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Ware Academy’s National Junior Honor Society sponsored a coat drive earlier this month. Students, including Alex Hogg, left, and Hailey Love, and their families donated coats to the Cryer Center in Harmony Village (near Locust Hill) for distribution to...

David Brown Howell of Topping will be speaking Thursday, Feb. 6, at 2 p.m. at the Deltaville branch of the Middlesex County Public Library system on his latest book, “All Saved Great and Small — Surviving a Chesapeake Bay...

Are you an oyster enthusiast or have you thought about becoming an oyster gardener? Then you might want to join the Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association (TOGA) at its 2025 annual meeting. The meeting is set for 1-5 p.m. on...

No one enjoyed the first good snowfall in Urbanna in the last several years more than Vicki Satterwhite’s Kingston (right), a Bernese mountain dog. The “Berner” shares a moment with his carefully crafted snow prince. Kingston returns to the...

The Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) system invites the public to “Learning for Free,” a program exploring its online services resources at MCPL’s Deltaville branch on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 1 p.m. The program will be hosted by MCPL...

Lancaster Players President Luke Rawls has announced auditions for “Don’t Dress for Dinner,” a comedy to be directed by Rebecca Tebbs Nunn. Playwright Mark Camoletti’s French farce, adapted by Robin Hawdon, is a fast-paced comedy, filled with surprises and...

Deltaville Maritime Museum will continue its fourth year of DMM’s Turner Lecture Series on Jan. 19 featuring renowned author and historian Edward Wright Haile, who is also recognized as a cartographer, translator, musician, sailor and land surveyor. Haile will...

As part of the ongoing educational outreach from the Middlesex County Museum to local schools, the history students of Nicole Ambrose at Middlesex High School spent time before their winter break touring the Middlesex County Historic Courthouse buildings and...

Volunteering with the Middlesex County Volunteer Rescue Squad is “very satisfying,” said MCVRS Captain Ole Albert, who has served with the squad for more than 12 years. “To be able to be in contact and see the smiles from people...

Recent Christmas Friends donations include: Anonymous, $100. In memory of our granddaughter Ruby Ann Peters by Pastor Ken and Terry Cleveland, $50. Brenda and Joe Oliva, $100. The Revere Family Foundation, $1,000. James and Beth Lucas, $200. Anonymous, $100. ...