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The 2020 season for Christmas Friends Inc., the local charity that provides gifts for needy children and elderly or disabled adults in Middlesex County, is under way. The Middlesex Department of Social Services has already been assisting clients in completing...

by Larry Chowning -  The Urbanna Oyster Festival Foundation has named former Southside Sentinel editor Tom Hardin of Saluda grand marshal of the 63rd annual Urbanna Oyster Festival. Due to the pandemic, it won’t be a traditional version of the...

by Don Richeson -  Challenger Barbara Hartley defeated incumbent Diane Gravatt 169-146 to win the race for Urbanna mayor, according to unofficial Nov. 3 election results posted on the state elections website Wednesday morning. While it was unclear Wednesday morning...

by Larry Chowning - There are more boats in Deltaville than there are people and boats and marine businesses drive the local economy. As the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted economic life across America, Deltaville Boatyard owner Keith Ruse has found...

by Larry Chowning -  The annual Urbanna Hometown Christmas Parade and events associated with the event have been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said Parade Director Lois Jean Brooks. The decision not to present the annual Christmas parade comes on...

Cooks Corner Health Department will offer free COVID-19 testing Nov. 9 and 30. (Editor’s note: As of Monday afternoon, the Virginia Department of Public Health reported 145 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Middlesex County, with nine Middlesex patient COVID-19-related hospitalizations and...

by Tom Chillemi -  With the traditional-format Urbanna Oyster Festival canceled for this year due to COVID-19, an art show, scavenger hunt, store specials and more are on tap for “Urbanna Days” on Nov. 6-7.  Shop, dine and stroll through Urbanna...

by Don Richeson -  Nearly a third of Middlesex County’s 8,458 registered voters had already cast ballots as of Monday, according to Middlesex Registrar Melissa Welch, who predicted above average voter participation in the 2020 general election. Despite the surge...

by Tom Chillemi -  The Town of Urbanna could gain some land through a proposal by Barbara and John Mullins of Urbanna who are seeking to move Urbanna’s western border to make their neighboring parcels part of the town. The Mullinses’...

by Tom Chillemi -  An ordinance regulating short-term rental properties was approved by the Urbanna Town Council on Oct. 22. Council’s action followed a public hearing at which no one spoke. The ordinance makes short-term rentals a permitted use “by right”...