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Deborah Figg makes, gives out hundreds of COVID-19 battling masks by Tom Chillemi -  Wearing a face mask is highly recommended by health officials as a defense against the spread of COVID-19. With a shortage of masks, Deborah Figg of Wake...

County may use local contractor to remove sand blocking ramp by Larry Chowning -  Mill Creek Landing at Wake may yet be open to the public, reported Hartfield District Supervisor John Koontz at the supervisors first online “Zoom” meeting on April...

by Larry Chowning -  With all the struggles and fears associated with the coronavirus crisis, two Urbanna residents put aside those fears for the moment to rescue a desperate osprey floundering in Urbanna Creek. On Wednesday, April 8, Randy and Betty...

by Larry Chowning - The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors voiced concerns at a budget work session on Friday, April 17, on when area campgrounds will start taking reservations. Due to the coronavirus, Bethpage Camp Resort in Urbanna and Grey’s...

by Don Richeson -  Middlesex County Public Schools’ daily drive-through meal pick-up service will resume 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, April 20 at Middlesex Elementary School. The announcement from Superintendent Peter Gretz came via email Sunday. “Since instructional packet pick ups are happening in...

UBC wedding goes on despite need for face masks, social distancing by Larry Chowning -  Teresita (Tess) Garchitorena from the Philippines came to America recently to visit her 91-year-old mother in Hampton and found true love in Forrest Conner of Urbanna. The...

First two are a couple in their 70s; first Three Rivers COVID death reported in Gloucester by Tom Chillemi -  Three Rivers Health District officials reported last week that COVID-19 claimed the life of a woman in her 40s — it...

MC school officials told to hold off on plans by Larry Chowning -  Whether or not there will be “normal” summer instruction for children attending Middlesex County public schools is questionable, reported Dr. Peter Gretz, the school system’s superintendent, during an...

by Tom Chillemi -  Dr. Peter Gretz, superintendent of Middlesex County Public Schools, announced that a staff member who has been helping to implement the school meal preparation program was recently working in a facility that has documented a case...

by Don Richeson -  SALUDA — Middlesex County announced Thursday morning that a Middlesex couple in their 70s tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) at Virginia Commonwealth University. This marks the first time Middlesex County had confirmed cases of COVID-19....