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Reedville residents honored at naval destroyer commissioning

NORFOLK—In a moving ceremony that honored service, sacrifice and tradition, the United States Navy on Saturday, April 11, commissioned the USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124), officially entering the ship into service of the U.S. Navy as part of the Naval Surface Group Middle Atlantic. The ceremony took...

Irvington planners review proposed capital improvement projects

Irvington to purchase lot adjacent to Town Commons for storage facility

Lancaster pushes for more economic development tools; public hearing set on proposed budget and real estate tax hike

Voting on proposed redistricting to wrap up on Tuesday

Mary Kathryn Hall adds another feather to her cap

Proposed White Stone operations budget for ’26-27 includes a bump in retirement

Lightning arrester module incident raises concerns

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Lady Devils stop Chargers’ rally for diamond win, 6-4

by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi The Lady Devils held off a final-inning rally by the Chargers on Wednesday, April 8, to edge Middlesex, 6-4, in varsity softball...

Lancaster slams Middlesex, 9-4

by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi Lancaster collected 12 hits and scored five runs in its final two trips to the plate to beat Middlesex, 9-4, in Saluda...

Seahorses welcome community fans

The Christchurch School baseball team, 8-8, will travel to Richmond today, April 16, to play Collegiate School at 4:45 p.m. The Seahorses will return to...

Lancaster varsity soccer team finding its groove

by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi Lancaster pulled off a David-conquered-Goliath kind of win this week, upsetting a perennial Northern Neck District and Region A powerhouse in varsity...

JV Red Devils prepare for district play

by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi The Lancaster junior varsity baseball team has gotten off to a 3-2 start. Northern Neck District competition will begin this week. The...

JV Lady Devils still searching for a win

by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi Despite scoring 16 runs in their first three games, the Lady Devils are still looking for their first win in junior varsity...

Local Life

TOGA workshop slated for Sunday

The Tidewater Oyster Gardener Association (TOGA) will presents Gardening Chesapeake Bay Oysters in Virginia from 2-4:30 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at Deltaville Maritime Museum,...

Audubon chapter to review bird feeders

The Northern Neck Chapter of the National Audubon Society will meet from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at Grace Episcopal Church, 303 South Main...

‘Teddy’s Place’ will open Friday for a three-day run at The Lancaster Playhouse

The Lancaster Players will present “Teddy’s Piece,” April 17-19 at The Lancaster Playhouse, 361 Chesapeake Drive, White Stone. Shows will begin at 8 p.m....

Kilmarnock area garden tour Wednesday features six sites

The Garden Club of the Northern Neck will host the 2026 Historic Garden Week in the Northern Neck tour highlighting six distinctive properties near...

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