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Deltaville Lights is back for the 21st year with 180,000 bulbs, 92 “Pole Trees,” and a new centerpiece tree, said Deltaville’s Stephen Blue, mastermind of Deltaville’s annual free Christmas extravaganza.  A 17-foot-tall Snow Tree in the Snowman Loop is lit...

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) on Tuesday, Dec. 10, updated a nearly full Lancaster Elementary School Theater on the long road to a replacement for the Robert O. Norris Jr. Memorial Bridge. During the public hearing on the environmental...

Months of preparation and the involvement of hundreds of volunteers came to a successful conclusion Saturday with the delivery of Christmas Friends gifts to 256 disadvantaged children and senior adults in Middlesex County. Volunteers in vans and trucks carrying a...

A special Tuesday, Dec. 31, issue of the Southside Sentinel will be the final one of the year. There will be no Thursday, Dec. 26, edition, since the staff will be on its annual Christmas week vacation. The Sentinel office...

The 29th Urbanna Hometown Christmas Parade on Saturday, Dec. 7, had 40 entries. The winning entries were chosen by a panel of judges who are not from Urbanna. The winners are listed first and followed by second place. First and second...

The Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission (PDC) held a “public engagement meeting” on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at Rappahannock Community College in Glenns to introduce designs for working waterfronts for 11 area “public landings.” The purpose of the landings is to...

Walker: Cost ‘not sustainable’ in Middlesex County budget The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors experienced sticker shock on Tuesday, Dec. 3, when County Administrator Matt Walker announced to the board that the Broad Creek dredging project in Deltaville will cost...

Five things about sewer planning As Middlesex County sewer planning enters its sixth year, here are five things to know about sewer: It will be expensive. Urbanna’s treatment plant exceeds nutrient limits. A “Middle Peninsula Master Plan Study”...

The Urbanna Hometown Christmas Parade is set for 7 p.m. this Saturday, Dec. 7. It starts at the Waverly Commons parking lot, then proceeds east on Virginia Street, left on Grace Street, right on Bonner Street, left on Rappahannock...

Recently-hired Urbanna Town Clerk Christine “Chris” Branch has more than 30 years experience and is a  “certified municipal clerk,” said Urbanna Mayor Bill Goldsmith.  “With her experience, we think she will be a great addition to our town staff.” Most...