The sixth annual Dragon Run Day will be held from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at Thousand Trails Camp Resort, located on the shores of the Piankatank River off Route 198 five miles east of Glenns.

Gloucester High School is celebrating Homecoming 2010 this week with events that will include the annual Homecoming Parade down Main Street beginning at 4:45 p.m. tomorrow.

All courts, county offices, and libraries in Gloucester and Mathews will be closed Monday in observance of the Columbus Day holiday.

The Gloucester County Board of Zoning Appeals approved two special exceptions during a meeting Sept. 28 in the colonial courthouse.

Money for downtown revitalization is available through the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development, and Mathews Main Street Inc. and the county’s planning and zoning department are teaming up to go after it.

Road construction near the Gloucester Library branch at Gloucester Point is taking its toll on the story time program for youngsters.

The Gloucester County Wetlands Board will hold one public hearing on a shoreline improvement application at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, at the colonial courthouse.

Virginia will hold a sales tax holiday Friday through Monday to encourage Virginians to buy energy-efficient appliances, according to the Virginia Department of Taxation.

After months of discussion and a joint meeting with the Gloucester County School Board, the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors is expected to make a decision Tuesday on whether or not they will continue with lump sum funding of the school board or will appropriate school money by category.

In the wake of the embezzlement of over $200,000 in fire department funds in 2008 and 2009, Mathews County firefighters are wondering what the department’s financial picture is going to look like at year’s end.

The Mathews County Board of Supervisors questioned Commissioner of the Revenue Ray Hunley about vehicle tax assessments Tuesday afternoon during the monthly board meeting.

A subtropical low pressure system moving up the East Coast should bring plenty of rain and higher than normal tides to this area, according to the National Weather Service, Wakefield.