Those who thought they’d heard the last of the tourist home debate in Northumberland County until the Board of Supervisors revisits a proposal to make such use of homes in residential areas a matter of right at its February meeting will be disappointed to hear that an application for a conditional use permit to operate such a home near Burgess is on the Board’s agenda for Thursday. Janice Walton is
Members of the Callao Ruritan Club attended the annual Ladies Night and Installation of Officers on December 5 at the Callao Rescue Squad building. The delicious meal was catered by Terry Bain with the assistance of her mother and Debby Messick. National President Elliott Hogg, who was accompanied by his wife, Sandra, installed the officers for 2014. They were: President David Parr; Vice-President William “Sonny”… -For the full
The history of the Callao Volunteer Fire Department is one of men and women who have been willing to give of themselves for their community. Chris Neale, Callao VFD’s President said Saturday night as the CVFD celebrated 65 years of service to its community. “The Department has experienced numerous growing pains in the 65 years since 1948 when the Callao Fire Department was first organized,” Neale said. During the years,
When Steve Weddle’s novel “Country Hardball” hit the bookstands on Monday, Nov. 18, it was a date that served a dual purpose. It marked the beginning of Weddle’s career as a published novelist, but the end of a long journey of reflection and perspiration. “People ask me how long it took to write, and I tell them that we sold the book when I was 42, so it took me
With the opening week of the 2013-2014 basketball season in the record books, the Northumberland Lady Indians are sitting on top of a 3-0 record. This comes after claiming wins last week Tuesday over Mathews, 52-28, Wednesday at King and Queen, 46-10, and a big win at the Northern Neck Rivalry Tip-Off on Saturday, 53-33, over Lancaster. In Tuesday’s opener, the Mathews Lady Blue Devils took it to the Indians
The Lancaster Girls Basketball Team coming into the season has all the team and individual credentials to be a viable candidate for the first Conference 43 title. But they will have to prove that without the district’s player of the year and longtime head coach. Insert the new coaching staff into the defending regular season champions’ locker room. In one corner, the former coaches daughter, Emily Webb, and former rival
Scores & results for each week’s issue of the newspaper may be submitted as soon as possible via fax to 804-333-0033 or e-mail to nnnsports@lcs.net and/or no later than 8 a.m. on Monday mornings. Follow on Twitter for updates. Scores Dec. 2 JV Girls Basketball: Colonial Beach def. North Stafford 40-20, opens with a 1-0 record for the season. JV Girls Basketball: Mathews def. Northumberland & 23-18. Northumberland opens with a
The weather was a little chilly, but the sun came out for a while. The smiles on most of the faces showed that, “yes indeed,” the Northern Neck loves Christmas celebrating, gift ideas, music and food no matter what the temperature is. However, most of the people congregated in the Transportation Building getting great gift ideas and shopping for handmade items. Of particular interest was a display of a section
A great way to spend a few hours on the first Saturday in December was a trip to Golden Village Christmas in Heathsville. One might think this was just a chance for adults to stroll around and select some Christmas gifts from local craftsmen and merchants. However, this was an event that was just as entertaining for the younger members of the family. Santa Claus was waiting for all the
The Callao Ruritans held their annual Oyster Roast November 7 at Keyser’s Brothers Crab House in Lottsburg. The traditional dinner of steamed oysters, crackers, cheese, ham sandwiches and Philip Deitz’s homemade seafood sauce was attended by almost 30 members and guests including three charter members of the 43-year-old club. The oyster roast was in appreciation to the individuals who put in a long summer of hard work that provided
When Steve Weddle’s novel “Country Hardball” hit the bookstands on Monday, Nov. 18, it was a date that served a dual purpose. It marked the beginning of Weddle’s career as a published novelist, but the end of a long journey of reflection and perspiration. “People ask me how long it took to write, and I tell them that we sold the book when I was 42, so it took me
More than a hundred people showed up in Heathsville for the “Super Raffle” drawing by the Friends of the Library Sunday afternoon. The event, accompanied by a special drawing for a large doll house that was raffled by the Northumberland Public Library’s board of trustees and a silent auction went on for two hours as guests partook of a wide array of snacks and potables. The Boys and Girls Club
Drizzling rain and misty weather scared off some of the vendors who had been expected at Fairfields United Methodist Church’s fall festival in Burgess Saturday, but enough showed up to make the event a true festival. Bob Williams, who was keeping tabs on the vendors and asking them about how their sales went, said that only 16 of 40 showed up but they reported sales ranging from “good” to excellent.”
Members of the Callao Ruritan Club attended the annual Ladies Night and
The history of the Callao Volunteer Fire Department is one of men
With the opening week of the 2013-2014 basketball season in the record
The Lancaster Girls Basketball Team coming into the season has all the
The weather was a little chilly, but the sun came out for
A great way to spend a few hours on the first Saturday