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MIDDLESEX––One of the oldest volunteer rescue squads on Virginia’s Middle Peninsula, Middlesex County Volunteer Rescue Squad (MCVRS) will present the “Rescue Regatta” fundraiser, on Saturday, Aug. 19, in Deltaville. The one-day regatta will feature a pursuit-style race. This is a race for money, not class racing. The purpose of the...

LANCASTER - The Steamboat Era Museum is getting ready to celebrate the 12th annual Irvington Crab Festival from 4-8 p.m. September 16. The festival is held in the Carousel Physical Therapy tent on the Irvington Town Commons, 98 King Carter Drive, Irvington. The crab festival is the museum’s largest fundraising...

Beginning at 9:15 p.m. on July 4, fireworks will light up the sky over the York River in an annual community tradition. YORK–The best places to view the show are along the Yorktown waterfront and at the Victory Monument on Main Street. Due to the expected crowd, there are...

Tickets are on sale for the annual Kilmarnock Volunteer Fire Department Firemen’s Festival grand prize drawing. Festival president Cody Smith shows the prize—a 2023 Chevrolet Silverado 4X4—on display at the KVFD Firehouse, 71 School Street, Kilmarnock. The winning ticket will be drawn on the final night of the festival, which...

MIDDLESEX––Need something fun to do on July 1 and 2? Consider Hartfield’s 2023 Blue Crab Arts and Crafts Festival at Hartfield croquet club. The festival will take place 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on the grounds of the Chesapeake Bay Croquet Club, 1860 Twiggs Ferry Road, Hartfield.  This event features original, handcrafted...

It’s time to go fishing for a cause.  Registration is now open for the 15th annual Dream Fields Spanish Mackerel Fishing Tournament on August 19. Proceeds benefit Lancaster County Little League and Dream Fields, 1385 Irvington Road, Kilmarnock.  Some $5,400 in cash prizes will be awarded, including a $2,500 first prize,...

MIDDLESEX – The annual Arts in the Middle (AIM) Fine Arts Festival on June 3 and 4 at Hewick Plantation near Urbanna will once again offer an extravaganza of fine arts: a weekend full of visual, performing, literary and culinary arts. Middlesex County musician and AIM team member Clayton Neal...

YORK—Yorktown’s Sounds of Summer concert series will begin Thursday, June 1, at Riverwalk Landing, 331 Water Street, Yorktown. The Thursday concerts are from 6:30-9 p.m. through August 10 (no concert July 6). All concerts are free, reported public information officer Gail Whittaker. The Uptown Band will be featured June 1, followed...

by Tom Chillemi - Juneteenth 2023 will “celebrate freedom” on Saturday, June 10, with a parade and festival at Middlesex High School (MHS) in Saluda. The family event is open to the public and will be educating, empowering and entertaining, organizers say. Exhibits and events include food and merchandise vendors,...

LANCASTER—The Friends of Belle Isle State Park recently announced the 2023 Music by the River schedule. The family-friendly outdoor concerts are staged in the waterfront picnic area at Belle Isle State Park, 1632 Belle Isle Road, Lancaster. The series will open at 6 p.m. June 10 with Chris Stanley &...