In a daffodil daze, Camps to serve as this year’s grand marshals (3/25/2026) - The Gloucester County Daffodil Festival parade will be led by Jim and Susan Camp of Ordinary, and is scheduled to step off from Main Street Center at 10 o’clock Saturday… …
Election signs (3/25/2026) - With voting underway at Gloucester’s Central Absentee Precinct, the county has designated an area, shown above, where campaign signs may be placed. The site, in the parking lot behind county… …
Daffodil poster (3/25/2026) - The unveiling of this year’s winning Daffodil Festival poster was held at a reception on March 14 at the Fine Arts Museum of Gloucester. Artist Abbey Turner, above, is this… …
Queen’s Tea (3/25/2026) - This year’s Daffodil Festival Princesses and Little Miss contestants enjoyed an afternoon of elegance and tradition at the March 15 Queen’s Tea at Warner Hall. Taking part were, bottom row… …
The Thomas family grew and shipped daffodils in Gloucester for decades (3/25/2026) - (Editor’s note: Bill Thomas of Gloucester wrote this history in 2023 for the Gloucester Daffodil Club.) I was asked to write a brief history of my family’s involvement with growing… …
Driving tour (3/25/2026) - Be sure to check out this year’s Daffodil Driving Tour. This visual self-guided tour is sponsored by Gloucester Parks, Recreation & Tourism and organized by the Gloucester Daffodil Club. The… …
Parking and shuttle info for the festival (3/25/2026) - Shuttles will be available throughout the Gloucester Daffodil Festival as there will be limited parking on Main Street. Riding the shuttle costs $5 per person and it will be accessible… …Beer Garden returns (3/25/2026) - Gloucester Main Street’s Beer Garden returns to the Sanders Retirement Village lawn for this weekend’s Gloucester Daffodil Festival. Friday from 4-8 p.m. marks the first-Local’s Night, while Saturday from 11… …
Events: March 19-26 (3/18/2026) - THURSDAY SOCIAL SERVICES: The Gloucester Social Services Board will meet at 7:30 this morning, Thursday, March 19, in the Department of Social Services conference room, 6641 Short Lane, Gloucester. SUPERVISORS:… …
Easter movie night Friday at Walter Reed Post Acute Center (3/18/2026) - An Easter movie night event, a fundraiser to benefit the residents of Walter Reed Post Acute Center (formerly the Walter Reed Nursing & Rehabilitation Center), will be held on Friday… …
Gloucester Library to hold Easter craft April 2 (3/18/2026) - Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, will have an Easter bunny crafting session using terra-cotta pots on April 2, beginning at 11 a.m. Registration is now open. For adults… …
Mathews BOS to meet tonight (3/18/2026) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors will hold its regular monthly meeting at 6 o’clock this evening, Thursday, March 19, in the historic courthouse on Court Street. Among the items… …
School board, BOS appear closer to consensus on budget (3/18/2026) - The Mathews Board of Supervisors and Mathews School Board seemed closer to a consensus on school funding at the end of a joint budget workshop held last Thursday afternoon in… …
Hayes woman seeks liver donor (3/18/2026) - A Hayes woman has learned she needs a liver transplant and is reaching out to the public to find a suitable donor who can share part of their own liver… …
Bus supervisor, facility use fees addressed at meeting (3/18/2026) - A packed crowd filled Thomas Hunter Middle School’s J. Murray Brooks Auditorium Tuesday night, primarily for two reasons—first, to express concerns over doing away with the position of transportation supervisor… …
Supporting Gloucester schools (3/18/2026) - Peasley Middle School sixth grader Ian Ross, at right, runs for Botetourt Elementary School during the 15th annual Gloucester County Public Schools Educational Foundation 8K and 3K run/walk Saturday morning… …Gloucester supervisors vote on advertised tax rate (3/18/2026) - The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors voted by a 5-2 margin Tuesday evening to advertise the real estate tax rate at $0.637 per $100 of assessed value, an increase of… …
VIMS establishes new center to advance coastal resilience efforts (3/18/2026) - A new Center of Excellence in Environmental Forecasting has been established at the College of William & Mary’s Batten School of Coastal & Marine Science & Virginia Institute of Marine… …Gloucester Point named one of the ‘Friendliest Neighborhoods in Virginia’ (3/18/2026) - Gloucester Point was listed among the top five communities in the state making the rankings of Nextdoor’s “Friendliest Neighborhoods in Virginia,” according to a release from the San Francisco-based company.… …
Memorial Pavers (3/18/2026) - The Guinea Heritage Association invites people to purchase a Memorial Paver in honor/memory of a loved waterman/woman. The stones will be placed around the new Watermen’s Memorial, located outside the… …Harmful Waste Collection Day to be held April 18 (3/18/2026) - Gloucester County will hold its Residential Household Harmful Waste Collection Day from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, at the Hayes Convenience Center located on Guinea Road.… …
Spring begins Friday (3/18/2026) - Spring begins Friday at the moment of the vernal equinox, 10:45 a.m. From then until the fall equinox, each 24-hour period will have more daylight than darkness. …
Indigenous focus (3/18/2026) - An exhibit celebrating early Mathews life and focusing on the indigenous population opened Saturday at the Mathews Museum. Among those on hand, from left, were R. Wayne Bowman of Gloucester,… …
‘Virginia Campaign of 1775’ topic of upcoming talk (3/18/2026) - Author and military historian Dr. Patrick H. Hannum will speak on “The Virginia Campaign of 1775: Great Bridge & Removing Dunmore” on Thursday, April 2, at 7 p.m. at Mathews… …Supervisors to hold hearing on raising county’s meals tax (3/18/2026) - The Mathews Board of Supervisors, meeting on Tuesday afternoon in the historic courthouse to once again wrangle over the budget, agreed to hold a public hearing on Thursday, April 16,… …