Betz Landing Home Owner's Association

11/20/2024

Boaters and Dogs Hoisted to Safety by Helicopter over Chesapeake Bay.

Helicopter hoists are always tricky, but rescuing two people and two dogs—in the dark—by helicopter was a special challenge for the Coast Guard in the Bay

04/02/2024

01/09/2024

Smith Point Sea Rescue 28th Annual Oyster Roast Saturday 2, March 2024 2:00-5:00 at Cowarts Seafood in Lottsburg, VA. Tickets for sale from all SPSR Members and select merchants. Proceeds go to help pay for our new boat RESCUE III, currently undergoing final outfitting for an early Spring 2024 service start date. Hope to see you there...

11/24/2023

Northumberland County celebrates new canoe & kayak launch.

Northumberland’s new canoe and kayak launch took “a little over three years, a lot of heartache, a lot of hard work, a lot of changing around and making things work

10/20/2023

Anticipation is mounting for the much-awaited 66th Annual Urbanna Oyster Festival, set to take place on November 3-4, 2023.

As the golden hues of autumn shine on the charming town of Urbanna, Virginia, anticipation is mounting for the much-awaited 66th Annual Urbanna Oyster

08/10/2023

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06/09/2023

Northumberland County residents in uproar over proposed 23% real property tax increase.

Last week, the Northumberland County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing in which roughly 30 citizens spoke against the Board’s proposal to increase the real estate tax rate by

04/30/2023

Blessing of the Fleet - Sunday, May 7, 2023, 4 PM at the old Morris-Fisher factory tall stack on the Omega Protein Property at 610 Menhaden Road Reedville. Local clergy, a choir and the Kilmarnock Pipe and Drum Band will participate. Please bring chairs. Boats that wish to participate in the boat parade will meet at the mouth of Cockrell Creek and the Great Wicomico at 3:30. All are welcome - rain or shine.

04/05/2023

8 Rescued from Fast-Sinking Powerboat off VA Northern Neck. Smith Point Sea Rescue in action.

When a 50-foot powerboat began taking on water, it didn't take long for the eight people aboard to find themselves in the dangerously cold, early-April

03/22/2023

Congratulations to long time Betz Landing resident Ellen Kirby on her retirement, and for 45 years of service to Northumberland County. Enjoy your retirement Ellen and thank you.

In an emotional announcement last Thursday, Northumberland Treasurer Ellen Kirby announced that she is retiring in December.

03/01/2023

Maryland and Virginia Stick with Tighter Crab Limits Amid Population Concerns.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced the crabbing catch limits for the first half of the 2023 season, April 1- June 30. DNR

02/08/2023

Our good friend Jerry Kubela passed Friday February 3rd. God bless his soul. He was one of first to start a home in Betz and him and his wife Marion lived on Buoy Lane. We ask that you pray for strength for his wonderful wife.☹️

10/23/2022

Rare vehicles find a home in Tappahannock.

Only a handful of LARC-Vs, or Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo vehicle, were ever made. Now, two of them will be used to dredge creeks near Tappahannock.

10/03/2022

Additional horse-drawn vehicle warning signs posted in the Northern Neck.

Signs alert motorists to the presence of slow-moving traffic in Westmoreland, Richmond and Northumberland counties

08/24/2022

Classic Boat Show in Reedville, VA on Saturday, September 10, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

https://www.waterwayguide.com/knowledge-center/news-post/11917/reedville-va-classic-boat-show-ushers-in-september

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07/26/2022

Betz Landing resident and Northumberland Treasurer Ellen Kirby receives lifetime achievement award.
Congratulations Ellen.

https://www.newsontheneck.com/news/local/northumberland-treasurer-ellen-kirby-receives-lifetime-achievement-award/article_47dc2982-083e-11ed-ba6c-3fc0b5cd3036.html

The Treasurers’ Association of Virginia (TAV) recognized Ellen Booker Kirby, Treasurer of Northumberland County with the L. Gene Harding Lifetime Award.

07/21/2022

Maryland & Virginia imposing blue crab limits.

https://www.newsontheneck.com/news/maryland-virginia-imposing-blue-crab-limits/article_ff628f2c-0831-11ed-b6d8-9b910d29c176.html

Results from the 2022 blue crab dredge survey were dismal. The data showed that the blue crab population across the Chesapeake Bay is at the lowest level in the 33