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by Larry Chowning -  Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Middlesex County Public Schools (MCPS) will open the 2020-2021 school year this Monday, Aug. 31, under a (state) phase one plan using “virtual” instruction for at least the first six weeks. How...

by Tom Chillemi -  Tidewater Trail (U.S. Route 17) runs parallel to the Dragon Swamp from near Tappahannock to Saluda, where the highway crosses Dragon Run. Since 1957, southbound traffic has crossed the stream on a concrete bridge that is...

(Editor’s note: This is the fourth and final in a series of background stories submitted as part of Urbanna Founders Day celebration, which was officially observed Aug. 1.)       by Barbara Lovelace -  Urbanna Founders Day 2020’s “virtual” presentation...

Middlesex response rate 27% below state average; funding losses feared by Larry Chowning -  It is “census year” and time for Middlesex County households to fill out the 2020 United States Census. Some Middlesex residents have already filled out the census. The...

The NAACP Middlesex Branch recently announced the August, September and October general membership meetings, which are for the purpose of election of officers and at-large members of the executive committee. The meetings include: 7 p.m. Aug. 25 — Via...

by Larry Chowning -  During an update on a proposed Deltaville multi-purpose path project on Aug. 4, the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors was told the cost of a walking/bicycle bridge across Mill Creek, off of Jackson Creek, will cost...

by Tom Chillemi -  When it comes to farming, the timing of rain means everything. From a distance, some corn fields at Corbin Hall Farm near Water View look fine. However, look closer and although there are tall stalks, there are...

by Tom Chillemi -  The Virginia Department of Aviation has changed the status of Hummel Field, the airport in Topping, to a “General-Aviation-Community” airport. The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (BOS) requested this change in May. As a general aviation airport,...

It would be nice to say we are in the “middle” of the pandemic, meaning there was going to be an end to it. But Dr. Fauci seems to think we are going on for another few months. Doggone...

(Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of background stories submitted as part of Urbanna Founders Day, which was Aug. 1.) by Larry Chowning -  Virginia history often highlights Bacon’s Rebellion of 1676 led by the notorious Nathaniel Bacon...