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… …
Toll removal (3/25/2026) - Work is beginning to remove the toll booth plaza at the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge by the Virginia Department of Transportation. The tolls came off in August. All work… …
Poland’s Supermarket: Gloucester landmark remembered after fire (3/25/2026) - On the morning of Feb. 7, the Abingdon Volunteer Fire Department responded to a commercial fire on Route 17 at Gloucester Point. The building, mostly recently an auction house, was… …
Colorectal cancer on the rise locally (3/25/2026) - March is colorectal cancer awareness month, an umbrella term that encompasses both colon and rectal cancers, a disease that is showing a sharp impact on the local area. Hampton Roads… …
NARFE officers (3/25/2026) - Middle Peninsula Chapter 1757 of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association inducted officers for the coming year at a program on March 17, with NARFE Virginia Area 1… …
Clean Gloucester Day (3/25/2026) - Tiffany Bates and her two sons, Ryan, 6, and Mason, 3, from left, participated in the 16th annual Spring Clean Gloucester Day by picking up litter along Main Street Saturday… …
Museum grant will update Battle of the Hook exhibit (3/25/2026) - The Gloucester Museum Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, was awarded the Virginia Humanities Rapid Grant in the amount of $3,500 to update the museum’s Battle of the Hook and Second Surrender… …
Mah Jongg games (3/25/2026) - The Mathews Mah Jongg group meets from noon to 3 p.m. every Tuesday at Mathews Memorial Library on Main Street. The group encourages anyone who plays the game or would… …
Supervisors set borrowing cap at $12.2M for capital needs (3/25/2026) - The Mathews Board of Supervisors, at its regular monthly meeting last Thursday, voted 4-1 to borrow “no more than” $12.2 million from Atlantic Union to pay for capital needs. The… …
Safe driving (3/25/2026) - Atley Wiese, a 17-year-old NASCAR Regional Team teen driver from Hayes, joined forces last week with LifeSafer (a leader in vehicle safety technology) and the Gweedo Memorial Foundation to raise… …
Model deadrise (3/25/2026) - This Friday, at 6 p.m. at the Buck’s Store Museum in Bena, model boatbuilder Butch Watkins, above, will display his talents in the Guinea Heritage Association’s Fourth Friday program. People… …
Helping hands (3/25/2026) - The Abingdon Ruritan Club’s Public Services Committee handed out water along the route of the March 14 8K/5K run/walk sponsored by the Gloucester County Public Schools Education Foundation. Proceeds raised… …
Guinea Dipping (3/25/2026) - Gloucester Rowing Association coach Zach Moore (above) gives the call for those signed up for Guinea Dipping to race into the chilly waters of the York River (below) Saturday just… …
Gloucester releases Daffodil Festival documentary (3/25/2026) - “Gloucester Daffodil Festival: The Work Behind the Blooms,” a documentary chronicling the behind-the-scenes efforts of the team that puts the festival together for the public every year, premiered on the… …MCSO to hold Women’s Safety Night April 11 (3/25/2026) - The Mathews County Sheriff’s Office is sponsoring a Women’s Safety Night from 5-8 p.m. on Saturday, April 11, at The Shores of Cedar Point on North River Road, courtesy of… …
Mathews EDA to serve as conduit for $12M in bonds (3/25/2026) - The Mathews Economic Development Authority, meeting in a joint session with county supervisors on Monday, voted unanimously to serve as the conduit for $12 million in bonds approved by supervisors… …
BOS trims county’s share of school funding to $8.5M (3/25/2026) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors, in a budget workshop Tuesday, voted 3-2 to have County Administrator Ramona Wilson revise the proposed budget to reduce the county’s share of funding… …
Community invited to hear speaker on autism (3/25/2026) - York River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons has invited the community to its meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 7, for a session on autism. The meeting will… …
Gloucester GOP holds ‘VOTE NO’ town hall (3/25/2026) - The Gloucester County Republican Committee will hold a “VOTE NO” town hall meeting on the redistricting referndum at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25 at the Gloucester Library, Main Street… …
Events March 26-April 2 (3/25/2026) - THURSDAY KING’S DAUGHTERS: The Chesapeake Bay Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons will meet at noon today, March 26, in the fellowship hall of New Point Friends Church. SUPERVISORS:… …
Gloucester NAACP launches civic education initiative (3/18/2026) - The Gloucester County Branch of the NAACP recently announced the launch of Pathways to Leadership, a new civic education initiative designed to empower residents with the knowledge and confidence to… …
Kayak tours (3/18/2026) - Registration began last week for the Dragon Run’s Spring Paddle Season, which runs from April 15 through May 19. Join volunteers and a nature guide for three-hour kayak tours on… …
Sail Beyond Cancer (3/18/2026) - At the Gloucester Rotary Club’s March 12 meeting, Kim Lawver, executive director of Sail Beyond Cancer Virginia, shared information about the nonprofit and its mission to “Honor those challenged by cancer by… …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,… …
‘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… …