Middlesex County News

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.

Here are the major players in the real estate investment venture that promised high returns: Donald C. Lacey, a former Henrico County police officer, ran 33 limited liability companies that bought and renovated fixer-uppers using investors' money.

The student, whose name was not released, has been at home recovering, said Middlesex County schools Superintendent Rusty Fairheart.

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.

On Tuesday afternoon, word was still spreading about the shooting death of 21-year-old Matthew R. Roberts earlier that morning, and the arrest of his girlfriend's 61-year-old father.

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.

Father John Boddie, who served as pastor of the Catholic parishes in Middlesex and Mathews counties for almost 12 years, died Tuesday, May 19, 2009.

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

Middlesex County officials advise residents to be on the lookout for two dark brown dogs that, around midday Tuesday, attacked and killed a raccoon that tested positive for rabies.

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.

Charles VanDenburgh paints on location in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Art on the Half Shell is Saturday The 9th Annual Art on the Half Shell art and craft festival will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Saturday, May 9, in Urbanna.

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

From the air, it is easy to see that the channel into Broad Creek is narrowing. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to use $670,000 in federal stimulus money to fund the dredging of Broad Creek in Deltaville, said Middlesex County Administrator Charles Culley yesterday.

The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors recently approved an ordinance requiring central water and sewer for new major subdivisions with a certain number of dwellings.

A couple who spent some time in Mexico on their way home from their honeymoon has been tested in Middlesex County and isolated themselves.

Middlesex Rotary Club president Joe Brinkley attaches a Rotary Club pin to Ruby Lee Norris' lapel as co-recipient Rachel Bridger looks on.

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.

Developer Ray Watson delivered a scathing attack on a recent letter from Urbanna Town Administrator Lewis Filling during Monday's Urbanna Town Council meeting - and he threatened more litigation against the town.