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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.
