Wittman, while unseated, wins G-M; Locally, Beck, Reagan win, Mathews sales tax loses (11/4/2026) - While a blue wave has swept over much of the nation, and Democratic challenger Shannon Taylor has unseated Republican incumbent Rob Wittman in Virginia’s 1st Congressional District overall, voters in… …
LeeNora Rice to be honored Saturday (11/4/2026) - LeeNora Rice of Gloucester, has spent over six decades playing the organ and piano at her home church, Rising Valley Baptist, as well as for other Gloucester churches and special… …
Lt. Col. Clements to be guest speaker at Sunday’s Veterans Day ceremony in Gloucester (11/4/2026) - A Gloucester native whose distinguished military career spanned nearly three decades will return to his hometown as the featured guest speaker for the county’s annual Veterans Day ceremony hosted by… …Grand prize is $250 in cake contest (11/4/2026) - A baker will win the $250 grand prize in the Gazette-Journal Cake-O-Rama this holiday season. Recipes are being taken through Friday for the contest, which is accepting entries in three… …
Offices close for Veterans Day (11/4/2026) - All post offices, courts, county offices, DMV customer service centers, and libraries in Gloucester and Mathews will be closed on Wednesday, Nov. 11, in recognition of Veterans Day. Schools, waste… …
Bakers honored for work in lighthouse preservation (11/4/2026) - Longtime Mathews resident Dennis Baker now lives in a retirement home in Richmond, but that doesn’t mean the Mathews community has forgotten him, or his late wife, Brenda. The Mathews… …
Road cleanup (11/4/2026) - The Mathews County Republican Committee is doing its part to keep Mathews County clean and beautiful as part of its mission to perform community outreach. On Saturday, Oct. 24, members… …
Halloween at Buck’s (11/4/2026) - Costumed young ladies lit up Buck’s Store Museum in Bena on Saturday, which happened to be Halloween. Above, Tiny Miss Guinea Jubilee Scarlett Lane dressed as Dorothy in the Wizard… …Point Beach Park receives grant from LWCF (11/4/2026) - The Gloucester Point Beach Park received one of 10 grants awarded to parks and outdoor recreation projects throughout Virginia from the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. In total, the… …
Ghost Walks draw crowds in Mathews (11/4/2026) - For three nights over the past weekend, Mathews Court House was the scene of a foggy landscape, replete with eerie lights, splashing waters, and ghostly apparitions, as the Mathews Museum… …Events Nov. 5-12 (11/4/2026) - THURSDAY PARKS & REC: The Mathews Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission will meet at 5 o’clock this afternoon, Thursday, Nov. 5, in the historic courthouse on Court Street. PLANNERS: The… …
Mathews Legionnaires to hold Veterans Day dinner next week (11/4/2026) - American Legion Post 83, Mathews, will hold its annual Veterans Day dinner on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the post headquarters in Hudgins. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., dinner at… …
Lions clubs fundraiser Saturday (11/4/2026) - The Gloucester and Mathews Lions clubs are holding a shrimp dinner for two fundraising event. For $40, people will receive two pounds of steamed shrimp with corn, coleslaw and a… …
Car show Saturday in Gloucester (11/4/2026) - The Middle Peninsula Classic Cruisers hold the group’s final car show of the season this Saturday—the Shop With A Cop car show—which will be held from 9 a.m. to 3… …
Heartfelt Community serves 11 veterans through grant program (11/4/2026) - For six months, Heartfelt Community, a Gloucester-based nonprofit, provided massage therapy and Compassionate Touch to veterans living with dementia through a $5,000 Community Service Award from the Massage Therapy Foundation.… …
Co-op to meet Monday in Mathews (11/4/2026) - The Farmers & Fishermens Cooperative will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Virginia Cooperative Extension office, 10494 Buckley Hall Road, Mathews. The meeting is open to the public. The… …
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… …