Mathews storefront being renovated into a fresh food, open-air market (10/28/2026) - Mathews residents Jeff and Rachel Sterne bought a small commercial building on Mathews Main Street in July and have been renovating it for use as a fresh food and open-air… …
Election Day is Tuesday (10/28/2026) - Voters in Gloucester and Mathews counties, and across the state and country, will head to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots in this year’s Congressional midterm elections. Aside… …
Mobjack Rowing Association seeks rezoning of Bohannon property (10/28/2026) - The Mobjack Rowing Association is seeking to rezone an 11.29-acre parcel from residential to business that it owns in Bohannon. It will be used for training. The matter will come… …
Enter your recipe in G-J Cake-O-Rama contest (10/28/2026) - The upcoming Cake-O-Rama contest being sponsored by the Gazette-Journal will have a grand-prize award of $250, the newspaper has announced. Competition is in three categories: pound cakes, layer cakes, and… …
Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday (10/28/2026) - Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1. Residents should set their timepieces back one hour upon retiring Saturday night. They will thus arise on Eastern Standard Time… …
GHS King and Queen (10/28/2026) - Gloucester High School seniors Aidan Davis and Kylie Jones were crowned this year’s King and Queen at halftime during Friday night’s homecoming game, where the Dukes fell to the visiting… …GUEST seeks five host sites to keep its night shelter running (10/28/2026) - The Gloucester United Emergency Shelter Team is looking for five host sites to keep its night shelter running this winter. GUEST is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that serves homeless residents of… …
Big seller (10/28/2026) - Danette and Rick Machen, from left, picked up two quarts of clam chowder on Saturday during the annual Fall Festival of the West Mathews Community League. Serving them are league… …
10 years’ service (10/28/2026) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors recognized communications officer Heather Thomas for 10 years of dedicated service to the Mathews County Sheriff’s Office during the Oct. 15 meeting. Shown here,… …
Juvenile striped bass maintain average abundance (10/28/2026) - Preliminary results from an ongoing, long-term survey conducted by William and Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science suggest that an average class of young-of-year striped bass was produced in the… …
Work starts Monday on Main Street Business intersections (10/28/2026) - Construction work begins Monday to improve two Route 17 Business (Main Street) intersections in Gloucester, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation. Motorists should expect lane closures through November 2027… …Gloucester man dies insingle-vehicle accident (10/28/2026) - A 38-year-old Gloucester County man died after a single-vehicle crash on Monday that occurred near the intersection of Belroi and Bellamy roads, according to the Virginia State Police. Aaron Matthew… …
Events Oct. 29-Nov. 5 (10/28/2026) - THURSDAY HAUNTED GHOST WALK: The Mathews Museum will hold a Haunted Ghost Walk, with tours leaving every 30 minutes from 7-8:30 tonight, Friday and Saturday at 200 Main Street Mathews.… …
NAACP holds Pathways to Leadership seminar (10/28/2026) - Gloucester County officials Cindy Saulman, vice chair of the Gloucester School Board; Dr. Anthony Vladu, superintendent of schools; and retired Gloucester Circuit Court clerk Margaret Walker spoke at a Pathways… …
Mathews Archives completes digitation of general store ledgers (10/28/2026) - Mathews Archives has completed the latest digitization project featuring 13 notable general store account books and ledgers, making approximately 5,000 pages of historic business records accessible online. The project was… …Mathews road cleanup to be held Nov. 7 (10/28/2026) - The Mathews Community Fall roadside cleanup is scheduled to take place from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 7. Twice a year, in spring and fall, the Mathews County… …
Mathews Commonwealth’s Attorney candidates take part in forum (10/28/2026) - Mathews Commonwealth’s Attorney candidates Christopher Paul Reagan and J. Grant Spears participated in a forum sponsored by the Mathews Branch of the NAACP last Wednesday at the Cobbs Creek Arts… …Gloucester PRT upcoming activities are announced (10/28/2026) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism has a number of upcoming activities. GLO TOGETHER: Glo Together, an inclusive, multi-activity program for individuals with autism, physical disabilities and other support needs, ages… …
Box lunch fundraiser to benefit Mathews Meals on Wheels (10/28/2026) - Mathews County Meals on Wheels will hold a box lunch fundraiser on Wednesday, Nov. 4, with pick up at Salem Church, 1099 Salem Church Road, Mathews, from 10:30 a.m. to… …
Protect yourself and others this cold and flu season (10/28/2026) - Throughout the cold weather months, influenza, COVID-19, the common cold and other respiratory conditions come out in full force. When people are supposed to be getting lost in corn mazes… …
Couple lovingly restores Gloucester Victorian home (10/28/2026) - James and Angelia Herndon of Gloucester came to Virginia last year with a plan to buy waterfront land with acreage and build a home. James had taken a job in… …
75 years ago, GVRS had the same task before it as today (10/28/2026) - The Gloucester Volunteer Fire & Rescue Service has embarked on construction of its new, 25,000-square-foot, $13 million+ Station One on Main Street in Gloucester Court House. Seventy-five years ago, the… …Motorola rep discusses benefits of Mathews joining radio system (10/28/2026) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors, meeting on Oct. 15, heard a special presentation from Motorola Design Team Presale Director Mike McGannon regarding the benefits of Mathews joining the Peninsula… …
Sheriff recognizes two deputies for their heroism (10/28/2026) - Mathews Sheriff April Edwards recognized two deputies during the county supervisors’ Oct. 15 meeting for their lifesaving efforts in locating and rescuing a woman who was stranded in marshland at… …
Top Cop (10/28/2026) - Gloucester County Deputy Elijah Willis, at left, standing next to Sheriff Darrell Warren, was awarded this year’s Top Cop Award by the Greater Hampton Roads Crime Line. Selected for his… …