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Hand-dipped, fresh-fried fish, special-recipe hush puppies, coleslaw, potato salad, baked beans and locally-grown juicy red tomatoes will be on the menu at this year’s HUMC Fish Fry.

Famous fish fry at Heathsville United

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 3:41 pm

Heathsville United Methodist Church will be holding its Fabulously Famous Spring Fish Fry again Saturday May 25, 2013 from 11 am to 4  pm on church grounds at the corner of Courthouse Rd. and Northumberland Hwy. Offered is HUMC’s hand-dipped, fresh-fried fish, special-recipe hush puppies, coleslaw, potato salad, baked beans and locally-grown juicy red tomatoes with pound cake and beverages to top it off.  Also, HUMC’s Handcrafters have been busy

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  • ‘Rumors’ filled with wit, aplomb and smarm

    Posted on May 8, 2013 at 12:15 pm

    Jesse Clark as Ken Gorman; Marcia Peters Leddy as Claire Ganz; Alan Campbell as Lennie Ganz at a recent performance of Rumors.

    Either most of the male members of the cast of the Westmoreland Players’ current production, Neil Simon’s “Rumors, own and use evening clothes or they are good actors. Most men not used to evening clothes look uncomfortable and self conscious in them, but not the Rumors cast. They wear the formal attire as easily as they might polo shirts and khakis. The ones not in formal attire play policemen and

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  • ‘There’s no place like home’ for new theatre group

    Posted on April 24, 2013 at 12:07 pm

    In the The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy (right) makes new friends like the Scarecrow (left) on her way to reuniting with her aunt and uncle.

    What began as a daring venture by a single teacher has rapidly developed into a program determined to take the community by storm. In just its second year, the drama department at Richmond County Intermediate (RCI) seeks to capture the hearts of children and their parents with its first-ever major production, The Wizard of Oz. Under the direction of 6th grade English teacher Whittney Myers, the middle school’s rendition of

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Events

Mary Ball Washington Museum to host Open House on Dec. 1

Posted on November 28, 2012 at 12:45 pm

The Mary Ball Washington Museum in Lancaster Courthouse will hold a free Open House and Gift Shop Sale on Saturday, Dec. 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visitors will be able to take self-guided tours of the historic buildings and the exhibits of local artifacts and antiques. The museum complex includes the 1797 Clerk of Court Office, circa 1820 Old Jail, and circa 1830 Lancaster House. “The exhibit galleries

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  • Northern Neck Land Conservancy hosts Easement presentation

    Posted on November 28, 2012 at 12:35 pm

    The Northern Neck Land Conservancy will sponsor “Why I Protected My Land with a Conservation Easement” on Dec. 2 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall in King George.   This presentation will feature a panel interview with three landowners in King George County who have protected their lands with a conservation easement. They will have the opportunity to explain the process, the tax

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  • Longtime Northern Neck lawyer honored

    Posted on November 20, 2012 at 10:42 am

    The portrait of Ammon G. Dunton, a longtime litigator in the Northern Neck, now hangs in the Lancaster Courthouse, a testament to his accomplishments over his long career.

    The portrait of Ammon Gresham Dunton was unveiled Friday, Nov. 16 at 4 p.m. by Ammon Dunton Jr. and Jim Dunton at the Lancaster Courthouse. Judge Harry T. Taliaferro III presided over the unveiling ceremony. Formerly known as the “Dean of the Northern Neck Bar,” Dunton founded the White Stone law firm Dunton, Simmons and Dunton in 1931 and practiced law until 1997. Dunton passed away in 2000, leaving behind

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