THURSDAY
PLANNERS: The Gloucester County Planning Commission will meet at 6:30 tonight, Thursday, Feb. 5, in the colonial courthouse, 6504 Main Street, Gloucester.
SATURDAY
CUPCAKE WARS: A cupcake-baking contest will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Bay School Community Arts Center in Mathews. Registered participants will present two dozen decorated cupcakes to be judged and sold to the public for $5 each.
ABINGDON CONCERT: The Svyati Duo, organ and cello, will perform at 4 p.m. Saturday in the Arts at Abingdon Concert Series at Abingdon Episcopal Church, 4645 George Washington Memorial Highway, Gloucester. It is free and open to the public.
CHILI COOK-OFF: The 10th annual Mathews Rotary Club Chili Cook-off will be held from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Piankatank Ruritan Club, 7138 Buckley Hall Road, Mathews. Tickets for the all-you-can-eat affair are $25. Beer and wine will be available for purchase.
SUNDAY
‘SOUL’ SESSION: A talk on noted Civil Rights figure Irene Morgan of Gloucester will be given at 2 p.m. Sunday at Gloucester Library, Main Street Center. For more information, call 804-693-2998.
TUESDAY
BROADBAND: The Mathews Broadband Advisory Board will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Mathews Memorial Library.
WIDOWS GROUP: The Widows Ministry of Gloucester and Mathews County will hold its membership meeting at noon Tuesday at Tabernacle of Faith Church, 7028 Woodsville Road (Route 1306), Hayes. Deaconess Barbara Foster will be the guest speaker. For more information, contact Marion Randall at 804-695-4547.
FAMILY CIRCLE: The Fairfield Family Circle will meet via Zoom and in person at the Woodville Rosenwald School, 4310 George Washington Memorial Highway, Hayes, at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. For more information about the group, visit https://fairfieldfoundation.org/family-circle.
SCHOOL BOARD: The Gloucester County School Board will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Thomas Calhoun Walker Education Center, 6099 T.C. Walker Road, Gloucester.
PLANNERS: The Mathews County Planning Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the historic courthouse on Court Street.
WEDNESDAY
ROMCA: The Retired Officers of Mathews County will hold its monthly luncheon meeting starting at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at Fiorello Ristorante Italiano, 4938 George Washington Memorial Highway, Hayes. Reservations are not required.
PET STORY TIME: The Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society will have Pet Story Time from 1-1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at the shelter, 6620 Jackson Lane, Gloucester.
WETLANDS: The Gloucester County Wetlands Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11, in the press room of County Building One, 6467 Main Street, Gloucester. It will also hold a meeting as the Gloucester Floodplain Management Committee.
EROSION COMMISSION: The Gloucester County Chesapeake Bay Preservation and Erosion Commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11, in the colonial courthouse, 6504 Main Street, Gloucester.
NEXT THURSDAY
DAFFODIL CLUB: The Gloucester Daffodil Club will meet at 4 p.m. next Thursday, Feb. 12, at Brent and Becky’s Bulbs, Gloucester. The club, open to all interested people, meets the second Thursday of February, May, September and November. For more information, contact gloucesterdaffodils@gmail.com.
SCHOOL BOARD: The Gloucester County School Board will hold a budget work session with public input at 6 p.m. next Thursday, Feb. 12, in the Thomas Calhoun Walker Center Auditorium, 6099 T.C. Walker Road, Gloucester.