Welcome to MiddlePeninsula.US - the "Web 2.0" website serving Essex County, Gloucester County, King and Queen County, King William County, Mathews County, and Middlesex County, and the towns and communities of Brays Fork, Bowler's Wharf, Butylo, Caret, Center Cross, Champlain, Dunbrooke, Dunnsville, Hustle, Laneview, Loretto, Miller's Tavern, Passing, Supply, Wares Wharf, Deltaville, Saluda, Topping, Hudgins, Mathews, Gloucester Courthouse, Gloucester Point, King and Queen Court House,Newtown, St. Stephen's Church, and Shacklefords and other communities comprising the Middle Peninsula region of Virginia. Watch this site as we roll out new features. Register as a user and take advantage of the opportunity we offer to promote your business, share news and announcements of your group or organization, interact with fellow residents of Virginia's Middle Peninsula region via the internet, and keep abreast of whats going on in Virginia's Middle Peninsula region.

This site will be primarily devoted to promoting local content contributed by local businesses, organizations and residents. If you are interested in being a contributor, contact us. We welcome the opportunity to provide you the ability to promote your local business, share the success of your local sports teams, promote your local club or charity. Register as a user and take advantage of the free opportunities we offer to promote your business, share

news and announcements of your group or organization, interact with fellow residents of Virginia's Middle Peninsula region via the internet, and keep abreast of whats going on in Virginia's Middle Peninsula region.

The first step to use our features is to register as a user on our site. Then, as you explore MiddlePeninsula.US let us know what feature or news you want to share. Upon verification, we can give you privileges to input and post your news instantly.

Local businesses may become "Link Partners" and receive free promotion via banners ads, links and the ability to post news and announcements. Local Businesses may also list themselves for free in our local Business Directory and grow their business via the world wide web.

Local organizations, charities, and contributing writers may even profit by contributing content as qualifying contributors can earn financial rewards via

Google Adsense from clicks by visitors to the news, announcement and content you supply.

MiddlePeninsula.US is what is known as a "Web 2.0" website - i.e. a feature that is composed of contributions by those who view and participate in the site. Anyone can participate. In order to post, you must be a registered user of the website. Posting is subject to our Terms of Use as linked from the bottom of our Home Page. By posting, you adopt and agree to our Terms of Use and News and policies applicable to various features as a binding legal

agreement. These include (i) a representation by you that the post is accurate, does not contain any copyright content of any third party unless you have the right to post it, (ii) a prohibition against any posting that is slanderous, illegal, containing "hate" material," (material expressing racial, religous, sexual orientation or other bigotry) or known to you to be untrue, and (iii) a representation by you that if posting on behalf of an organization or other

person, that you have the right to make such posting. Violaters are subject to loss of posting and/or website access privileges. If you observe any posting which violates our Terms of Use, please notify us via our contact link (on the Home Page) and report the abuse and we will endeavor to promtly investigate and remove if appropriate.

News versus News from the Community

Understanding the difference between our "Articles, News & Announcements" feature and "News from the Community.
News from the Community is intended to be an organized community "blog" which enables all registered users to submit and self approve for posting news and announcements on a variety of topics relevant to daily life in Virginia's Middle Peninsula. That feature is unmoderated, thus registered users have the flexible ability to post news and announcements relative to the topic. Submissions to that category will be "pruned" after a reasonable period of time. We will, upon request, create a new topic category or subcategory for use by any Virginia's Middle Peninsula neighborhood or community based organization so that members of that group may readily find and post news of their organization or neighborhood.

The "Articles, News & Announcements" feature is a more moderated news area, where all articles are approved by the website moderator or a vetted contributing writer. We welcome providing serious writers the opportunity to publish articles and stories of the history and heritage of Virginia's Middle Peninsula. We also are open to local writers who wish to write regular columns on a variety of topics (we are open to suggestions) relevant to local readers.