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by Tom Samuel -  The Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) system is now offering Beanstack. Beanstack is an innovative web platform/mobile “app”-based program designed to engage people of all ages in reading by making it fun and easy for them to record and track their own independent reading. Beanstack participants...

To learn more about winter waterfowl populations through citizen science, the Northern Neck Chapter of the Audubon Society (NNAS) is seeking volunteers to assist in a census count of these fascinating birds February 5-6. This Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula Winter Waterfowl Count, focusing on the Lower Rappahannock-Potomac rivers, tributaries...

Each February, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Kilmarnock invites readers on a Blind Date with a Book. This is an opportunity to choose a book "not by its cover," said St. Andrews session member Susan May. Stop by any St. Andrews Little Free Library and choose a wrapped book by the...

After a 15-month shutdown for the COVID pandemic, The Westmoreland Players recently reopened with a production of "A Sanders Family Christmas." The Westmoreland Players, a Northern Neck-based community theater group, received a $15,000 grant from the Mason and Lula Cole Charitable Trust and a $2,500 grant from the Virginia Commission for...

Registration is now open for the Winter Golf Croquet League at Chesapeake Bay Croquet Club, 1834 Twiggs Ferry Road, Hartfield. “Yes, it is cold in the winter, but there are many nice days also,” said Club President Macey White. “Plenty (of nice days) to schedule your league games.” Play continues through...

Soil collected from the site of the 1896 lynching of Thomas Washington near Center Cross in Essex County will serve as a memorial of one of Essex’s darkest days. The soil collection took place on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021 as a part of the unveiling and dedication of a...

The January RAL Art Center windows will feature art by Joyce Satterwhite and Bob Casazza. As patrons visit the gallery to see, “You Be The Judge," they might find a favorite artist right on Main Street in the windows. Satterwhite paints to tell a story about the people and places she...

The 64th Urbanna Oyster Festival returns this fall and will be held Nov. 5 and 6. "The board has been briefed by Dr. Richard Williams, director of Three Rivers Health District, met with representatives of the nonprofits who operate booths at the festival, and also with local, county and...

NORTHUMBERLAND—Since 2007, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Heathsville has sponsored its annual Oysters & Oldies Christmas Oyster Roast. This popular community event draws hundreds from across the Northern Neck and beyond to enjoy local, wild caught oysters roasted over oak fires or freshly shucked with a selection of gourmet...

On Sunday, Nov. 14, from 1-5 p.m. the Middlesex County Museum and Historical Society is partnering with The Friends of Urbanna, who support the Urbanna Scottish Factor Store Museum, to host a barbecue to help fund the preservation, collection, education and sharing of our local history at the newly...