Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal

MHS homecoming court

Mathews High School will hold its homecoming parade at 4 p.m. Friday, beginning at Thomas Hunter Middle School, winding through Mathews Court House, and ending…

Melany Slaughter October 22, 2025
Open house

Braxton and Tessa Hall (L-R), great-grandchildren of longtime Mathews Volunteer Fire Department member Terry Putt and his wife Neena, try out the jump seats in…

Melany Slaughter October 22, 2025
Signs of change

Fall colors and late-blooming flowers tell us that autumn is firmly in place. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Dolphins in Chesapeake Bay from Bob…

Melany Slaughter October 22, 2025

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Funds approved to continue work on new MVFD Station 1 (10/22/2025) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors, meeting on Thursday, Oct. 16, voted unanimously to provide Mathews Volunteer Fire Department with $600,000 in funding to continue its work on revamping the former Mathews Boys and Girls Club to turn it into a new Station 1. County Administrator Ramona Wilson said that the $600,000 will provide enough funding to last until January or February, when the completed plans should be available and the project can go out… …