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3 weeks ago | 
ssentinel.com | Tom Chillemi
At 11:01 a.m. on May 31, the Middlesex High School (MHS) Class of 2025 became graduates… and mortar boards flew. See more graduation photos, page A10 in our June 5 issue. (Photo by Tom Chillemi)MHS’s John S. Clements Memorial Gymnasium was filled with joy for the 76th commencement exercise on May 31. Eighty-two students received diplomas.
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3 weeks ago | 
ssentinel.com | Tom Chillemi
A special exception application for a 20-megawatt utility scale solar energy facility in Deltaville failed to get approval of the Middlesex Board of Supervisors. On Tuesday, June 3, following a four-hour public hearing, the board was split, 2-2, on the motion to approve the special exception. A tied vote means the motion failed.
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1 month ago | 
ssentinel.com | Tom Chillemi
A proposal to build two dwellings on a quarter-acre lot at 181 West Ave. dominated the Urbanna Town Council meeting on May 22. Area neighbors spoke against having two dwellings on one lot, objecting to possible future rental properties.
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1 month ago | 
ssentinel.com | Tom Chillemi
Megan Hall, president of Urbanna Main Street, was the only speaker on May 22 during the Urbanna Town Council’s public hearing on Urbanna’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2025-2026 budget. Hall asked the council to help fund the organization that is working to uplift Urbanna as a whole. “Economic development does not happen in isolation. It takes vision, coordination and community wide support and we are ready and willing to do the work,” she told councilors.
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1 month ago | 
ssentinel.com | Tom Chillemi
The fate of a proposed $40 million commercial solar facility in Deltaville will be decided by four of the five members of the Middlesex Board of Supervisors. Pinetop District Supervisor Randy Crittenden, who represents Deltaville and the eastern end of the county, has recused himself from participating or voting on the special exception request for a solar facility on a 77-acre parcel, located at 1033 North End Road, Deltaville, which is owned by T.H. Crittenden and Son Inc.
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1 month ago | 
ssentinel.com | Tom Chillemi
The second crash in four weeks at the intersection of U.S. Route 17 and Town Bridge Road occurred last week. On Tuesday, May 13, at about 5:25 p.m. a two-vehicle crash occurred at the intersection of Route 17 and Town Bridge Road just north of Saluda, reported Sgt. J. Teagle of the Virginia State Police’s Gloucester office. According to authorities, Trooper M.S. Ward responded to the scene.
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1 month ago | 
ssentinel.com | Tom Chillemi
Sending Middlesex County wastewater to distant treatment plants at Williamsburg and Yorktown is a long way off. With costs escalating, the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) will be looking at sending wastewater from Urbanna and Saluda to West Point and on to Toano, north of Williamsburg. This would eliminate Urbanna, Saluda, and West Point treatment plants, reported John “Jay” Dano, chief of planning and analysis at HRSD, to the Middlesex Board of Supervisors on May 6.
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1 month ago | 
ssentinel.com | Tom Chillemi
The Middlesex County Republican Party Committee has nominated William A. “Bill” Harris to run for the Middlesex Board of Supervisors for the Hartfield District in the Nov. 4 General Election, reported Melissa D. Welch, Middlesex director of elections and general registrar. Bill Harris has completed all the necessary paperwork and is now a qualified candidate for the Nov. 4 election, Welch said. Running for the Saluda District seat on the Middlesex Board of Supervisors is incumbent Don R.
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1 month ago | 
ssentinel.com | Tom Chillemi
At the May 8 Urbanna Town Council meeting, Latane Montague asked council to consider selling the 30-foot wide strip of land at the end of Virginia Street that abuts his marina. Montague said the land is eroding into nearby Urbanna Creek and there are people trespassing on the property at night. He also noted parking is not permitted under a 1975 court settlement.
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1 month ago | 
ssentinel.com | Tom Chillemi
A Gloucester minor was seriously injured in a crash on U.S. Route 17 at Saluda on Tuesday afternoon, May 6, reported Sgt. J. Teagle of the Virginia State Police’s Gloucester office. According to the police report, Virginia State Trooper M.S. Ward was dispatched to the single vehicle crash. Through his investigation, Trooper Ward determined the 2013 Chevrolet Sonic was traveling northbound on Route 17 when it ran off the right shoulder at Gloucester Road near Hardee’s restaurant.
