Saluda News

Third in a series on local efforts to treat drug and alcohol abuse. "I was treated like a human being, and eventually that made me think that I needed to care of myself.

The ballot is set for the Middlesex County election on Tuesday, November 3. The deadline to file the necessary papers was June 9. Two seats on the Middlesex Board of Supervisors and two seats on the Middlesex School Board will be on the ballot.

Middlesex County supervisors learned Tuesday there is a $140,000 over-run in the current fiscal year for the cost of boarding local inmates in the Middle Peninsula Regional Security Center in Saluda.

Download the draft of the 2009 Middlesex Comprehensive Plan. After more than three years of work, the draft of the 2009 Middlesex Comprehensive Plan is ready for a public hearing by the Middlesex County Planning Commission.

Mae Rosell's son just graduated from Virginia Tech and will soon be a first lieutenant in the U.S. Armed Forces.

It's not a traffic signal, but it's an improvement. That's what Virginia Department of Transportation officials are saying about changes designed to boost safety at one of the county's busiest intersections.

During the first 9 days of May, more than 4.2 inches of rain fell on Middlesex County, said Middlesex Extension Agent David Moore.

Real estate bills for the first half of 2009 were mailed May 8 by the Middlesex County Treasurera s Office.A For the taxpayersa convenience, bills may be paid at any local branch of BB&T, Citizens and Farmers Bank or EVB.A Also, a drop box for 24-hour payment service is available at the Woodward Building in the courthouse complex in Saluda.

P&P Produce in Saluda That first beer For many a young lad growing up in Middlesex in the 1950s and 60s, "Pokie" Davis' little store beside the State Highway Department facility in Saluda is where they lost their innocence.

Middlesex County residents who are graduating high school or have graduated in past years may make application for the VanName Anderton Scholarship.

A former bank credit card department manager has been sentenced to two years, three months in prison for bank fraud and identity theft.

It promised, among other things, tennis courts and a community swimming pool, all centrally located near schools, banks and shopping centers.

A decision on the proposed Saluda wastewater treatment plant will be delayed at least until June to give the Hampton Roads Sanitation District time to study land application as a means of disposing treated wastewater from Urbanna and Saluda.

Following a " sewage summit " on April 14, Jim Pyne, chief of the Small Communities Division of Hampton Roads Sanitation Division , said the HRSD Commission will consider a request to perform a land application study as a way to dispose of wastewater in the Saluda and Urbanna area.

The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2009-10 budget on Tuesday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Historic Courthouse in Saluda.

The driver of this SUV was flown to a Richmond hospital following a roll-over crash on Route 17 Monday at Jamaica across from Tidewater-White Funeral Home.

Hundreds of protests against government spending are planned across the country on Tax Day, April 15 - including two in Middlesex County.

See proposed FY10 county budget on page B6. The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to hold a public hearing on the upcoming 2009-10 county budget that includes no tax increases.

The Three Rivers Health District of Saluda and the Middlesex County Health Department, in support of National Public Health Week , invite the community to an open house at the Middlesex County Health Department on Tuesday, April 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. National Public Health Week is focusing on a oeBuilding the Foundation for a Healthy America.a ...

"We thought 35 cents was what we needed. Actually, we needed to set the rate at about 38 cents.