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Southside Sentinel Oyster Festival Supplement

Be sure to look in this week's paper for your copy of our Oyster Festival supplement; everything you need to know for this weekend, where to be and when.

On the cover: Carter Helmandollar's winning entry to this year’s Urbanna Oyster Festival poster contest. This year’s theme was the historic F.D. Crockett buyboat.

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2024 Urbanna Oyster Festival

Thousands expected Nov. 1 and 2 for 67th Urbanna Oyster Festival

The 67th Urbanna Oyster Festival is set for Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1 and 2, and once again the event promises good times, delicious...

See historic vessels at Urbanna Town Marina

The Urbanna Oyster Festival waterfront at the Urbanna Town Marina will showcase the area’s varied history and emphasize the conservation and restoration of the...

Festival food choices abound in Urbanna, VA!

More than 100 vendors will be open for business when the 2024 Urbanna Oyster Festival begins at 10 a.m. on Friday and goes until...

Oyster Shucking Contest is Saturday at the firehouse

The Virginia Oyster Shucking Contest, sponsored by T.M. Williams & Son Seafood, Urbanna Seafood & Raw Bar, Tony Walton Seafood and Walton Seafood, will...

Deltaville’s Randy and Stephen Blue named grand marshals of Urbanna Oyster Festival

The Urbanna Oyster Festival Foundation (UOFF) has named Deltaville father and son duo Randy and Stephen Blue grand marshals of the 2024 oyster festival. “Randy...

Deltaville’s Miller named captain of 2024 Urbanna Oyster Festival

The Urbanna Oyster Festival Foundation has named boatbuilder Bryan Miller of Deltaville captain of the 2024 Urbanna Oyster Festival set for Friday and Saturday,...

Middle School group takes field trip to study bay

Crabs will lay 2 million eggs but only about five will make it to be an adult. This fact is among the many things...

Cashing in on the Oyster Festival

Town government seeks way to better capture meals tax money Each November, the Urbanna Oyster Festival attracts thousands of people who spend oodles of money....

Oyster Festival Queen & Little Miss Spat Contest

Elena Fomin

Elena Fomin and Josie Anton’s Urbanna Oyster Festival 2024 service project is about colon cancer. Elena and Josie aim to spread awareness about colon...

Hailey Bruce

Urbanna Oyster Festival Queen Contestant Hailey Bruce and her Little Miss Spat contestant Leah Fuccella devoted their summer to raise funds and awareness for...

Karli Parker

Queen contestant Karli Parker and her little miss spat contestant Monroe Hudnall have been working on a community service project to raise awareness of...

Anna Crown

This year there are seven queen contestants, each of whom has at least one Little Miss Spat contestant. (A spat is a baby oyster.) The...

Cheyenne Sears

Queen contestants Cheyenne Sears and her little miss spat Scarlett Ebinger have been working on a community service project centered around the Knott Alone...

Kayleigh Moye

Queen contestant Kayleigh Moye and her little miss spat contestant Rosie Robertson have been working on a community project that focuses on raising awareness...

Zikirah Morris

Queen contestant Zikirah Morris and her little miss spat contestant Felicity Acevedo have been working on their service project to raise money for breast...

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