Gloucester supervisors unanimously approved the appropriation of $15.5 million of uncommitted capital funds to Gloucester County Public Schools for Gloucester High School renovations. The action was taken during the board’s meeting last Tuesday night in the colonial courthouse. Prior to the meeting, the money from the FY 2023 Capital Fund budget was reserved in the … Read more
By now everyone in the Deltaville-Hardyville community should have received a Love Lights flyer in his or her mailbox. The Lower Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary will celebrate the 34th annual Christmas Love Lights event on Sunday, Dec. 4. Watch for Santa Claus riding on a fire truck cruising through Deltaville and Hardyville between 3:30 … Read more
The Southside Sentinel will again publish “Letters to Santa” from local children in its special “Christmas Greetings” section in the Dec. 22nd, issue. The Sentinel requests that children write and send in their individual letters to Santa directly to the Sentinel. Parents are urged to encourage their children to write a letter to Santa and … Read more
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner says three University of Virginia football players who were shot on a chartered bus as they returned from a field trip to their campus each died of a gunshot wound to the head. The cause of death was released Thursday. LaKeshia Johnson, an administrator with the medical examiner’s … Read more
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has started mailing ballots for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committee elections to eligible farmers and ranchers across the country. To be counted, ballots must be returned to the Gloucester/ Mathews/Middlesex County FSA office or postmarked by Dec. 5. Each committee has from three to 11 elected members who … Read more
All Points Broadband is behind schedule but the first customers in Northumberland County will “probably” be connected late in the first quarter of 2023 or early in the second quarter according to VP of development Tom Innes, who explained that the crews currently working in Northumberland aren’t home installation crews, and they aren’t the last … Read more
Christmas Friends Inc., the local charity that provides gifts for needy children and elderly or disabled adults in Middlesex County, launched its 37th season this week. The Middlesex Department of Social Services has been assisting clients in completing their “wish lists” and volunteer shoppers will begin hitting the stores next week to fulfill those wishes. … Read more
The Department of Homeland Security released its final public charge rule in September, clarifying under what circumstances the public charge test will be applied to U.S. immigration applications. Confusion around public charge can create a chilling effect, preventing immigrant families from accessing public benefits for which they are eligible, even when the benefits will not … Read more
More townhomes are likely to come to Kilmarnock following a recommendation for approval of a rezoning application submitted by Blue Sky Development and Acquisition Company LLC for the purpose of building townhomes on Chesapeake Way. According to town manager Susan Cockrell, the development company seeks to rezone undeveloped land beside Walmart from commercial to residential. … Read more
The Lancaster planning commission completed much of its work on a proposed short-term rental regulation as part of the zoning ordinance last week. Both hosted and unhosted rentals would be limited to a maximum of 10 people overnight and a maximum of 180 rental nights per calendar year. All rentals must register with the county … Read more