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Virginia Sales Tax Holiday is this weekend, Aug. 2-4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxl1gWjdbv4 During the 2024 Virginia Sales Tax Holiday this Friday through Sunday, Aug. 2 through 4, you can buy qualifying school supplies, clothing, footwear, hurricane and emergency preparedness items, and Energy Star and Water Sense products without paying Virginia sales tax. Savings...

Middlesex Elementary School announces its Aug. 15 open house; releases supply lists

Middlesex Elementary School (MES) recently announced its open house, which is set for 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at MES at 823 Philpot Road in Locust Hill. School starts for students on Monday, Aug. 19. MES also recently released, its student supply...

PRLGA team tops at ‘Home & Away’

The Piankatank River Ladies Golf Association participated in a three-way “Home & Away” match play competition with teams from Indian Creek (Kilmarnock) and Viniterra (New Kent) golf clubs. Each club fielded a half dozen two-person teams and played a series...

U.S. Dept. of Commerce invests $5.1 million at RCC

The U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) recently unveiled a substantial grant awarded to the Rappahannock Community College Educational Foundation Inc. The foundation will receive a $5.1 million EDA grant aimed at facilitating the construction of a Health...

Christchurch School honors grads

Christchurch School (CCS) celebrated its 103rd graduation exercises on Saturday, May 25, at 9 a.m. on Bell Tower Hill, at the center of the school’s Middlesex County campus, overlooking the Rappahannock River. Head of School William J. “Billy” Coyle delivered the commencement...

Two Middlesex residents among Ware graduates

Ware Academy conducted its 2024 commencement on May 31 at 9 a.m. at Ware Episcopal Church. Julien Patterson was the guest speaker. Individual awards were distributed in addition to the graduation certificates. Several Ware faculty and board members and its head of school reside...

MHS Graduation 2024

Middlesex High School (MHS) announced its Class of 2024 scholarship recipients and other honorees last week. They can be seen on page B1 of this week's Sentinel. Among them are... Honor graduates (medals and cords) Cum laude: GPA of 3.0 to...

79 Middlesex High School seniors to get diplomas

Class of 2024’s commencement set for 10 a.m. Saturday in gym The 79 members of the Middlesex High School (MHS) Class of 2024 will receive their diplomas during commencement, which is set for 10 a.m. Saturday, June 1, in the...

Popular graduation traditions

Graduation is steeped in tradition. Come the day of graduation, many grads-to-be might be focusing on receiving their diplomas and then celebrating after the ceremony. The hard work students put in affords them every right to celebrate once they’re...

St. Clare Walker students excel at state Technosphere event

by Matthew Short -  The Technology Student Association (TSA) gives members opportunities for leadership and personal growth in all areas of technology, innovation, design, and engineering. Through TSA’s regional, state, and national competitions, members can challenge themselves in 38 different...

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