Next Monday Lancaster County Public Schools and the Three Rivers Health District will host a COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. at Dream Fields in the Hayden Building. The Pfizer vaccine will be available and will accommodate 1st and 2nd doses, booster doses and doses for those 5 to 11 years old. … Read more
RAL Art Center in Kilmarnock holds a paint night on Thursday, December 9 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. . Participants will create up to three one-of-a-kind holiday cards using pen and ink with watercolor washes. Choose from a variety of traditional holiday and fun nautical festive images. Doug Mock will lead the class. Attendees … Read more
A project to build workforce housing apartments in Cooks Corner that failed due to COVID-19 could be revived. According to the Southside Sentinel the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors agreed to let Bay Aging take over the project that was conceived 2 years ago and received a $3 million grant. The dissolution by the Middlesex … Read more
The country’s largest oyster restoration project in Virginia’s Piankatank and the Great Wicomico rivers is now complete. Over the past two years, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission deployed more than 50,000 tons of rock and nearly 100,000 bushels of shell to restore 127 acres of oyster habitat in the Piankatank. The Commission also deployed more … Read more
The Friday the Holiday Marketplace opens at the Steamboat Era Museum in Irvington and it’s your first opportunity to gwet a new poster created by the Brecher Design Group. According to the Gazette-Journal the 24”x36” poster entitled “Steamboats of the Chesapeake Bay” is a companion piece to the popular Cannery Labels of the Northern Neck … Read more
A couple from Gloucester is chosen to receive the First Citizen Award from the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. According to the Virginian-Pilot Mari Ann and Charlie Banks will be awarded at the Chamber’s 2021 First Citizen Gala.taking place next Tuesday. The Bankses moved to White Hall more than three decades ago from Atlanta when … Read more
The Virginia Department of Health announces it is working with the Centers for Disease Control and other federal agencies to track the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. No cases of this variant have been identified in the United States so far but officials say they are expected and may be soon detected here. A … Read more
This is Virginia Winter Weather Awareness Week and the Department of Emergency Management along with the National Weather Service say now is the time to prepare for the upcoming winter weather. Officials say to review emergency plans, build or resupply emergency kits, and learn about winter weather and how it impacts Virginia. Things like knowing … Read more
Fran Bradford is appointed as Virginia’s new Secretary of Education. Secretary Bradford begins the role as former Secretary Atif Qarni accepts a position as Managing Director at Temple University’s Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice in Philadelphia. She previously served as Deputy Secretary of Education for Governor Ralph Northam. Bradford has championed Virginia higher … Read more
There’s a holiday puppet show coming to the Playhouse! The Lancaster Players will present “Christmas Shorts”, a holiday puppet show for families and children at 2:00 p.m. December 11 & 12 at The Playhouse in White Stone. It is a comic piece written by Lucy Williams and employs the use of 25″ ventriloquist puppets! Reservations … Read more