Topping News

Stingray Point in Deltaville and other coastal areas received some damage from the nora easter that hit Middlesex County last week.

Rescue workers respond to Tuesdaya s fatal crash on Route 3 at Topping. Clara Banks, 82, of Topping, died when the SUV she was riding in was struck from the rear and overturned on Tuesday, said Sergeant G.T. Mathias of the Virginia State Police.

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

Watermen Keith Jett and Billy Robinson of Lewisetta circle Temple Bay rock near Christchurch School in the Rappahannock River at sunrise, pulling their dredge with the workboat - Wendy Lee." Numerous oyster boats have worked the Rappahannock the past few weeks with good results - just in time for the Oyster Festival.

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.

The two candidates for a Saluda District seat on the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors in the November 3 election will speak at upcoming Kiwanis Club of Middlesex meetings at Urbanna United Methodist Church.

The 1915 Ford "Speedster" above was a real head turner at the 14th annual Wings and Wheels show last Saturday in Topping.

A group of interested citizens met at the home of Bill and Bankie Benton on Long Point Lane in Topping on September 22 to form a Freedoms Foundation chapter for this area of Virginia.

Angela Beachy is Middlesex County's new Director of Social Services. The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors was introduced to Angela Beachy, the new Middlesex County Director of Social Services, at its August 4 meeting.

This year's final year students in England were marginally less happy with their university experience than last year's leavers, an annual survey shows.

This year's final year students in England were marginally less happy with their university experience than last year's leavers, an annual survey shows.

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.