Deltaville News

Tickets are now on sale for the Chesapeake Chorale's annual holiday concerts.A Performances of "A Chesapeake Chorale Christmas" are scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday, December 5, at Lancaster Middle School in Kilmarnock and 3 p.m. Sunday, A December 6, at St.

Here's a view of the Rappahannock River near Queen Anne's Cove. Notice how far inland the river is today.

The "Iva W." and "Propwash" will again be among the historic boats on display at the Urbanna waterfront.

Many people have a favorite kind of animal. For Lizz Lester, it's the animals of the feline persuasion that bring out her spirit of volunteerism.

Children race into the haunted forest where some really frightening exhibits awaited at Holly Point Nature Park last Saturday in Deltaville.

Watermen Keith Jett and Billy Robinson of Lewisetta circle Temple Bay rock near Christchurch School in the Rappahannock River at sunrise, pulling their dredge with the workboat - Wendy Lee." Numerous oyster boats have worked the Rappahannock the past few weeks with good results - just in time for the Oyster Festival.

National Park Service officials came to Deltaville on October 13 and listened to public comments on developing the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.

Boards filled with maps of the Rappahannock River and special spots along it were spread out for those interested in the John Smith trail to see.

Flames engulfed the outbuilding before firemen could reach the scene. Fire destroyed an outbuilding behind a home on Mason's Cove Lane in Topping at 11 a.m. Friday, October 16, reported Hartfield Volunteer Fire Department Chief Adam Blake.

Just what should the new Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail be and how should it be managed? That's what the National Park Service wants to learn in a series of public hearings held throughout the region in the next two weeks.

Do they come for the handcrafted paintings, jewelry, sculpture and other art? Or do they come for the seafood, barbecue, chowder, funnel cakes and other offerings of the museuma s food court? a oeI actually come to see the boat exhibits on the pierwalk and the cars, but ita s always fun to have a look around the artistsa tents and grab a sandwich ...

Lee Fisher was crowned Ms. Deltaville in the Womanless Beauty Pageant. Well, Ia m not the prettiest girl in Deltaville! Ita s Lee Fisher, winner of the Womanless Beauty Pageant at the ballpark last Saturday.

The River Counties Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold a blood drive at Urbanna Baptist Church from 1 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 22.

HOBART - A couple returning from vacation in South Dakota and Wyoming lost their camper, and most of their belongings in it, to a fire this morning when a blaze started in the unit while stopped a light at Wisconsin 54 and Wisconsin 172.

Barbara and Alvin Sibley of Locust Hill Each year the Urbanna Oyster Festival Foundation honors certain individuals who have contributed to the local seafood industry - an industry that has played a vital role in the economic life of Middlesex County for centuries.

Two seats on the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors and two seats on the Middlesex School Board will be on the local election ballot on Tuesday, November 3. There are two contested offices on the Middlesex ballot, and two candidates are running unopposed.

The selection of the Urbanna Oyster Festival Queen is a long-standing tradition that dates back to 1960, the year before Urbanna Days became the Urbanna Oyster Festival.

The school bell will ring on Tuesday, September 8, for approximately 1,210 students of the Middlesex County Public School System.

Fire caused extensive damage to the home of Tonya Harris on Twiggs Ferry Road at Hartfield on the morning of Thursday, September 3. No one was home when the fire started and no one was injured.

The community is invited to attend a music and worship extravaganza starting at 7 p.m. Sunday, September 6, in the sanctuary of Zoar Baptist Church in Deltaville.