Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal

Guinea Dipping

Gloucester Rowing Association coach Zach Moore (above) gives the call for those signed up for Guinea Dipping to race into the chilly waters of the…

Melany Slaughter March 25, 2026
Toll removal

Work is beginning to remove the toll booth plaza at the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge by the Virginia Department of Transportation. The tolls came…

Melany Slaughter March 25, 2026
Queen’s Tea

This year’s Daffodil Festival Princesses and Little Miss contestants enjoyed an afternoon of elegance and tradition at the March 15 Queen’s Tea at Warner Hall.…

Melany Slaughter March 25, 2026

Top Stories

Cormier pleads guilty to double homicide (3/26/2026) - Carol Paul Cormier pleaded guilty yesterday in Mathews Circuit Court to the July 2025 murder of 54-year-old Chad Wayne Ashford and 56-year-old Audrey Elaine Hudgins, receiving 48 years, five months of active incarceration, including eight years of mandatory time incarceration, according to the terms of the plea agreement. Cormier, 33, of Cardinal, appeared in court during the Mathews Circuit Court’s March term day, Wednesday, March 25, to enter the plea, which was accepted by Circuit… …