The Lancaster school board on Monday, March 10, unanimously recommended a $20,969,588 budget, a 2.61% increase over the current budget, with no change in local funding of $14,236,492. As proposed, the ...

REEDVILLE—Rescue III, Smith Point Sea Rescue’s (SPSR) newest vessel, has recently returned from a week of search and rescue exercises and training with the U.S. Coast Guard and the Port of Virginia.

The Lancaster County Lions Club recently announced the winners of the 2025 James Bland Music Competition. Following a recital at Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury (RWC), president Fred Pevahouse, ...

This is an election year for several seats in local government. Voter registrars for Lancaster and Northumberland counties confirmed the deadline to file for local office is 7 p.m. on June 17. The ...

A bluebird nesting box recently was installed adjacent to the playground at the Lancaster Early Childhood Education Center in Kilmarnock just in time for the spring breeding season. The box was made ...

The Northumberland County Historical Society (NCHS) will present historian Mark Gearhart at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 6, at the Ball Memorial Library and Museum, 86 Back Street, Heathsville. Gearhart ...

Valdrighi Draper Washington celebrated his 10th anniversary as coach of the Lancaster High School indoor track and field team by leading the boys team to its first Class 1 state championship Thursday, ...

The second phase of the town’s public sewage project is moving into the request for bid phase, town manager Patrick Frere told council at its March 6 meeting. According to Frere, an advertisement for ...

Fairfields Methodist Church, 14741 Northumberland Highway, Burgess, will serve an Irish dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 15. The menu will include ham or corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, corn ...

Trinity Episcopal Church, 8484 Mary Ball Road, Lancaster, recognized two community members with the Unsung Hero Award for their selfless contributions. Rose and Ron Hinebaugh were honored for their ...

Vendor registration continues for the 2025 Blue Crab Arts & Crafts Festival July 5 and 6 at the Chesapeake Bay Croquet Club, 1834 Twiggs Ferry Road, Hartfield. Spots are open to anyone who wishes to ...

Valdrighi With the loss of three starters from last year’s state championship team—two to graduation and one to relocation—Red Devils basketball fans were left wondering what the 2024-25 season would ...