Feature Articles

by Tom Chillemi -  Sonia Honaker has seen a lot during 50 years at her riverfront home in the upper reaches of the Piankatank River. Eagles and ospreys live here and fish these waters hunting in early morning and late afternoon until dusk. The numbers have improved for the ospreys but...

This article was originally published in the June 2013 issue of The Rivah Visitor’s Guide.  by Larry Chowning -  The Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula have proved to be powerhouses in the development of wooden deadrise boat construction, and the era has lasted from the 1880s well into the 21st century. There...

The Northern Neck Nutshell Racing Association is working hard to grow the fleet—literally. Racers Bill England and Art Gilbert are now building two of the 9’6” sailing prams in England’s shop in Burgess. “It’s a ‘Field of Dreams’ sort of thing,” said Gilbert. “If we build it, they will come....

Get ready, get fit and glide into a fitness activity that is the first of its kind on the Middle Peninsula. Riverside Wellness and Fitness Center – Middle Peninsula will offer a new Glide Fit program at its Gloucester location.  Picture improving your fitness above the water on what looks like...

Historic Christ Church & Museum will host architectural historian Dr. Carl Lounsbury via Zoom at 10 a.m. February 10 for “Church Building in Seventeenth-Century Virginia.” A historian at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation for over three decades and an adjunct associate professor at the College of William and Mary, Dr. Lounsbury...

For Middle Peninsula taxpayers who wish to have Taxaide prepare their taxes, packets may now be picked up at the Deltaville Public Library, the Cryer Center in Locust Hill or the Urbanna Public Library. Taxaide reps ask that you take only one packet for each tax return to be...

This article was originally published in the Fall 2015 issue of The Rivah Visitor’s Guide. by Larry Chowning -  In the summer of 1961, just off Stingray Point in the Chesapeake Bay, 12-year-old Robert Allen “Beady” May hooked a 75-pound stingray, a catch of a lifetime, and a fishing moment that...

The Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists (NNMN) will begin the year with a virtual meeting at 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 12. This Zoom meeting can be seen from the comfort of home via computer. The presentation will concern the Winter Flora and Fauna of Hickory Hollow, one...

Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society (MPAAGHS) will conduct a “virtual” meeting at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9. The meeting will feature a talk by Dr. Julie Sullivan-Detheridge about her book, “Against the Tide: The Turbulent Times of a Black Entrepreneur.” The book is a biography of Dr....

The Lancaster Virginia Historical Society (LVHS) “Zooming In On Lancaster County History: Thursdays at 3:00” virtual speaker series will continue through February 18. The speaker series is free for LVHS members and $5 per program for others. All viewers must register for each webinar separately at www.mkt.com/maryball or 462-7280, and...