Urbanna News

Timmy Jenkins of Hayes battles Deborah Pratt of Middlesex for the Virginia Oyster Shucking championship last Saturday behind the firehouse.

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.

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.

Deborah Pratt of Middlesex repeated as the Virginia Oyster Shucking Champion and Timmy Jenkins of Hayes was runner-up at the 52nd annual Urbanna Oyster Festival Saturday.

Kendall McNamee was crowned Queen of 52nd annual Urbanna Oyster Festival Friday and Katie Brooke was selected Little Miss Spat.

Graphic artist Jeremy Glover of Richmond created the 2009 official Urbanna Oyster Festival Poster.

Ready for the cooler temperatures Lady Jane, a miniature Dachsund takes in her surroudings from a low angle as visitors to the Urbanna Oyster Festival stroll Virginia Street in 2006.

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

Starting November 9 and continuing through November 18, dogs in Urbanna must be a oeconfined to the homes or lots of their owners,a under a provision of the town code.

The Urbanna Oyster Festival tradition, which was started by a dozen or so local merchants and "town fathers" in 1958, continues this Friday and Saturday, November 6-7. The 52nd annual festival will once again provide good times and a variety of tasty food and lively music for the tens of thousands of expected festival-goers. More than 100 vendors ...

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.

Age: 73 Education: Middlesex High School, 1954; bachelor's, Randolph-Macon College, 1962; master's, 1966, and doctorate, 1974, both University of Mississippi .

The Urbanna Oyster Festival tradition, which was started by a dozen or so local merchants and a oetown fathersa in 1958, continues this Friday and Saturday, November 6-7. The 52nd annual festival will once again provide good times and a variety of tasty food and lively music for the tens of thousands of expected festival-goers. More than 100 ...

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.

The 52nd annual Urbanna Oyster Festival is set for Friday and Saturday, November 6-7, and once again good times and a variety of delicious food and lively music are planned for the tens of thousands of expected festival-goers. There will be two parades.

Agnes Brown Miller was born in 1909 and grew up a short distance from Remlik Steamboat Wharf at the end of Lord Mott Road.

Judy Wade with her award. Prevention Connections presented its second annual Smoke-free Business of the Year award to Virginia Street Cafe in Urbanna at an October 7 awards luncheon at the Downtown Richmond Marriott.

School superintendent Rusty Fairheart said the school system and health department are currently collaborating on efforts a oeto combine resources in order to provide H1N1 vaccinations to the students of Middlesex County once they become available.a Fairheart made it clear that a oeparent consenta would be obtained before a student receives a flu ...

Dogs, leash laws and the a oeresponsibilitiesa of pet owners headline the agenda of the Urbanna Town Council meeting set for 7 p.m. on Monday, October 19.

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.