Saluda News

Kenneth and Jeannine Rowe by Tom Chillemi The Middlesex community is a better place because of people like Jeannine and Kenneth Rowe, who have been chosen as the grand marshals of the December 4 Urbanna Hometown Christmas Parade.

The third county-wide Middlesex County Hall of Fame induction was held November 8 at Friendship Baptist Church in Hartfield.

Due the recent stormy weather, the Middlesex High School home football game against Mathews has been rescheduled for 6 p.m. on Monday, November 16, at MHS in Saluda.

The $42.5 million multi-phase Robert O. Norris Jr. Bridge repair project is ahead of schedule and nearing completion of its first phase, steel repairs.

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.

According to results on the State Board of Elections website, Pete Mansfield of the Urbanna area easily defeated incumbent Robert Crump of Topping in Tuesday's election for a Saluda District seat on the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors.

On Monday afternoon, a unanimous State Water Control Board approved a discharge permit for a 39,900-gallons-per-day treatment plant to serve the Middlesex Courthouse, county offices and part of Saluda.

Two projects on the Middlesex County Capital Improvement Plan have been completed - a new Middlesex High School roof and T-hangars at Hummel Field.

In the upcoming November 3 Middlesex County Board of Supervisors election, two candidates are seeking a Saluda District seat and one candidate is running unopposed for a Pine-top District seat.

The two candidates for a Saluda District seat on the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors in the November 3 election will speak at upcoming Kiwanis Club of Middlesex meetings at Urbanna United Methodist Church.

On Tuesday, the Middlesex Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to leave the sewage treatment plant permit application on the State Water Control Board agenda for its October 26 meeting.

Several law enforcement departments converged on Route 17 north of Saluda to corral a suspect who led police on a 21-mile high-speed chase Thursday, September 17, reported Middlesex County Sheriff Guy Abbott.

Cydney Fisher, a 2009 Urbanna Oyster Festival Queen contestant, and her Little Miss Spat contestant, RuthAnne Key, have planned a mini rally to provide information on drug and alcohol prevention as part of her community service project.

Christchurch School students pass bags of spat to their oyster reef in the Rappahannock River.

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.

Middlesex Museum president Dr. Richard Shores looks at the 1911 Unionville High School diploma awarded to Mabel Norton.

Clockwise from left: Matted down grass and corn stalks show where the bear laid down for the feast; the bear ripped through the melons in search of the sweetest; and a quarter gives perspective to the size of the bear's paw print in the soft garden soil.

Supervisors opt to stay out of Centenary Church issue The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors opted Tuesday to use the Founding Fathers' creed of "separation of church and state" as a reason not to challenge a decision by the trustees of the Rappahannock District of the United Methodist Church to tear down Centenary Church in Saluda.

Supervisors opt to stay out of Centenary Church issue The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors opted Tuesday to use the Founding Fathers' creed of "separation of church and state" as a reason not to challenge a decision by the trustees of the Rappahannock District of the United Methodist Church to tear down Centenary Church in Saluda.

Of the six Methodist churches formed in the 1800s in Middlesex County, only four will be standing after August.