Gazette Journal – News and Information for Gloucester and Mathews, Virginia

Washington, D.C., under siege: Mathews finds itself in spotlight

Mathews finds itself in the spotlight as the nation tries to make sense of what happened on Jan. 6 in Washington, D.C. Two county residents—Doug…

Melany Slaughter January 13, 2021
The Mobjack returns home to Guinea

The Mobjack, a large Chesapeake Bay buyboat built in the 1940s, returned to Perrin Creek on Dec. 30 after spending two months at Cape Charles…

Melany Slaughter January 13, 2021
A look back on the events that shaped 2020 in Mathews County

Last week, we took a look back at the events that shaped 2020 in Gloucester. This week, we turn our attention to Mathews County. The…

Melany Slaughter January 13, 2021

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5 new Gloucester deaths attributed to COVID-19 (1/13/2021) - COVID-19 continued its post-Christmas surge during the past week, with five Gloucester residents dying from the virus—the most of any week since the pandemic began—and 174 new cases identified, also a local record. This brings the total number of Gloucester deaths to 12 and the total number of cases to 1,127 as of Wednesday morning. One additional Gloucester resident was hospitalized during the week, for a total of 36COVID-19 hospitalizations since March. Mathews continued its… …

RWRH delaying elective procedures