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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

IRVINGTON—Lovey Jane Long of Irvington, 89, died on Friday, March 7, 2025. Lovey was born in Lewes, Del., and was raised in Onancock on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. She graduated with a degree in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Northumberland supervisors called a special meeting last week to discuss just how the county and schools will move forward with corrective action plans as a result of the recently completed forensic ...

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 ...

The Northumberland County Circuit Court convened Tuesday, March 4, with the Hon. John S. Martin presiding. In the case of William C. Crockett of Lancaster, a charge of larceny by obtaining a credit ...