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HEATHSVILLE—It is easy to develop a vision for a garden in the spring, finding new ideas and the plants that can transform that concept into reality. As the seasons progress, the days heat up and the spring bloomers fade away, it is more difficult to bring life and color to...

LANCASTER—The Youth Theater Workshop will return to the Northern Neck for summertime fun. Three directors will lead the theater training program at The Lancaster Playhouse in White Stone August 9-13, with a performance on August 14. Youth ages 8-18 are welcome to join in the adventure of making theater....

by Larry Chowning –  The eighth annual Urbanna Founders Day celebration will be presented on Saturday, August 7, to commemorate the colonial history of the Town of Urbanna. The town was created in June 1680 on paper by the Colonial Assembly through the Act of Cohabitation that was designed to establish...

by Larry Chowning –      The Chesapeake Bay Buyboat Association will present its 17th annual buyboat rendezvous from July 30-August 8. The tour will start in Urbanna at the town-owned marina at the foot of Virginia Street on Urbanna Creek and end at Hudgins Horn Harbor Marina in Port...

by Shaune Lee LANCASTER—Drivers turning onto Crawfords Corner Road from Regina Road have a new landmark by which to navigate. After two months of hard work, Bill and Pam Gurley recently brought a nearly-100- year-old windmill back to life. Originally purchased by Bill’s great-grandfather, William Kincaid Pitman Sr., also known as...

MIDDLESEX—The 10th running of the Deltaville 5K and Kids Fun Run is set for Saturday, July 3, starting and finishing in front of the Deltaville Community Association (DCA) building, 17147 General Puller Highway, Deltaville. The Kids Fun Run will start at 7:15 a.m., immediately followed by the 5K, a 3.1-mile...

LANCASTER—In July, The Lancaster Players will present Opal’s Million Dollar Duck, the production they had to cancel in March 2020. Mari Bonomi, who directed the play along with Bob Walker, said she is thrilled that at last live theater will happen again in White Stone. “We all put so much energy...

YORK––The community is invited to celebrate Yorktown’s 42nd Independence Day celebration on Sunday, July 4. This free family-friendly event has activities on Historic Main Street and also at the waterfront at Riverwalk Landing. Visitors can take advantage of special programming at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown (additional tickets...

MIDDLESEX – Revered as “The Best Art Event in Eastern Virginia” by Virginia Living’s 2019 Best of Virginia magazine, Arts in the Middle Juried Fine Arts Festival returns to the Hewick Planation, near Urbanna, on June 5 and 6. The seventh annual arts extravaganza provides a variety of fine...

Flat Iron Crossroads is a nonprofit organization that has revitalized the site of a 100-year-old gas station into an intimate, modern performing arts center located on the corner of Flat Iron Road and Daffodil Lane in Gloucester. Just as gas stations have prepared travelers for journeys since the advent...