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Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society will meet virtually at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 11. This meeting will feature a roundtable discussion to share queries and details about family research, reports the Rappahannock Record. Participants will be invited to share surnames and information about research locales. Those sharing will have the opportunity to connect … Read more

U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine recently announced $8,165,000 in federal funding to improve wastewater treatment in Kilmarnock and Clarksville. Close to $5 million was awarded to Kilmarnock to modernize two wastewater treatment plants to a system designed to more effectively remove nitrogen, phosphorus and other harmful materials, enhance the aeration system, construct … Read more

Former Middlesex High School (MHS) Resource Officer Clayton Michael Colley was sentenced on Nov. 1, having pleaded guilty to a felony of taking indecent liberties with a child by a person in a custodial or supervisory relationship; and a misdemeanor stalking charge. According to the Southside Sentinel, Middlesex County Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey Shaw sentenced … Read more

The Lancaster County Planning Commission will meet at 7 p.m. tonight, November 9, at the County Administration Building, 8311 Mary Ball Road, Lancaster. The commission will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to the land development code increasing the densities per acre for residential community zoning, reports the Rappahannock Record. The commission also will … Read more

The Irvington Town Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight, November 9, at Irvington Baptist Church, 4203 King Carter Drive, Irvington. According to the Rappahannock Record, council will discuss the potential relocation of the town office to the Steamboat Era Museum, 156 King Carter Drive, Irvington. Additionally, council will vote on a conditional use permit … Read more

The White Stone Town Council will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. tonight, November 9, at the Town Hall, 433 Rappahannock Drive, White Stone. The purpose of the meeting is to adopt a proposed $85,000 budget amendment which adds a new public utilities category to the existing 2024 budget.

The Northumberland County Board of Supervisors will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, November 9, at the Courts Building, 220 Judicial Place, Heathsville. The board will hear presentations from Jerry Davis regarding a potential Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development planning grant and from Rob Mangrum regarding the school drainfield project. Also, at 7 p.m., … Read more

Lancaster County Public Schools will hold a community open house from 5-6:30 p.m. tonight, November 9, at Lancaster Elementary School, 191 School Street, Kilmarnock. The Rappahannock Record reports the community is asked to arrive at the front entrance between the Early Childhood Education Center and the elementary school. No bags will be permitted.

Election winners in contested races in Gloucester County Tuesday; School Board at Large, Cindy Saulman Board of Supervisors, Abingdon, JJ Orth School Board, Gloucester Point, Troy Andersen Commissioner of Revenue, Jo Anne Harris School Board, At Large Special, Deborah McDonough School Board, Abingdon, Kari Scruggs School Board, Ware, Leonne Arsenovic and the issue bonds for … Read more

A January 11, 2024 preliminary hearing date has been set for a 31-yearold man who has been charged in connection with the stabbing death of another man at the Foxchase Apartment Complex in Tappahannock. Tyrone Ware Jr., 31 of Caret, was arraigned in Essex County General District Court on November 2. He is currently charged … Read more