Local News
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Virginia) will be making a stop in Mathews County at 1 p.m. on Friday at Thomas Hunter Middle School
The Route 17 improvement project at Gloucester Point is ahead of schedule.
Gloucester Point District Supervisor Robert “Bobby” Crewe will hold a town meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Abingdon Elementary School cafeteria to discuss ways to improve the business community in lower Gloucester County.
The Gloucester County Wetlands Board will hold public hearings on three shoreline improvement applications during a meeting beginning at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 14, in the colonial courthouse.
Tough economic times mean more people are seeking cooling relief this year from the Gloucester County Department of Social Services.
The Virginia Department of Health has rescinded a swimming advisory previously issued for Festival Beach in Mathews County.
Old-fashioned games, Southern rock music, barbecue and fireworks—everything a family needs to celebrate the Fourth of July—will be offered at Mathews High School beginning at 5 p.m. Sunday.
Gloucester Point will likely be a busy place Sunday as many folks gather to celebrate July 4th at the beach and seek a prime viewing spot for fireworks being shot that night over the York River from Yorktown.
One thing was made very clear during Tuesday night’s Gloucester County Board of Supervisors meeting. The governing body is not pleased with the latest reassessment and vows to move quickly in developing ways to correct the major issues.
U.S. Senator Mark Warner plans to visit Mathews Friday.
