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HRSD to build main sewer line regardless of what county does
The Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) has committed to build a main sewer line along Route 33—even if Middlesex County does not build all of its wastewater collections systems.
This was among the revelations at the March 11 meeting of...
Sentinel office closed. Press still running.
Beginning Monday, March 23, the Southside Sentinel office in Urbanna will be closed to public access until the coronavirus threat is over. Customers may bring items to the foyer just inside the front door during regular business hours, or...
‘What are you going to do, get in a bunker?’
Daily life has taken a detour as the world reacts to the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Mystery still shrouds this disease that the World Health Organization declared a “pandemic,” which it defines as a new infectious disease for which people lack immunity...
Time to ‘slow down’
by Tom Chillemi
Attempts to contain the COVID-19 coronavirus have had far-reaching effects. Most group activities have been canceled or postponed in the wake of Virginia Governor Ralph Northam declaring a state of emergency.
All Middlesex County Public Schools closed on...
Sentinel names editor
The Southside Sentinel has hired Don Richeson, a veteran editor who has served at weekly newspapers in Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia, to succeed current editor Tom Hardin when he retires.
Richeson most recently served as editor of the Crossroads...
Important changes at the Cryer Center
The Cryer Center is now closed for day-to-day operations, except for the Food Pantry. The office, Clothing Closet and Donation Center will no longer be open to the public until the current health concerns are overcome.
Many of its volunteers...
Middlesex closes county offices
Public access to all Middlesex County government offices and buildings is suspended effective immediately until at least March 29. Please see county website at www.co.middlesex.va.us and/or social media for additional information and updates.
YMCA closes for two weeks
To fully support Governor Northam's announcement to close all K-12 schools in the state, including all local governments on the Peninsula, and the national focus on flatting the curve of the spread of this virus, the YMCA of the...
Governor Northam Orders All Virginia K-12 Schools Closed for Minimum of Two Weeks
On March 13 Virginia Governor Ralph Northam ordered all K-12 schools in Virginia to close for a minimum of two weeks in response to the continued spread of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19.
Schools will close from Monday, March 16, through...
Coronavirus meeting cancelled
Out of an abundance of caution and with guidance from the Virginia Department of Health, Bay Aging and Bon Secours Rappahannock General Hospital cancelled the March 17 coronavirus public meeting. “We are asking for assistance in notifying interested parties...
