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WESTMORELAND—Stratford Hall Historic Preserve recently was awarded an $835,000 grant from the Virginia 250 Preservation Fund Grant Program for restoration efforts and to improve accessibility around the circa 1738 Great House. This project is one of 35 preservation projects across the Commonwealth to receive grant funding through the Virginia 250...

The Middlesex County Woman’s Club’s (MCWC) eighth annual Bread-Baking Class is slated for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17 at the MCWC clubhouse (the Middlesex colonial courthouse) at 210 Virginia St. in Urbanna. This year, the class is focusing on cinnamon buns. Participants can choose to make either cinnamon...

Bay School Community Arts Center presents “Fantastic Fiber!,” through Feb. 24. Fantastic Fiber! explores the many ways artists incorporate fiber into their work as a means of expression. This exhibit showcases fiber art created by 17 Virginia artists in both 2D and 3D art, including collage, pottery, weavings, wearable art, jewelry...

NORTHUMBERLAND—“George Washington, Your Humble Servant" will be held at 3 p.m. February 16 at Rice's Hotel/Hughlett's Tavern (RHHT), 73 Monument Place, Heathsville. Held in honor of the first president's birthday, this fundraiser will include a light buffet based on some of Washington's favorite foods. Andrew Packett will portray Washington. This...

Topping author David Brown Howell is set to speak 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 at the Deltaville branch of the Middlesex County Public Library system. His talk is expected to focus on his latest book, “All Saved Great and Small — Surviving a Chesapeake Bay Cult and an Appalachian...

by Michael Kunzinger The public is invited to attend the annual meeting of the Friends of Deltaville Library on Thursday, Feb. 6, from 2 to 4 p.m. The meeting will be at the Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) system’s Deltaville branch at 35 Lovers Lane, a little southeast of the...

The Town of Tappahannock recently announced Pack Brothers Hospitality will manage and operate the future restaurant, currently referred to as Hoskins Creek Restaurant. The official name will be finalized and announced at a later date. This anticipated establishment is a vital component of the Hoskins Creek Park Development Project, an...

WESTMORELAND—Stratford Hall recently announced Caroline E. Janney will deliver the 2025 Lee Lecture at 2 p.m. January 19 in the Jessie Ball duPont Memorial Library at Stratford Hall Historic Preserve, 483 Great House Road, Stratford. Dr. Janney, the John L. Nau III Professor of the American Civil War and Director...

The Mathews VA250 Committee, along with the Mathews Bay School Community Arts Center, recently announced a competition to design two LOVEworks signs. Proposals and bids are due by January 25. The initial award to construct the signs was announced in November and the committee is seeking artists to submit their...

LANCASTER—The Kilmarnock & District Pipe Band will hold its annual afternoon “Tribute to Robert Burns” event January 25 at the Masonic Lodge #100, 1434 Good Luck Road, Kilmarnock. The program will focus on a concert and entertainment with piping, singing, poetry and dancing, reported pipe major William Harrison. The event...