Deltaville News

The Norfolk District Army Corps of Engineers has received federal stimulus funding to dredge Broad Creek in Deltaville, reported Corps official Douglas H. Stampers in a June 10 email to Middlesex County officials.

The Lower Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department responded to a blaze near Deltaville on the morning of Monday, July 6. According to a witness, a brush fire spread to a nearby shed, which quickly became engulfed in flames.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- The Rev. James Wesley Ward, 70, died suddenly of natural causes at his home on Wednesday, June 24, 2009.

The classic rock group "Sweet Justice" will perform Saturday, July 4, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Taber Park in Urbanna.

The classic rock group "Sweet Justice" will perform Saturday, July 4, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Urbanna Town Marina at Upton's Point on Urbanna Creek.

Robbin Thompson will perform songs of local interest on the main stage at 11:30 a.m. With the theme a oeOur Community Unites,a the Deltaville Community Association will hold its Annual Heritage Day on Saturday, July 4. Events will be on the Deltaville Community Center grounds from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Art, craft and food vendors will be set up all day.

It's calendar time; get yours out and mark these dates. The next Farmers' Market is set for Saturday, June 27, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. It's looking very good that we'll have produce at the market and we'll be moving it under the trees back by the creek.A July 4th marks the 100th celebration of Deltaville, and the DCA is planning a great day along ...

For Middlesex youth growing up in the late 1960s, the Christian Youth Unlimited was a dynamic interdenominational organization that had 60-plus teenage members from throughout the area.

Rising sophomores from Middlesex High School who will attend the Chesapeake Bay Governor's School at the Glenns Campus of RCC next year include, from left, John Shaw, son of Donna Armento and LeRoy Holt of Deltaville; Libby Scales, daughter of Andy and Dallas Scales of Saluda; Joe Nelson, son ofA Alice and Todd Nelson of Wake; and Grayson Johnson, ...

The ballot is set for the Middlesex County election on Tuesday, November 3. The deadline to file the necessary papers was June 9. Two seats on the Middlesex Board of Supervisors and two seats on the Middlesex School Board will be on the ballot.

Deltaville Great Valu has awarded its fifth annual Great Scholarships for Great Students scholarship to Gregory Dorsey of Hartfield, a senior at Middlesex High School.

Last Saturday's season opening of the Deltaville Maritime Museum unveiled for the first time two plaques, one for the founding members and the other for supporters of the "Explorer" project.

From the air, it is easy to see that the channel into Broad Creek is narrowing. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to use $670,000 in federal stimulus money to fund the dredging of Broad Creek in Deltaville, said Middlesex County Administrator Charles Culley yesterday.

Middlesex Rotary Club president Joe Brinkley attaches a Rotary Club pin to Ruby Lee Norris' lapel as co-recipient Rachel Bridger looks on.

See proposed FY10 county budget on page B6. The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to hold a public hearing on the upcoming 2009-10 county budget that includes no tax increases.

There are friends, and then there are true friends. Betty Chenowith of Deltaville, whose kidneys have failed, recently found out just how many true friends she has.

Volunteers working with the AARP Tax-Aide program will be at the Deltaville Library on Thursday, April 2, to assist people with their income tax.

From left, Norman Hall and Dalton Brownley compare notes and go over site details for the two Habitat dwelling projects to begin in 2009.

Local Girl Scouts perform community service projects. Thursday, March 19, 2009 On Tuesday, Feb.

Requests from Middlesex officials, affiliated groups and citizens total about $400 million.