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Dragon Run Day was held at the campground in upper Gloucester County, with informational booths, arts and crafts, seafood and music.
The first Gloucester History Crawl, with stops and culinary delights at Rosewell, Fairfield and Walter Reed’s Birthplace, has been postponed until Nov. 13.
The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors is set to make a decision on school funding Tuesday night at its meeting that will begin at 7 o’clock in the colonial courthouse.
The Downtown Gloucester Historic District was among nine historic sites recently approved by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources for listing in the Virginia Landmarks Register.
Although it still has not made its final recommendations on sign ordinance revisions, the Gloucester County Planning Commission came a few steps closer during a meeting Thursday night in the colonial courthouse.
The Mathews County Planning Commission will consider whether to recommend adoption of the draft Comprehensive Plan 2030 at a 7 p.m. meeting on Tuesday, in the historic courthouse on Court Street.
Five Mathews restaurants are sponsoring a fundraiser for the Mathews Volunteer Fire Department from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20.
Monolithic Dome homes all over the United States, including one in Hayes, will be open for tours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, as part of the 10th annual Fall Dome Home Tour.
A Mathews County farmhouse, in need of some tender, loving care, will get a complete makeover on the DIY Network’s interactive Blog Cabin series next year.
Ware Episcopal Church, Gloucester, held its annual “Blessing of the Animals” Sunday morning on the front lawn of the parish hall.
Fish were dying in Mathews County this summer, and Joe and Sabine Baker of Cobbs Creek saw their share of the carnage.
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.
A blue sky and fluffy white clouds are reflected in an overflowing ditch following last week’s downpour.













