Above: Bain Fravel volunteered to clear snow in his Reedville neighborhood on Jan. 31. After the weekend's snowstorm, Northumberland County gained over a foot of white powder. Many locals, like Fravel, helped clear neighbor's driveways and even plowed back roads before Virginia's Department of Transportation could finish with the main roads. ....
A crowd of over 100 community members gathered at the Northumberland County High School auditorium this past Monday morning to honor the birthday of America's greatest civil rights leader, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Hosted by the Northumberland County Ministerial...
Above: Bain Fravel volunteered to clear snow in his Reedville neighborhood on Jan. 31. After the weekend's snowstorm, Northumberland County gained over a foot of white powder. Many locals, like Fravel, helped clear neighbor's driveways and even plowed back roads before Virginia's...
The company behind a proposed 900-acre development wants to give the community a heads up before work begins. The Planned Unit Development, proposed by Bluff Point Holdings LLC. would be located off of Jarvis Point and Bluff Point roads near Kilmarnock. A February 8...
Next Monday Northumberland's school board will start what will almost surely be a painful process - putting together its budget for 2010-2011. The only real question is how painful it will be. Superintendent of Schools Clint Stables said Monday that if Gov. Robert McDonnell...
They might be at the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay food chain, but menhaden are at the top of 2010's legislative heap. Virginia's legislature is expected to weigh two subjects concerning the fishing of menhaden, which could impact a local fishery, Omega Protein. One bill, which...
Three Kilmarnock businesses are doing their best to fill a void left after the earthquake in Haiti that left over 200,000 dead. Arlene Crabbe, Esthetician and owner of Healing Hands message therapy, Whitney Hathaway, nail stylist at Moxie, Jennifer Bishop, beautician and owner...
A proposed bill which would have transferred management of menhaden from the General Assembly to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission died in the House of Delegates last week. State Sen. Richard Stuart was beaming Monday when he talked about his and Del Albert Pollard's...
If anybody needed a short course on the difficulties of land use administration, the Northumberland County Planning Commission's meeting Thursday night would have served you well. Lawrence E. Moore owns a 1.4 acre piece of land east of Burgess that fronts on Route 360. Although...
After a split in their games this past week, the Northumberland Indian's varsity basketball team finds themselves in third place with five games left before the Northern Neck District playoffs coming up later this month. The problem is not who they will play but when they will...
This has been a surprising week in Northern Neck District Ladies basketball. On Tuesday night at Northumberland, the undefeated and state ranked Lady Red Devils gave the Indian Ladies their first district loss, 51-42. On Friday, in a rescheduled game, the Indians bounced back...
The Northumberland Lady Indian varsity basketball team kept pace this last week in the Northern Neck District race with a 50-24 thumping of the W&L Lady Eagles in Montross on Thursday. The win kept them undefeated within the district and set up Tuesday's game with the...
A week off while other schools finished their exams didn't seem to hurt the Northumberland varsity guys basketball team last Friday. In a wild as they come "shoot- out" with the Washington &Lee Eagles, the Indians came out on top by a 98-82 score. Run and gun, yes it was all...
A crowd of over 100 community members gathered at the Northumberland County High School auditorium this past Monday morning to honor the birthday of America's greatest civil rights leader, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
They might be at the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay food chain, but menhaden are at the top of 2010's legislative heap.
