Urbanna Town Marina

Chesapeake Bay Governor’s School senior students at the Rappahannock Community College Glenns campus measure water quality Wednesday, Oct. 16, and collect water samples every...
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Oyster shell planting part of restoring Urbanna Creek

Friends of the Rappahannock officials overwatch the planting of oyster shells on Urbanna Creek on Friday, Sept. 29, as part of the “Restore Urbanna...
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Groups working to encourage growth of oysters

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and states of Virginia and Maryland are working to encourage the growth of oysters on the Chesapeake Bay...
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Oyster presenters manning tent at DMM

Tidewater Oyster Gardening Association (TOGA) will man a special information tent 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, May 27, at the market on the grounds of...
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Couple with ties to MC waterman sell oysters to restaurants, at markets

Husband and wife Peyton and Taylor Mason are a reflection of (older) days as the young couple has recently opened Virginia Oyster Co. LLC...
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Oyster reef is going in at mouth of Piankatank

The Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery Program, Piankatank River Reef Habitat Phase II, started earlier this month. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Norfolk District, in...

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