The first performance in Kilmarnock’s “Music on the Half Shell” 2022 concert series at Town Centre Park is tomorrow featuring “Soul Expression”. Gates open at 6:00 p.m. and the show starts at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $10 with children under 5 admitted free with a paying adult. Again this year you can bring in food … Read more
When the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors meets on June 7 it may consider an extension of the real estate tax payment due date, interest, and penalties for late payments. According to the Southside Sentinel the Board is considering the change because property owners have a short time to pay their bills before penalties and … Read more
The Bay Center and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Rappahannock are seeking volunteer facilitators when the “Pledge to End Racism” program comes to the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula. According to the Rappahannock Record the program features two days of education and discussion on addressing racism where participants learn together, challenge one another, and … Read more
The Mathews Community Foundation awards a #3,500 grant to the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society to support the Pet Pantry, a service that provides pet food to those experiencing financial difficulties and keeps pets in their loving homes and out of shelters. Last year the society distributed more than 33,000 pounds of pet food to Pet Pantry … Read more
The King and Queen County Sheriff’s Office needs your help to find a man from Virginia Beach who is wanted for a probation violation on a felony offense. 46-year-old Robert Allen Leitch is white, 5′ 10″ tall and 170 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. If you have any information on Leitch’s whereabouts contact … Read more
With the General Assembly reconvening next week to work on the state budget Gov. Glenn Youngkin is asking lawmakers to add in another $50 million for more school resource officers in the wake of the Texas elementary school mass shooting where nearly 20 students were killed. A spokesperson for Gov. Youngkin tells NBC 12 he … Read more
The Ford Motor Company is paying Virginia over $384,000 to settle a lawsuit over product misrepresentation. According to Attorney General Jason Miyares’ office the suit centered around the 2013 and 2014 C-Max hybrid vehicles regarding claimes over fuel economy and mileage per tank of gas. The suit also claimed the company made assertions on its … Read more
The Virginia Department of Fire Programs invites the public to attend the 25th annual Virginia Fallen Firefighters & EMS Memorial Service on Saturday, June 4 at the Richmond Raceway Complex. The memorial service will begin at noon in the Main Exhibition Hall and will honor 4 firefighters. Emergency response personnel, government officials, and public safety … Read more
On Thursday the Tappahannock Art Gallery holds an opening reception for its new exhibit called “Barbara M. Collins: The Artist at Work”. Collins is a 95-year-old watercolor artist and is a founding member of the Central Virginia Watercolor Society and a founding artist member of the Arts Center in Orange, VA where she has lived … Read more
The Mathews County School Board approved five high school science textbooks, as well as two for a new family and consumer science elective to be offered at Thomas Hunter Middle School. According to the Gazette-Journal the board tabled adopting two middle school reading/language arts books for grades 5 through 8, to allow school board members … Read more