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Solar for all schools

When the solar panels at Middlesex High School go online soon, Middlesex County Public Schools (MCPS) will become the first school division in the nation to have all school buildings completely powered by on-site renewable energy, said MCPS School Superintendent...

Middlesex seeks lodging tax hike

by Larry Chowning – The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday, January 7, to try again this year to get the Virginia General Assembly to approve a resolution allowing the county to collect a 5% transient occupancy tax. Supervisors...

Melinda Hart: ‘Forever in our hearts’

by Tom Chillemi –  Deputy sheriff Melinda Hart, the school resource officer at St. Clare Walker Middle School for several years, died on December 29. During a candlelight vigil on December 31, she was remembered as a caring and loving...

Norovirus closed oyster grounds

by Larry Chowning – The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) called an emergency shellfish closure from December 26 through January 8 on oyster grounds in waters in the Rappahannock River surrounding Parrott Island, including Locklies and Mill creeks in...

2019 – A Year in Review

The Middlesex County Sheriff's Office dedicates this year's slideshow, of events from the past year (2019), in honor of Deputy Melinda Hart. She was a devoted role-model for this community. She will certainly be missed.

Virginia Attorney General: 2nd Amendment Sanctuary County resolutions have ‘no legal effect’

by Larry Chowning –  Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring issued an advisory opinion on December 19 that said Second Amendment Sanctuary County resolutions passed by localities across Virginia have “no legal effect.” Herring stated in his opinion letter to Democrat Jay...

Proposed county school bus garage could cost $1 million

by Larry Chowning –  The Middlesex County School Board learned at its regular monthly meeting on December 9 that a proposed new bus garage may cost considerably more than the $500,000 originally estimated and set aside in the Capital Improvement...

Investigation continues into death at Norris Bridge

by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi –  Traffic was closed for an hour on the Robert O. Norris Jr. Memorial Bridge Monday morning due to a police investigation. Traffic in both lanes was halted following a 9:15 a.m. call to the Lancaster County Sheriff’s...

Counseling will be offered in connection with death of school resource officer

Many in the community are saddened by the death of Middlesex Deputy Sheriff Melinda Hart, who has served as the school resource officer at St. Clare Walker Middle School for several years. While the circumstances surrounding her passing are...

Smiles from heaven and here on Earth

by Tom Chillemi –  Something was not right. Seven-year old Kyler Congleton was in the playground at Harmony Grove Baptist Church near Topping when he noticed some graves in the cemetery did not have flowers and others did. A few were decorated,...

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