Middlesex County News

The Middlesex County Director of Emergency Services declared a State of Emergency for Middlesex County at 1 p.m. due to the approach of Hurricane Hanna to the area.

Bill Day, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the First District of Virginia, is coming to Middlesex County on Friday, Sept.

Library executive director Sherry Inabinet accepts the Middlesex Public Library grant from grants committee chairman Leland James.

Minnie and Mickey Mouse will be the special guests. This year's Urbanna Family Fun Day from 3 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, August 30, at the Urbanna firehouse promises to be filled with an afternoon of fun games and ...

The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors tabled action last week on a request from Brian Thacker, owner of Cardinal Waste Services of Stormont, for a special exception that would allow a solid waste collection ...

The 2008-2010 map includes the depiction of widened highways and the addition of National Bike Routes 1 and 76.

A Middlesex County man was sentenced to 10 years in prison last week after pleading guilty in March to a drug dealing conspiracy.

For more than 20 years before his retirement, Arthur R. Bracke's job as a child protective service agent with Middlesex County was to investigate possible child abuse and inspect potential homes for foster ...

Randy Sawyer started his ministry to help people released from jail get back on track.

Saturday, July 05, 2008 'Stingray Point Story,' http://www.ssentinel.com/Pages/aroundmiddlesex.html 'Stingray Point Story,' a play based on Capt.

When Mark Hudson attended Spratley Middle School, a trip to the principal's office likely was not considered a good thing.

July 4, 2008 Fourth of July Boat Parade and Fireworks 5:00 pm Upton's Point Marina Decorated boats parade down Urbanna Creek from the bridge, past Upton's Point Marina to Queen Anne's Cove and back again.

“How do we keep the things that attracted us here in the first place? "No growth is not an option”

By the year 2030, Virginia will add 2.75 million people to its population - a 39 percent increase, said Jesse J. Richardson Jr., associate professor and program chairman of urban affairs and planning at ... via Caroline County, Va Justice

“We're very excited because over $2.4 million of our $3 million goal has been raised”

With the groundbreaking ceremony taking place Sunday, fund-raising progress on the new shelter for the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society has gone beyond expectation, according to Peggy Bowditch, vice president ... via Gazette Journal

“As long as they meet the technical requirements of the ordinances, they can't be turned down”

Developers of Rosegill, which will be the largest subdivision in Middlesex County, will seek approval from the county Planning Commission on Jan. via Hampton Roads Daily Press

“Deltaville only has one lane going in and one lane out”

A proposal for a 379-home subdivision will head back to Middlesex planning commissioners after the county supervisors expressed concerns Tuesday night about whether the developer's incentives are legally ... via Hampton Roads Daily Press

An Urbanna-area homeowner wants to build a pier more than two football fields long to access water that's deep enough to launch a boat in a proposal that has neighbors perturbed over access to a beach. via Hampton Roads Daily Press

“In the last few years, we've really worked on our marine environmental science field.”

Christchurch School received approval Thursday night from the Middlesex County Planning Commission for a request to build a science wing, with a new dormitory in long-range plans. via Hampton Roads Daily Press

“Something else was said, and the next thing I knew, I guess I just snapped”

A Lancaster County man testified Monday that he 'just snapped' when he shot and killed his wife's 46-year-old suitor in front of Gloucester Toyota on March 5. Meredith Mack Robbins Jr., 53, of White Stone, ... via Hampton Roads Daily Press

“After he received a letter from our attorney, he called the attorney and told him he'd received it and everything was fine”

A retired Middlesex County social services officer facing charges of arson and attempted murder was scheduled to be evicted from his Wake home the day it burned to the ground last month, said one of the people ... via Hampton Roads Daily Press