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The Reedville Fishermen’s Museum (RFM) was recently gifted a 99-year-old traditional Chesapeake Deadrise Draketail with a Dolphin Nose Stern. The beautiful boat, Fannie, is 36 feet in length, has a 6-foot beam and a 2-foot, 6-inch draft, reported executive director Shauna McCranie. The boat was built in 1924 by Charles...

When hundreds of farmers from across the Commonwealth gathered in November for the Virginia Farm Bureau annual convention in Virginia Beach, they had the opportunity to taste something sweet from the Northern Neck. While the area has been long known for aquaculture and viticulture, Honey River Farm is working...

The Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society (MPAAGHS) will meet virtually at 11 am. Saturday, January 13. The meeting will feature a talk by historian Alan S. Taylor about his book, The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832. This story of slavery and freedom in the Chesapeake Bay...

Yorktown’s Christmas Market on Main, with artists, food trucks, strolling musicians and antique cars, will be held from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, December 2, and from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sunday, December 3, in Historic Yorktown. The Town Crier “rings in” the market at 10 a.m. on Saturday followed...

The Museum at Colonial Beach is excited to announce that the Christmas House Tour is back! The 21st Christmas House Tour will take place December 9-10 and will feature nine beautifully decorated homes throughout the town, according to Michele Inderrieden with the Colonial Beach Community Foundation. The 21st Holiday House Tour...

Over the past 44 years, the Westmoreland Players Theatre has staged many holiday classics during the Christmas season, including Miracle on 34th Street and four different productions of A Christmas Carol. This year, the Players will present the Virginia premiere of a Tilt the Unlit Candle, a quirky grown-up...

NORTHUMBERLAND—Both children and adults are invited to do their Christmas shopping at Golden Village Christmas from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. December 2 at Rice’s Hotel/ Hughlett’s Tavern, 73 Monument Place, Heathsville. There also will be caroling, free hot mulled cider, a bake sale and visits with Santa, reported executive director Corinne...

LANCASTER—Tickets are now on sale for the Northern Neck Orchestra’s 2023-24 concert season that features an expanded program of four concerts conducted by music director Michael Repper, including a new festive holiday concert. The performances showcase music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Benjamin Britten, Antonin Dvorak, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Peter...

by Gary Cook -  Deltaville is known for its rich history of wooden boatbuilding centered around the commercial work boats of the Chesapeake Bay. While most Middlesex County residents and frequent visitors to the area are well aware of the Deltaville Maritime Museum’s (DMM) commitment to telling the story of...

LANCASTER—The Pumpkin Walk will be held from 4-6 p.m. October 28 at Town Centre Park, 150 North Main Street, Kilmarnock. The Pumpkin Walk is a free, safe and fun trick-or-treating event where businesses and organizations pass out candy to up to 1,000 children, said Lancaster by the Bay Chamber of...