There won’t be any guns in the county’s schools at the Mid-County Rescue Squad’s “Fall Extravaganza.” School Board Chairman Betty Christopher said at the board’s meeting Monday night that Superintendent of Schools Clint Stables had conferred with Juvenile Court Judge Michael McKenney and the judge advised him that he thought that allowing guns even for sale by individuals in what amounts to a big yard sale to raise money for
Northumberland County Sheriff C.A. Wilkins confirmed Monday that one of the culprits who made bomb threats at the county’s middle and high schools last week had been identified and charges were being prepared against him. Wilkins said the suspect is a juvenile high school student and declined to provide additional information due to the suspect’s age. He is suspected of scrawling the bomb threat on the high school bathroom wall
A pursuit that began in a Village convenience store ended with an arrest in a swamp in Northumberland County last Thursday. A Northumberland County deputy sheriff, Cpl. Kevin Keeve, was in the convenience store at Village working on an unrelated matter when Jose Antonio Torres Martinez walked in. Martinez was wanted on a warrant charging him with violation of probation but, because Keeve’s vehicle was unmarked, was not alerted to
Northumberland County’s board of supervisors will be considering switching people in Hacks Neck from the Heathsville post office to the Burgess location at their next meeting. The decision followed a suggestion to do so from Heathsville postmaster Andy Hall at their May 10 meeting. County Administrator Kenny Eades conveyed Hall’s request to the board. He said that Hall had pointed out that the change would save Hacks Neck customers 16
Staff reports In baseball and softball action this past week, the guys and gals split their two contests in different ways. The guys lost at Washington & Lee 9-1 and then came home Thursday to hand Rappahannock their third straight district loss, 7-1. For the ladies, it was just the opposite split with a win at W&L, 3-2, and a tough eight inning loss to district leading Rappahannock, 4-0.
By Nathaniel Cline On May 11, Northumberland senior basketball standout Kaitlyn Rochelle signed her letter of intent to play for the University of Virginia’s College at Wise. “It feels great to set a goal and reach it, so I’m pretty proud of myself,” said Rochelle. “I just liked the campus and the people on campus a lot. I definitely like the basketball program and it was just an immediate pick.”
By Lee Scripture While last Wednesday’s rain sort of dampened the quest of the two soccer teams for post season play within the Northern Neck District, it didn’t slow them down the rest of the week. On May 7, the Northumberland ladies went to Essex and came home with a 4-0 win. Then on May 11, they went to Lancaster and scored a 2-0 victory. For the Northumberland boys varsity
When a circuit court in Fairfax decided in January that St. Stephen’s Church in Heathsville belonged to Episcopalians, not the Anglicans who had been using it for five years, there was considerable doubt whether there would be a Strawberry Festival on the church grounds Memorial Day weekend. Anticipating that they might lose the suit, the Anglicans had not started preparing for the festival and none of the Episcopalians had been
You don’t exactly have to suspend disbelief to enjoy the Westmoreland Players current production, “Little Shop of Horrors.” It’s much better if you are simply incapable of disbelief at all. Getting into that frame of mind is easier if you know the show was developed as a musical play from a 1960 Roger Corman B-grade horror movie, allegedly shot in two days and one night. Nobody over the age of
The newly restored “old stack” cast its shadow across the 42nd annual Blessing of the Fleet in Reedville Sunday afternoon. Omega Protein’s general manager, Monty Diehl, opened the service by welcoming the dozens who attended and pointing out the old stack, a landmark of the town’s menhaden industry. He noted that the town’s first menhaden reduction plant was on the site and the ancient smokestack was erected in 1878. Thomasyne
The Northern Neck Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) will hold its 19th annual car show Saturday, May 26 on the grounds of the historic Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern, 73 Monument Place, Heathsville. The annual show contains 14 classes of all makes and models, consisting of antique and classic cars manufactured from 1987 and prior years as well as late model Corvettes, Mustangs, Camaros, and Challengers, etc. produced
Award winning author Brad Parks will return to review his latest mystery, “The Girl Next Door,” for the Books Alive program at the Northumberland Library, Tuesday, May 22, starting at 7 p.m. This is the third book featuring the wise-cracking investigative reporter Carter Ross and the other characters working at the Newark Eagle Examiner newspaper. In “The Girl Next Door” Ross reads in his paper’s obit column about a woman
State Senator Ryan McDougle and Delegate Margaret Ransone will discuss the cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay in a down economy at the annual meeting of the Northumberland Association for Progressive Stewardship (NAPS), Wednesday, May 23, in the new Northumberland School Auditorium starting at 6:30 p.m. All residents of the Northern Neck are invited to attend this special presentation. In addition to addressing “how to stay the course” for the Bay,
Northumberland County Sheriff C.A. Wilkins confirmed Monday that one of the culprits
A pursuit that began in a Village convenience store ended with an
Staff reports In baseball and softball action this past week, the guys
By Nathaniel Cline On May 11, Northumberland senior basketball standout Kaitlyn Rochelle
When a circuit court in Fairfax decided in January that St. Stephen’s
You don’t exactly have to suspend disbelief to enjoy the Westmoreland Players