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Woman who lost Remlik home to fire faces a daunting search for housing
Shevonda Randall’s trailer home burned on Dec. 7, 2024 and Tim Daughtrey, owner of 3D’s Construction in Saluda stepped up and gifted her family with a large Dutch Park Home (camp trailer) for her home at 229 Remlik Drive...
MC Watermen’s Wait Continues
Staffing woes slow commercial fishermen sites grant
The Middle Peninsula Regional Planning District Commission (PDC) announced recently that a grant application to establish sites for developing commercial fishing and maritime waterfront areas has been delayed.
“The grant is advancing but...
Officials ponder county shifting to two-year budgets
At work session on Feb. 18, supervisors authorized County Administrator Matt Walker to explore a biennium (every two year) budget process.
Walker informed the board that the State of Virginia uses a biennium budget period that gives them one year...
Pair airlifted after two-vehicle crash at Harmony Village
Two injured persons were airlifted by helicopter following a two-vehicle crash last week at the intersection of General Puller Highway (Route 33) and Grey’s Point Road (Route 3) at Harmony Village, reported Sgt. J. Dudley of the Gloucester Office...
Two roundabouts eyed for Hartfield
Two highway roundabouts are planned for Twiggs Ferry Road (Route 3) about three miles from each other.
One roundabout, fully funded for $6.7 million, will be near Hartfield at the intersection of Twiggs Ferry Road (Route 3) and Stampers...
Middlesex received $1.84 million in first round of pandemic money
First in a new Sentinel series
The Arrival of COVID-19
The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) was a global pandemic. The first documented case was of someone being infected in December 2019, and in March 2020, the World Health Organization classified the outbreak...
School officials request 7% raise for MC teachers
The Middlesex County School Board (MCSB) received preliminary budget information on Monday, Feb. 10, from School Superintendent Dr. Tracy Seitz that includes a 7% raise for teachers, a 4% raise for all other school employees and a $779,000, or...
Urbanna Town Council amends budget to buy town hall property
On Feb. 13 following a required public hearing at which no one spoke, the Urbanna Town Council amended fiscal year (FY) 2024-2025 budget appropriating all remaining American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) funds of $237,600, and funds from the sale...
SNOW CELEBRATION
Siblings Cooper Rosenthal, 4, and Carsyn Rosenthal, 2, visitors from Maryland, celebrate the three-plus inches of snowfall Tuesday while visiting their Gigi and Pappaw (grandparents Crystal and Scott Wiles) in Locust Hill.
The pair sport makeshift snowshoes created using shopping...
‘Emergency’ aid eyed for Broad Creek
Middlesex County has been awarded a $2.3 million grant to dredge Broad Creek in Deltaville.
County Administrator Matt Walker announced at the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors Feb. 4 regular monthly meeting that Virginia Port Authority has awarded a $2.3...
