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With Earth Day approaching on April 22, the third annual Great Middlesex Green Up started on Saturday, March 29, with trash on 20 miles of roadways being collected. This is only the beginning. Teams from Laneview to Deltaville are...

Starting this Saturday The Water View Bluegrass Band and additional bluegrass musicians are set to launch their annual spring and summer Urbanna firehouse concert series at 7 p.m. this Saturday, April 5. The concerts will continue at the same...

Gloucester’s beloved tradition — the 39th annual Daffodil Festival — is just around the corner. Mark your calendars for Saturday and Sunday, April 5 and 6, and get ready for a weekend filled with live entertainment, delicious food, unique...

During the calendar year 2024, the Middlesex County Museum was gifted two original land grants from the late 1700s. Both were signed by the seated governor of the commonwealth at the time as awards to two different residents of...

On Friday, March 14, upwards of 250 area residents gathered to demonstrate their solidarity with Ukraine in a nonpartisan march and rally in Kilmarnock. Through the mile-long “Stand for Ukraine” march through downtown Kilmarnock, participants alternated chants of “We are...

A state historical marker approved by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) will be unveiled this weekend for the Old Folks Home, a facility in Essex County that offered care and boarding for poor, elderly Black people in...

Spring is coming and so are the crabs! If you are looking for a crab or peeler pot or two or 50 pots to go commercial fishing, Rappahannock Supply in Church View has pots and much more. The business was recently...

Christchurch School (CCS) Art Teacher and Visual and Performing Arts Department Chairman Sarah McCormick announced recently that several CCS students were selected as winners in the annual Celebrating Art.Com art competition. Winning pieces will be published in an anthology due...

Deltaville Maritime Museum Car Show/Cruise In is planned for 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Deltaville Maritime Museum, 287 Jackson Drive, Deltaville. The show is open to all cars, trucks, and tractors and is a non-judged show. The...

St. Clare Walker Middle School eighth grader Tarah McGuire received a first place award in the Virginia School Boards Association state art contest. She, along with Middlesex Elementary School artist Rilee Bayor and Middlesex High School artist Katelin Reiner, was...