Middlesex High School Senior Katie Brooke is named Teenager of the Year by the Kiwanis Club of Middlesex. The Southside Sentinel reports Katue was chosen in a competition where entrants were judged on their academic, extracurricular and community achievements. Katie is is an honor roll student along with a student athlete and is currently interning … Read more
Westmoreland County Sheriff C.O Balderson and Major John Hoover spoke at a recent Board of Supervisors meeting about a race event at Custom T’s Motorsports Park which attracted so many people there was chaos outside the track. The Northern Neck News reports the two talked about seeing drivers on Longfield Road hitting close to triple … Read more
It’s been a year since mass layoffs began due to COVID-19 and the Virginia Employment Commission said Thursday that the number of initial unemployment claims filed since then exceeded the total number filed during the past three economic recessions in 1990, 2001 and 2007. 1.5 million claims were made since the March 21, 2020 filing … Read more
VIrginia enacts a law dictating how companies can use an individual’s private data. The Consumer Data Protection Act takes effect in January 2023 and bill sponsors say consumers should know what data is being collected about them and companies need to be accountable for how they use and protect that information. Lawmakers looked at California’s … Read more
A National Park Service grant is awarded to Preservation Mathews, Inc. to complete an application to get the Gwynn’s Island Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places. The Gazette Journal reports the grant was made available to localities affected following Hurricanes Michael and Florence in 2018. The application process includes a architectural survey … Read more
The 202 Gloucester Daffodil Festival is taking place next weekend and organizers say things will be quite a bit different than in years past. For one thing, there will be 40 handcraft and art vendors at an event that is by reservation only. Two-hour-blocks to attend the event can be reserved at daffodilfestivalva.org. The in-person … Read more
Gov. Ralph Northam recently announced that summer camps will be allowed to take place this year with a number of regulations due to COVID-19. All camp personnel and campers above the age of 5 must wear a mask over their nose and mouth plus non-camp personnel who enter the camp must wear a mask. Signage … Read more
The Federal Retail Pharmacy program in Virginia is now providing COVID-19 vaccination to essential workers and people under age 65 with high-risk medical conditions, There are more than 300 pharmacies across Virginia receiving vaccine doses directly from the federal government, separate from the doses allocated to local health districts every weeky. Until now only people … Read more
The Northern Neck Association of Realtors made a $2,000 to the Rappahannock Community College Educational Foundation for funding a scholarship in 2021. The scholarship selection process is underway and students will be notified of the awards in mid-April. The NNAR scholarship is one of more than 300 awards-totaling over approximately $500,000 that the Rappahannock Community … Read more
The Gloucester County School Board is seeking advice from Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring on the county’s allocation of a 1% sales tax increase that voters approved last November. The Gazette Journal reports the issue centers on using the tax to pay off debt for completed and current projects while it was the board’s understanding … Read more