May Faire, the annual Mathews spring heritage festival sponsored by the Mathews Museum of History, returns this Saturday with the theme “Celebrating Teachers, Schools & Community: Over a Hundred Years of Public Education in Mathews County.”

Entertainment and various family activities will take place throughout the day on the Mathews Court Green at Church and Court streets, with arts and crafts booths and food booths providing a wealth of shopping and dining opportunities. There will be the traditional May Pole dance, a pound cake contest and sale, an oyster cooking demonstration, a children’s corner, a drawing for a $100 cash prize, and the presentation of prizes to teachers. An antique fire truck will be on display, and an archaeological dig will be conducted by the Fairfield Foundation at historic Tompkins Cottage, next to the Court Green.

Related activities will take place during the day at the Mathews Historical Museum (see below).

Those wishing to enter the pound cak...