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MIDDLESEX––The annual Police Unity Tour will be traveling through Urbanna on Saturday, May 10, between 3 and 4 p.m. and will stop on the Beryl Newman Memorial Bridge over Urbanna Creek to honor the late Middlesex County Sheriff’s Deputy Robert Hicks. More than 200 bicyclists (and some motorcyclists) will take...

NORTHUMBERLAND—More than 100 crafters, vendors and food trucks are expected again this year at the St. Stephen’s Strawberry Festival, Saturday, May 24, at  St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 6807 Northumberland Highway, Heathsville. The free, one-day event from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. is a Northern Neck tradition for the Memorial Day weekend. It...

A Raku Firing & Pottery Throwdown is slated for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, at the Bay School Community Arts Center at 279 Main Street in Mathews. Those attending will learn the ancient art of raku firing “with our own modern twist,” said an online...

LANCASTER—The Wren Masters, a baroque trio from Williamsburg, will return to Historic Christ Church (HCC) in Weems at 4 p.m. April 5 with “Textures of the Baroque,” featuring the music of Buxtehude, Schmelzer, J.S. Bach and Jean-Philippe Rameau. The performance will showcase Opus 93, HCC’s new continuo organ and this exciting...

The Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) system recently announced the launch of a series of free programs about gardening, hosted by the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service (VCES). The series consists of eight stand-alone presentations, once a month, now through November, alternating between Deltaville on the third Monday of the month,...

A class is planned in Mathews for people wanting to know the basics of oyster gardening. Dr. Richard Siciliano, a master oyster gardener representing Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association (TOGA), will teach the free 90-minute class at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, in the Mathews Land Conservancy Community Building, 1039 Williams...

Deltaville Maritime Museum Car Show/Cruise In is planned for 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM), 287 Jackson Drive, Deltaville. The show is open to all cars, trucks, and tractors and is a non-judged show. The car show is offered in conjunction with the opening...

NORTHUMBERLAND—The Northumberland County Historical Society (NCHS) will present historian Mark Gearhart at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 6, at the Ball Memorial Library and Museum, 86 Back Street, Heathsville. Gearhart recently released a 17th century map of Northumberland County that plots the location, acreage, and patent date of the land claims...

LANCASTER—One of America’s foremost humanities scholars and one of the nation’s leading presidential historians will headline the Historic Christ Church & Museum (HCC&M) 2025 Spring Speaker Series “A Revolution in Liberty: Lexington and Concord to the First Amendment.” The series is part of HCC&M’s multi-year effort to commemorate the 250th...

Gloucester County Public Library has announced two of its upcoming spring programs, both scheduled to be offered at its Main Street Center location at 6920 Main Street in Gloucester. Master Naturalist Hurricane Thompson of the Gloucester Master Gardeners will present, “Who is Stinging Me — Bees or Wasps?” on Wednesday,...