JANUARY: Supervisors make New Year’s resolution to tighten purse strings; Abingdon district supervisor JJ Orth is elected chairman and at-large board member Ashley Chriscoe is named vice chair … Bitterly cold weather puts area in deep freeze … Achilles, Bethel and Botetourt elementary schools in Gloucester are recognized by the Virginia Board of Education for raising the academic achievement of economically disadvantaged students …A violent storm, accompanied by powerful wind gusts, causes damage to about 50 homes … The Gloucester High School STEM team, a group of 15 science, technology, engineering and mathematics teachers at GHS, is among the 11 winners of  the 2014 Programs that Work Awards presented by the Virginia Mathematics and Science Coalition … Adam M. Quinn has been named general manager of Quinn Motors, Inc., Gloucester … Snow blankets the Middle Peninsula … Michael Shawn Utley, 40, of Gloucester, dies in single-ve...