Deltaville

Sheltered waters in deep creeks just off the Chesapeake Bay, marinas to suit every boater, wonderful regattas, stunning sunsets over the rivers, the Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park, shops, restaurants, horse farms, local tomatoes, corn and melons, a farmers' market, fresh blue crab and softshells, fishing charters, tennis, golf, swimming - Deltaville has it all, under its peaceful and private veneer. The town is in Middlesex County, at the eastern tip of Virginia's Middle Peninsula, where the mouth of the Rappahannock flows into Chesapeake Bay.

In our headline image: enjoying lunch at Piankatank Golf Club on Stormont Road in nearby Hartfield; a marina view at sunset; Heaven Scent Bed & Breakfast at Chick Cove Manor on Route 33.

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News from the Southside Sentinel, Urbanna, VA

Our local weekly newspaper covering Middlesex county (Urbanna and Deltaville)
Community News
RILL course to look at Mexico
The Rappahannock Community College Educational Foundation’s Rappahannock Institute for Lifelong Learning (RILL) will explore Mexican history and current events in the upcoming three-session course “Why is Mexico Mexico?—Looking to our South,” taught by Morris D. Busby.
Humane Society auction is Saturday in Gloucester
The Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society (GMHS) and the Gloucester-Mathews-Middlesex Animal Shelter are pleased to announce Chesapeake Bank’s generous commitment as the 2012 Annual Auction Event Sponsor. This year’s annual auction event will kick off the GMHS’s 100th year anniversary celebration.
Bird expert, author to address Audubon Society
On Monday, February 6, at 7 p.m., the Northern Neck Audubon Society will host a program titled “Miss Hathaway and Her Kind: Images of Birders in U.S. Popular Culture.” The public is invited to this program at Grace Episcopal Church in Kilmarnock. Refreshments will be served.
Local dog being trained for search-and-rescue
Maryanne Gibson of Jamaica and her 14-month-old Belgium Malinois, “Diva,” have been selected by K-9 Alert Inc. to be trained to “search and rescue” (SAR). Gibson and Diva started training in May and Gibson became a handling-in-training member of K-9 Alert in September.
Master guitar maker to speak at Sundays at Two
At 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 22, at the Sundays at Two program in the Lancaster Community Library in Kilmarnock, Jim Merrill will present a program titled “Meet the Maker—Guitar Maker, that is!” Merrill is a master luthier and a recognized Martin Guitar historian.
Girl Scouts donate food to Cryer Center
Girl Scout Troop 277 celebrated the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouts by having a food collection. The troop set a goal to collect over 100 items to be donated to the local food bank. The girls surpassed their goal and the items were donated to The Cryer Center.
‘Beekeeping for Beginners’ class to begin Monday
The Northern Neck Beekeepers Club and the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service are offering a “Beekeeping for Beginners” class. Participants will learn how to reverse the trend of falling honeybee population, and how bees pollinate a wide variety of crops, flowers and small plants and produce honey.
Winter Music Fair to offer fun for all ages
The public is invited to attend the West Point Winter Music Fair on Friday, February 3. This new family-fun event will be held from 5 to 10 p.m. at West Point Public Schools. The refreshment choices will include Brunswick stew, barbecue, hot dogs, chips, baked goods and drinks. All proceeds will benefit the Music Departments of all three West Point schools.
Actor Michael Kennedy interprets filming of ‘Lincoln’ in Richmond
If filming in Richmond doesn’t bring Steven Spielberg’s movie “Lincoln” close enough to home, another connection certainly will. Irvington resident Michael Kennedy will appear in the film as Iowa congressman Hiram Price. Kennedy, who has worked as a freelance actor in major films and television shows for some 40 years, landed the role after receiving a call from a Virginia casting director.
‘Great Decisons’ starts January 27
The series of eight meetings on issues of foreign policy that goes by the name “Great Decisions” will start Friday, January 27, at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is invited. The Foreign Policy Association (FPA) has chosen eight subjects for local groups to consider this year: the Middle East, exiting Iraq and Afghanistan, cybersecurity, promoting democracy, Mexico, the global politics of energy, Indonesia, and the Oceans.