Hartfield News

The construction bid to widen and straighten winding Stamper's Bay Road in Hartfield came in about $1.2 million under VDOT's estimated cost, said Marcie Parker, resident engineer for the Saluda office of VDOT.

A 2008 Taurus crashed into the rear of a back hoe tractor on Route 33 just before 7 p.m. on Tuesday , December 1, said Sergeant G.T. Mathias of the Virginia State Police.

The third county-wide Middlesex County Hall of Fame induction was held November 8 at Friendship Baptist Church in Hartfield.

Kendall McNamee was crowned Queen of the 52nd Urbanna Oyster Festival and Katie Brooke was crowned Little Miss Spat last Friday in Taber Park.

A grand opening for the newly-constructed Middlesex County Volunteer Rescue Squad Station 2 in Hartfield will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday, November 14.

Tickets are now on sale for the Chesapeake Chorale's annual holiday concerts.A Performances of "A Chesapeake Chorale Christmas" are scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday, December 5, at Lancaster Middle School in Kilmarnock and 3 p.m. Sunday, A December 6, at St.

According to results on the State Board of Elections website, Pete Mansfield of the Urbanna area easily defeated incumbent Robert Crump of Topping in Tuesday's election for a Saluda District seat on the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors.

Flames engulfed the outbuilding before firemen could reach the scene. Fire destroyed an outbuilding behind a home on Mason's Cove Lane in Topping at 11 a.m. Friday, October 16, reported Hartfield Volunteer Fire Department Chief Adam Blake.

In the upcoming November 3 Middlesex County Board of Supervisors election, two candidates are seeking a Saluda District seat and one candidate is running unopposed for a Pine-top District seat.

The selection of the Urbanna Oyster Festival Queen is a long-standing tradition that dates back to 1960, the year before Urbanna Days became the Urbanna Oyster Festival.

Gail and Pollard Hall of Stafford, Va., are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Lauren Leigh Hall, to Lee Powell Smith, son of Eileen and John Smith of Urbanna, Va.

Two seats on the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors and two seats on the Middlesex School Board will be on the local election ballot on Tuesday, November 3. There are two contested offices on the Middlesex ballot, and two candidates are running unopposed.

Fire caused extensive damage to the home of Tonya Harris on Twiggs Ferry Road at Hartfield on the morning of Thursday, September 3. No one was home when the fire started and no one was injured.

The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to settle a $14 million lawsuit out of court.

Hubie Falkenstein photographed the hungry black bear on the deck steps of his Moore's Creek home on Monday at about noon.

A Middlesex Circuit Court grand jury handed down 21 felony charges against 11 people via direct indictments on June 18, 2009, reported Middlesex Sheriff Guy Abbott.

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.

Father John Boddie, who served as pastor of the Catholic parishes in Middlesex and Mathews counties for almost 12 years, died Tuesday, May 19, 2009.

When Phase I of Healya s Mill Plantation in Hartfield was rezoned to Residential in 2007, applicant Gene Ruark proffered that there would be a maximum of 31 lots on the 40 acres.