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‘Chadwinks’ give signal to trooper’s widow, children it will be all right (4/6/2022) - Tim McGraw’s “Humble and Kind” playing on the radio. The sequence “756” in a zip code, on a license plate, in a math problem or on a receipt. The random…
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25,000+ attend this year’s Daffodil Festival
(4/6/2022) - Beautiful weather attracted an estimated 25,000+ festivalgoers to last weekend’s 36th annual Gloucester Daffodil Festival—the first full-scale event since 2019. “We could not have been more pleased with how things…
Planners to review ordinance, comp plan, Glenns rezoning (4/6/2022) - The Gloucester Planning Commission will meet tonight in the colonial courthouse on Main Street at 7 o’clock to review updates on the zoning ordinance, the comprehensive plan and the Glenns…
Gloucester landowner recognized for land management efforts (4/6/2022) - John Elkin Jr. of Hunters LLC and Bigfoot LLC was recently presented the Tidewater Soil and Water Conservation District’s 2021 Forestry Best Management Practice Award. Elkin has managed farm and…
Tour refreshments (4/6/2022) - Gloucester Ruritan Club members supported the Master Gardeners of Gloucester’s Daffodil Tours at Brent & Becky’s Bulbs over the weekend by providing refreshments. Workers included Jackie Beyea, Jo Hurd, Bill…
Mathews blood drive to be held April 19 (4/6/2022) - An American Red Cross blood drive will be held on Tuesday, April 19, at the Piankatank Ruritan Club building in Hudgins. The drive, sponsored by Macedonia Baptist Church, will be…
Gloucester House shares ‘coping techniques for caregivers’ (4/6/2022) - “We don’t have to be superstars.” That was a sentiment that Stephanie Johnston, Senior Sales and Marketing Director at Commonwealth Senior Living Gloucester House, shared during her presentation on “Coping…
Gloucester Ruritans (4/6/2022) - The Gloucester Ruritan Club met March 22 at its new meeting location, the Courthouse Restaurant. In left photo, Zone 4 Governor Don Sandridge presented president Jackie Beyea the 2021 Certificate…
Gloucester man dies in Route 17 accident (4/4/2022) - A two-vehicle accident Monday morning near the intersection of Route 17 and Fiddlers Green Road near Gloucester Court House resulted in the death of 81-year-old Robert William Plummer of the…
Mathews contractor cited for building code violations (3/31/2022) - The Virginia Board for Contractors recently brought action against the contracting firm JB Property Development, owned by brothers Dave and George Jones of Mathews, for alleged violations that occurred in…
Watermen’s Museum, Gallery at York Hall open for season (3/30/2022) - The Watermen’s Museum in Yorktown reopens for the season Friday. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. A press release said the museum has a number of new exhibits in 2022. These…
Busy month coming up at Machicomoco State Park (3/30/2022) - Machicomoco State Park has a full schedule of programs coming up throughout April. Located off Timberneck Farm Road in Hayes, the 645-acre park is open from 8 a.m. to dusk,…
Clean Gloucester Day (3/30/2022) - The Abingdon Ruritan Club sent out two crews to pick up trash on Gloucester roadways Saturday as part of the overall Clean Gloucester Day effort. Fourteen members signed in at…
New Virginia law empowers localities to lower car tax rates (3/30/2022) - Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed into law this week a bill designed to give localities the flexibility to cut car taxes and prevent large tax hikes driven by dramatic increases in…
Household Harmful Waste Collection to be held April 16 (3/30/2022) - Gloucester Clean Community and Waste Management will host a Household Harmful Waste Collection from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 16, at the Hayes Convenience Center on Guinea…
G.I. Museum opens Friday (3/30/2022) - The Gwynn’s Island Museum will open for the season tomorrow, April 1, and will be open from 1-5 p.m. every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through the end of October. Museum…
Tompkins Cottage, Thomas James Store open for season (3/30/2022) - The Tompkins Cottage Museum and the Thomas James Store, both in Mathews Court House, will open for the 2022 season on Saturday. Both locations are maintained by the Mathews County…
Bay to Belly (3/30/2022) - Bay to Belly, a traveling exhibit from the Watermen’s Museum in Yorktown, opens Saturday at the Mathews Historical Museum, 200 Main Street. Funded by grants from the Virginia Humanities and…
Deadline approaching for Abingdon Ruritan scholarships (3/30/2022) - The April 22 deadline to apply for Abingdon Ruritan Club scholarships is approaching. Gloucester High School students and Gloucester County homeschooled students who are seniors are encouraged to apply for…
Board seeks to keep tax increase at 3 cents (3/30/2022) - Budget discussions continued for the Gloucester Board of Supervisors during its Tuesday meeting in the colonial courthouse. At present, the budget for fiscal year 2023 calls for a proposed real…
Residents speak out on budget, tax rates (3/30/2022) - The Gloucester Board of Supervisors heard from county residents during its first public hearings for the proposed Fiscal Year 2023 budget and tax rates on Wednesday, March 23. Proposed budget…
Dedicated athletic director continues to watch students grow (3/30/2022) - Kristy Hunter has been the Athletic Director at Gloucester High School for the past nine years, watching classes of students grow as athletes as well as people. Before becoming the…
Deputy county administrator resigns in Mathews (3/30/2022) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors held a special meeting Tuesday morning to discuss the performance of the deputy county administrator/clerk and to obtain legal advice regarding employment law. After…
Millers to serve as Daffodil Festival grand marshals (3/30/2022) - C.W. and Earlene Miller of Harcum have been selected as grand marshals of this year’s Gloucester Daffodil Festival parade. The couple was previously chosen as grand marshals for the festival’s…
Military personnel eligible for free ride share to Fort Eustis (3/30/2022) - Military and government employees traveling from Gloucester to work at Fort Eustis are eligible to take part in a ride program at no out-of-pocket cost. This is a Monday-Friday vanpool…

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