The Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society invites you to a virtual meeting on Saturday featuring author John M. Johnson who will talk about his book, “A Death Mob Gathered: The Lynching of Raymond Arthur Byrd”. Johnson spent more than thirty years researching the murder of the World War I veteran on August 15, … Read more
The Northern Neck Soil & Water Conservation District has the help wanted sign out for a full-time Marketing & Outreach Specialist. This individual will assist in fulfilling the district’s mission of promoting the stewardship of natural resources through leadership, education, and technical assistance within Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland Counties. Application deadline is August 12. … Read more
Virginia ABC stores in Colonial Beach and Tappahannock are now open 2 extra hours per day. Those stores and 29 others across the Commonwealth now close at 9:00 p.m. Officials say sales increases around the 7:00 p.m. closing time indicated that it made sense to stay open later. It gives in-store and online customers greater … Read more
The Virginia Department of Social Services announced it will once again furnish an emergency allotment for its Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program this month. Benefits will be automatically loaded onto recipients’ Electronic Benefits Transfer cards on July 16. The enhanced SNAP benefit is made available through a public health emergency declaration that requires government agencies to … Read more
9 people were killed on Virginia highways over the Independence Day weekend. That is fewer than during last year’s 4th of July statistical period. Troopers arrested around 70 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and ticketed close to 4,300 speeders. 165 drivers were cited for violating Virginia’s year-old “hands free” law. … Read more
Virginia has a new notification to alert victims of crime to the change in the status of inmates serving sentences of 12 months or more. The system operated by the Department of Corrections’ Victim Services Unit allows users to get updates in English and Spanish for as long as the specific perpetrator is incarcerated within … Read more
The Merry Point Ferry in Lancaster County will not operate until at least later this week due to a broken guide cable. The Virginia Department of Transportation is making arrangements to expedite delivery of a replacement cable to restore ferry service as soon as possible. Service was initially suspended last Friday after the cable broke … Read more
A Kilmarnock police officer and a town public works employee are being credited for helping a woman find a purse misplaced during last Friday’s concert at Town Centre Park. According to News on the Neck the woman returned to the park to look for the purse and officer Allan Evans helped her but they came … Read more
Rappahannock Community College gets a $306,000 Growth and Opportunity for Virginia grant to create a non-credit Patient Care Technician Program in partnership with Germanna Community College. It will address critical health care shortages exacerbated by the pandemic through a workforce development program that produces an advanced level of patient care across all clinical sites. This … Read more
Gloucester Public Library officials want the community to offer suggestions for renovations at the Main Library which will be paid for by a grant from the Main Street Preservation Trust of approximately $200,000 over the next two years. Submit your suggestions on an idea board that has been set up inside the library. The intent … Read more