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by Tom Chillemi -  An ordinance regulating short-term rental properties will now go to the Urbanna Town Council. On Sept. 22, the Urbanna Planning Commission conducted a “virtual” public hearing on the proposed ordinance at which no member of the public...

by Tom Chillemi -  The Urbanna Town Council is considering ways to open the Taber Park playground for limited use. This would require an employee be at the playground when it’s open to monitor activity to assure compliance with Centers...

Two-truck collision also sends two men to area hospitals by Don Richeson -  BREAKING NEWS — A Hartfield-Topping area crash Friday evening claimed the life of Wicomoco Church woman and seriously injured her husband. Gladys Elise Vito, 73, was a passenger in...

by Tom Chillemi -  The Middlesex Water Authority (MWA), which is about to break ground on a water system for central and eastern Middlesex County, is like a new business and the lender wants to be sure its loan will...

Death toll in county climbs to nine, 110 MC coronavirus cases reported by Larry Chowning -  Coronavirus has hit Middlesex County residents hard over the summer as the community has had nine deaths from the virus. Director of Three Rivers Health District...

Mourners (above) gather for an impromptu peaceful candlelight vigil Saturday evening at the old Middlesex County Courthouse in Saluda following the death the previous day of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Afterwards, they left candles and an “RBG”...

by Larry Chowning -  The fields and woods of the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck are filled with graves of past generations. Some folks have monuments erected to their lives, while others are marked only by God’s monuments — covered...

by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors tabled action on Sept. 1 to support a study of the Rappahannock River from the Route 3 bridge at Ferry Farm in Fredericksburg to the mouth of the river at...

by Tom Chillemi -  The idea of building a new community swimming pool in Urbanna has been debated for several years by the Urbanna Town Council. At its Sept. 10 meeting, council seemed to agree that it’s time to consider...

Tax collections rise, even amid COVID-19 woes by Tom Chillemi -  Some Urbanna tax revenues are up, despite the economic uncertainty caused by COVID-19 restrictions. At the Sept. 10 Urbanna Town Council meeting, Councilor Bill Goldsmith, the finance committee chairman, reported...