Middlesex County News

The Middlesex County School Board learned Monday night that the county's composite index, which determines the county's ability to fund its own school expenses and other aspects of local government, will increase from .6786 to .7431. This means county taxpayers will have to come up with an additional $300,000 in local funds next year to cover lost ...

A grand opening for the newly-constructed Middlesex County Volunteer Rescue Squad Station 2 in Hartfield will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday, November 14.

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.

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.

Yes, it is finally Election Day . And unless you're a very early riser, the polls will be open by the time you read these words.

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.

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 Middlesex County Democratic Committee will hold its monthly meeting at the Cooks Corner Office Complex on Route 33 east of Saluda on Thursday, October 22.

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.

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 ...

The Urbanna Oyster Festival Foundation has named Ronnie and Cathy Russell of Water View as the grand marshals of the 52nd annual Urbanna Oyster Festival set for Friday and Saturday, November 6-7. The Russells are longtime residents of Middlesex County and charter members of the Upper Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department and Auxiliary.

The Middlesex County Republican Committee will meet on Tuesday, October 13, at 7 p.m. at the Cooks Corner Office Complex at 2893 General Puller Highway, two miles east of Saluda.

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.

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 ...

The 2009 season is rapidly approaching for Christmas Friends and those who might need its services need to apply soon through the Middlesex County Department of Social Services.

In response to Potomac Timber LLC's court appeal of a recent Urbanna Board of Zoning Appeals decision, John Conrad, an attorney for the Urbanna Town Council, argues that under state law "the findings and conclusions of the board of zoning appeals on questions of fact shall be presumed to be correct." On September 18, Conrad, who also is an attorney ...

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.

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.