Community

The Heritage Committee was formed by the Middlesex Foundation, a non-profit corporation formed in 2017 to preserve the history of St. Clare Walker High School. The Middlesex County Economic Development Authority and the Rappahannock Oyster Company, the potential developer that...

The Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department in Urbanna will have its 11th Annual All-You-Can-Eat Crab Feast on Saturday, August 24, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the firehouse. The indoor event with air conditioning will also include hot dogs, hamburgers,...

The Writers Guild of Virginia will host an open mic at the Deltaville Library on Saturday, August 10, at 11 a.m. Light refreshments will be served. “Writers who wish to read their work for the audience should arrive at 10:45...

This Saturday, August 10, the Urbanna Farmers Market will be all about community and you can find it at Taber Park from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The ever-evolving Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park encourage all to mark their August calendars as the museum announces its events schedule and attractions for August.

by Molly Hoffman -  “If we want to talk about race in America and we want to be frank, we are going to have to be uncomfortable.” Dr. Olusoji Akomolafe of Norfolk State University spoke those words during a public program...

In this powerful documentary, the filmmakers, both privileged daughters of the South, who are haunted by their families’ slave-owning pasts, passionately seek the hidden truth and the untold stories of how America—guided by the South’s powerful political influence— steadily,...

https://youtu.be/uoN0mEuFmCU In celebration of Black History Month, the leaders of Calvary Baptist ran this fantastic program yesterday, Sunday, February 24, 2019. Do not miss performances from the Children's Church and the African Slave Band, and see who was this year's...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH12iTq1kWs Ms. Ciara Amber Wake, graduate student of communications at Loyola University in Baltimore, delivers the ABCs of Moving Forward in 2018 earlier today at Camp Piankatank in Hartfield, VA, as derived from the sermons and teachings of Dr. martin...

by Bessida White -  For many African-Americans, the search for the burial grounds of their slave-era ancestors can be challenging. Several members of Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society (MPAAGHS) have worked diligently to document their family slave graveyards....