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

King Day: Gloucester service focuses on our responsibility to one another

The Gloucester United Relief Association sponsored a virtual service of celebration for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monday, where Dr. Doug Nagel, pastor of…

Melany Slaughter January 19, 2022
Youngkin promotes unity, agenda at inauguration

Republican Glenn Youngkin was sworn in Saturday as Virginia’s 74th governor on the steps of the state Capitol. The political newcomer and former private equity…

Melany Slaughter January 19, 2022
Mathews board considers lifting mask mandate

Mathews school board members will hold a special meeting Tuesday afternoon to consider implementation of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order lifting the mask mandate in…

Melany Slaughter January 19, 2022

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Local virus case numbers at highest level (1/19/2022) - While COVID-19 case rates nationally and statewide dropped slightly during the past week, Gloucester, Mathews and Middlesex counties recorded their highest one-week totals since the beginning of the pandemic. Gloucester had 750 new cases of the virus during the past week, bringing the county’s total to 6,151 cases since March 2020. Mathews had 105 new cases, for a total of 1,254, and Middlesex had 140 new cases, for a total of 1,490. In contrast, after… …

Virginia ABC stores to open at noon, starting Monday

In Mathews: Cosby speaks of ‘dream still deferred’