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Community works together to provide services for Y campers
by Larry Chowning
During the 11 weeks of the Middlesex Family YMCA Summer Camp, the staff at The Table in Deltaville donated time daily to prepare breakfast for YMCA campers. Lunches were prepared by the Middlesex County School Food Service.
Helen...
RCCF invests in 49 community organizations in Lancaster, Northumberland, Middlesex counties
The River Counties Community Foundation (RCCF) invested nearly $767,000 in 49 local nonprofits in Lancaster, Northumberland and Middlesex counties in 2019. This represents an increased investment of more than $200,000 over last year.
The grantees were recognized at a July...
VIDEO: Fife and drum corps was a means of communication
The fife and drum corps was the megaphone of commanding officers of colonial troops.
The fife and drum corps stayed close to officers so their orders could be communicated to troops, explained Paul Vosteen of the Williamsburg Field Musick Fife...
Middlesex officials discuss delinquent county taxes
by Larry Chowning
On Tuesday, August 6, the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors urged county treasurer Betty Bray and commissioner of the revenue Bonnie Davenport to crack down on those not paying county taxes.
Board chair Chip Holt said, “We want...
Town must drill two new wells
Under a mandate from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), the Town of Urbanna will need to replace two wells in the next few years.
The Urbanna Town Council is considering drilling both wells near the main well at...
Deltaville is featured in magazine
by Larry Chowning
Chesapeake Bay Magazine of Annapolis, Maryland, profiled Deltaville along with five other waterfront communities—Annapolis, Chesapeake City, Solomons, St. Michaels and Portsmouth—in a special August edition called “Weekends on the Waters.”
During a public comment period at the Middlesex...
‘Luna’ will visit historic ports
A reproduction of an 18th-century sailing ship could be docking at Urbanna as one of its ports of call.
Deltaville campground is home to historic pilothouses
The Cross Rip in the name Cross Rip Campground in Deltaville came from the name of a lightship that anchored just off the coast of Nantucket in the Atlantic Ocean.
DCA’s Deltaville Ballpark receives $50,000 RCCF grant for renovations
The Deltaville Community Association (DCA) Inc. received a River Counties Community Foundation grant for ongoing restoration of the historic Deltaville Ballpark in the amount of $50,000 on July 24 at the 2019 RCCF grant reception held in Weems.
The River...
New advertising sales manager joins Sentinel
Hannah Ashley Abbott of Water View has recently joined the Southside Sentinel as its full-time advertising sales manager.
