News Staff The Town of Urbanna is the location for this year’s Chesapeake Bay Buyboat Association Buyboat Rendezvous which starts Friday and runs through Aug. 8. According to the Southside Sentinel the last times boats came to Urbanna was in 2018. The tour starts at the at the foot of Virginia Street on Urbanna Creek and will … Read more
Bay Transit is marking its 25th anniversary by partnering with RAL Art Center in Kilmarnock for the “Art In Transit” competition and exhibition. All artists are welcome and are encouraged to submit their non-digital paintings or drawings. Submitted work MUST feature the concept of motion or movement. Top prize is $700 and the winnng art … Read more
The conversion of a former Callao golf course into a campground is a step closer now that the Northumberland County Board of Supervisors approved permits for the project. According to the Rappahannock Record the permit has a number of restrictions on parking, waste removal and noise. The site will be limited to 20 camps with … Read more
The Town of Kilmarnock has a new Economic Development Coordinator. Sharon Phillips comes to the town with years of experience in Business Development and Municipal knowledge. According to Town Manager Susan Cockrell Phillips’s skills and personality will help establish relationships in the Kilmarnock Business District and her knowledge and skills will be great attributes. Cockrell … Read more
It’s life behind bars for a Gloucester mad taking a plea deal in the death of an infant and severely assaulting a woman. Prosecutors say Dennis Chambers pleaded guilty to the July 2020 incident where he smothered the 5-month-old to death and used a hammer to injure Corena Chambers. According to authorities she is still … Read more
Virginia is commiting close to a billion dollars from federal American Rescue Plan funding to replenish the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund and accelerate critical upgrades to the Virginia Employment Commission. Governor Ralph Northam’s proposed plan will put $862 million back into Virginia’s unemployment insurance trust fund, preventing tax increases on businesses and ensuring that employers … Read more
Governor Ralph Northam proposed allocating over $411 million in American Rescue Plan funding to reduce water pollution and increase access to clean water across the Commonwealth. The proposal will make substantial investments in aging water systems and improve drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure. These proposed investments supplement more than $300 million in funding that … Read more
A yard sale and Car Trunk Sale to benefit the Lancaster Virginia Historical Society Museum and Library takes place on Saturday. There will be household goods collected by from multiple estate clear outs, plus a ‘treasures in your car trunk’ area with about ten individual vendors selling their own items. Items include glassware, china, dishes, … Read more
The King adn Queen County Sheriff’s Office will hold its first ever National Night Out event on Tuesday, August 3 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Farmer’s Market in Shacklefords. Officials say to contact the department if your church, business or organization would like to come out and set up a booth. You … Read more
More than 50 volunteers who helped administer COVID-19 vaccines through the Northern Neck–Middlesex Free Health Clinic were thanked during a celebration held earlier this month. The Rappahannock Record reports the event took place at a home near Kilmarnock owned by a couple who volunteered. Between 100 and 200 received doses at each of the clinics … Read more