Catching peeler crabs a family affair for Healys (6/8/2022) - Max Healy of Gloucester and his son, Mickey, started catching peeler crabs together when Mickey was a teenager, and they’ve been peeler crabbers together for more than 50 years. Max… …Covid cases down nationally, up in district (6/8/2022) - COVID-19 case rates decreased across the U.S. and in Virginia during the past week, with around 101,000 cases per day nationally and 2,859 cases per day in the state. In… …
Foundation expands open space at Woodville School (6/8/2022) - Thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Virginia Outdoors Foundation and $8,000 in private donations, the Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation has purchased a 0.39-acre parcel adjacent to the Woodville School… …
Belize Heroes (6/8/2022) - Area volunteer fire departments are donating outdated firefighting equipment to Belize Heroes, a program the sends older but usable equipment to the Caribbean nation of Belize. Above, a load of… …
8 lives lost in holiday weekend traffic in Virginia (6/8/2022) - The 2022 Memorial Day weekend saw a sharp decrease in traffic crash fatalities compared to 2021, while also having traffic volumes that rival pre-pandemic numbers, according to the Virginia State… …
Mathews Triad fair to be held June 21 (6/8/2022) - The Mathews County Triad fair is back this year for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, but things will be a bit different this time around. Triad… …Chesapeake Bay crabs hit population low (6/8/2022) - The blue crab, the Chesapeake Bay’s most valuable catch and a closely watched proxy for the health of its underwater ecosystem, is less abundant now than at any other time… …
Mathews resident has a most unusual vacation (6/8/2022) - Dana Brown of Cobbs Creek has always enjoyed traveling. She’s taken trips to Iceland, Alaska and the Canary Islands, and has made several trips to Europe with family over the… …
Museum to hold Father’s Day Cake Contest (6/8/2022) - The Mathews Historical Museum, fresh off its May Faire pound cake contest, plans its second Father’s Day Cake Contest, to be held Saturday, June 18, at the museum. Chairman Barbara… …
Queen’s Jubilee (6/8/2022) - Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee was the theme for Gloucester Library’s May 31 meeting of the Yum Yum Cookbook Club. The meeting, which was held at the library’s Main Street Center… …Peter Brewer & Friends to play Saturday at GBC (6/1/2022) - Peter Brewer & Friends will be playing at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Gloucester Brewing Company. This performance is free and open to the public. Brewer (saxophone), a 1985 graduate… …
Library lease on board’s agenda (6/1/2022) - The Gloucester Board of Supervisors will vote on a resolution to enter into a lease for the Main Street Library when it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the colonial… …
Meeting today on historic property addition (6/1/2022) - The Gloucester County Historical Committee will hold a special meeting at 10:30 today, Thursday, June 2, at the Gloucester Museum of History, 6539 Main Street. The meeting is being held… …
Summer reading kicks off (6/1/2022) - Gloucester Library will hold its Summer Reading Kick-Off event Saturday from 4-6 p.m. at the Main Street Center location. Families are invited to stop by the library to register for… …
Mathews tax bills go out this week (6/1/2022) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to reduce the real estate tax rate by a half cent, from 64.5 cents to 64 cents per $100 of assessed value,… …Mathews families struggling with high electric bills (6/1/2022) - Mathews County Social Services has gotten multiple requests from residents who need assistance with high electric bills, but the agency doesn’t have the funds to provide all the assistance being… …
VDOT crews to be working on G.I. bridge today (6/1/2022) - One-way alternating traffic is planned for today at the Gwynn’s Island bridge over Milford Haven from 7 a.m.-5 p.m. A release from the Virginia Department of Transportation said crews will… …
Hearing tonight on Rick’s Country Store parcel (6/1/2022) - The Gloucester Planning Commission will meet at 7 o’clock tonight in the colonial courthouse for a public hearing to consider the proposed rezoning of a parcel of land on Hickory… …
Kiwanis fundraiser (6/1/2022) - The Gloucester Kiwanis Club raised approximately $1,700 in a spaghetti dinner fundraiser held on May 20 at the Courthouse Restaurant. Money from the event will help the organization with its… …
Horticulture Award of Merit (6/1/2022) - Emily Barbee, right, longstanding member of the Garden Club of Gloucester and Mathews, was presented the Horticulture Award of Merit by president Julie Stone, left, at the club’s annual picnic… …
Services held Sunday to honor America’s war dead (6/1/2022) - American Legion posts in Mathews and Gloucester took time out on Sunday afternoon to honor America’s military and its war dead in Memorial Day weekend observances. The first of the… …County permits restaurant to reopen (6/1/2022) - The Hole in the Wall Waterfront Grill on Gwynn’s Island reopened over the weekend after having been closed last Wednesday morning by Mathews County building official Kevin Zoll. The closure… …
Man with Mathews ties considered for fort name (6/1/2022) - Fort Barfoot, honoring a World War II Medal of Honor winner who is buried in Mathews County, is proposed as the new name for Fort Pickett in Nottoway County. The… …
Leadership and integrity: Cornerstones of one man’s life (6/1/2022) - It’s been a long, storied career for Lt. Col. Lewis H. “Bucky” Burruss (U.S. Army-ret.), both in the military and as an author. He spent his formative years in Gloucester,… …COVID-19 case rates stabilize (6/1/2022) - COVID-19 cases stabilized across the U.S. over the weekend, with the nation averaging about 109,000 new cases per day, according to a press release from Dr. Richard Williams, medical director… …