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Oyster shucking pioneer Sarah Hammond Stokes of Urbanna has died

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Oyster shucking pioneer Sarah Hammond Stokes of Urbanna passed away Sept. 13 at the Riverside Lifelong Health & Rehabilitation Center in Saluda. A Middlesex County native who worked in local oyster shucking houses,...
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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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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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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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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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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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