Cigarettes will cost more in Middlesex County starting Aug. 1. According to the Southside Sentinel both the County Board of Supervisors and Urbanna Town Council voted to join the Chesapeake Bay Region Cigarette Tax Board to levy a 40-cents-a-pack tax. Urbanna will receive the tax collected in town, while the county will collect the tax … Read more
The Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Office is participating in this year’s National Night Out taking place Aug. 3 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. It will be at Stan’s Skateland on Kings Highway In Montross. National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and provides a great opportunity to bring police and … Read more
Congressman Rob Wittman is surveying constituents on the issue of calls to defund police following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the impact it has had on crime. Wittman says other polls show concern over crime has reached the highest point in four years and the number saying it’s extremely serious is the … Read more
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors scheduled a public hearing for Sept. 7 on removing the Confederate monument from the southwest corner of the courthouse green. According to the Southside Sentinel the board voted 3-2 to remove the statue but Virginia law requires the public hearing then the board needs to vote for a second … Read more
Rappahannock Community College will host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on July 21 at the Glenns campus and on July 22 at the Warsaw campus. The clinics will be open to the public as well as to RCC students and employees. Participants must be 12 years of age or older to receive the vaccine. Visit rappahannock.edu/vaccine … Read more
The Mathews Maritime Foundation’s Maritime Heritage Day takes place this Saturday on Main St. from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. According to the Gazette-Journal there will be a number of activities including a raffle to win a deadrise boat model with proceeds benefiting Riverside Walter Reed Hospital in Gloucester. The Foundation’s museum will be open … Read more
A public hearing is set for Monday on a Mathews County rezoning request from Rural to Business. According to the Gazette-Journal the request was made by Rhetson Companies for a mixed-use development to be built behind FasMart on Buckley Hall Rd in Dutton. Rhetson held a meeting on the project late last month. The hearing … Read more
The Gloucester County School Board held a town hall meeting on Tuesday and the topics ranged from the recent Supreme Court ruling rejecting the district’s transgender bathroom ban to questions about teaching critical race theory. According to 13 News attendees were quite vocal on both sides of the bathroom ban but board members refused to … Read more
Plan for some extra travel time today and tomorrow on Route 609 in Northumberland County also known as Remo Road. DOT crews will be conducting milling and paving operations between Route 200 and Mill Point Drive between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Road resurfacing work is also taking place on Peninsula Drive, … Read more
The King and Queen County Sheriff’s Office needs your help to find a man from Williamsburg who is wanted for fa probation violation on a felony offense. 24-year-old Alexander Christopher Blenaru is white, 6 foot tall and 180 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. If you have any information on Blenaru’s whereabouts contact the … Read more