Bingo games (3/11/2026) - Abingdon Ruritan Club members play Bingo with residents of Sanders the first and third Friday each month. Club member Dick Beasley, above, is shown calling out numbers at a recent… …
Ocean Sciences Meeting (3/11/2026) - Last month, students, faculty and staff from the College of William & Mary’s Batten School of Coastal & Marine Sciences and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science attended the Ocean… …
Abingdon Ruritans (3/11/2026) - Gloucester County’s Emergency Management Coordinator Jane Wenner was the guest speaker at the Abingdon Ruritan Club’s March membership meeting. At the meeting, she explained how her organization works and the… …
Bethlehem UMC to hold Rise Against Hunger meal packing event (3/11/2026) - Bethlehem United Methodist Church, Bena, will hold a Rise Against Hunger meal packing event from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 21. This will be a milestone for the… …
Dragon Run cleanup (3/11/2026) - The Friends of the Dragon Run will hold a trash cleanup at the three bridges along the Dragon Run on Wednesday, March 18, beginning at 9 a.m. The sites are:… …African-American genealogy group to meet Saturday (3/11/2026) - The Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society will meet virtually at 11 a.m. Saturday. The meeting will feature a talk by historian Dennis Halpin titled “Henry Jones: A Life… …
Events: March 12-19 (3/11/2026) - THURSDAY SUPERVISORS/SCHOOL BOARD: The Mathews County Board of Supervisors and Mathews County School Board will hold a joint budget workshop at 1 o’clock today, Thursday, March 12, in the historic… …
Mathews planners look at updating county’s comp plan (3/11/2026) - The Mathews County Planning Commission, meeting on Tuesday night, included a lengthy discussion concerning required revisions and updates to the county’s comprehensive plan. Chairman Billy Cook introduced former longtime planning… …
Early voting (3/11/2026) - Early voting began Friday in the statewide referendum on mid-decade redistricting of Virginia’s Congressional districts—a measure proposed by Democrats as a one-time response to efforts in Texas, North Carolina and… …
John Clayton talk (3/11/2026) - Reenactor Richard Cheatham, portraying 18th century Gloucester botanist John Clayton, took people back to 1773 in a special program held on Sunday afternoon at the Edge Hill House in Gloucester.… …
Residents urged to vote ‘no’ at town hall program at Living Waters Church (3/11/2026) - A town hall was held Saturday morning at Living Waters Church in Dutton to encourage Mathews residents to vote “no” on a constitutional amendment to redraw Virginia’s congressional districts outside… …In Mathews: Pared-down budget presented (3/11/2026) - The Mathews Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday afternoon for a budget work session to establish budget priorities and goals. County Administrator Ramona Wilson presented the board with a budget… …
In Gloucester: BOS reviews $96M in requests (3/11/2026) - At the request of the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors, County Administrator Carol Steele presented information on the full budget requests for fiscal year 2027 during Monday night’s meeting held… …
Mathews Memory Café to meet March 24 (3/4/2026) - The Mathews Memory Café will meet March 24, from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Mathews Active Lifestyle Center, located at 10494 Buckley Hall Road. This social gathering offers a… …
Gloucester caregiver support group meets March 17 (3/4/2026) - Unpaid caregivers in Gloucester are invited to attend Bay Aging’s Gloucester Caregiver Support Group on Tuesday, March 17, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. The group meets in the Community Room… …
Gloucester Memory Café to meet March 11 (3/4/2026) - The Gloucester Memory Café will hold its next gathering on Wednesday, March 11, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Daffodil Gardens Community Room, located at 5954 Garden Grove Lane,… …
Supervisors seek help in upcoming Commonwealth’s Attorney election (3/4/2026) - Mathews supervisors are seeking help from Gov. Abigail Spanberger and the Virginia General Assembly ahead of what chairman Tom Bowen sees as a significant problem for Mathews County in the… …
County to get consultant on emergency radio coverage (3/4/2026) - Mathews supervisors voted unanimously to authorize county administrator Ramona Wilson to seek a consultant to come up with solutions to a coverage problem with the emergency radio network used by… …
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday (3/4/2026) - Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday and will remain in effect until Nov. 2. Timepieces should be set ahead one hour (“spring forward”) upon retiring Saturday night. Residents… …
Aug. 4 party primary set for November general elections (3/4/2026) - Party nominations for all offices appearing on the November 2026 General Election ballot, which will include in Virginia a Senate race and Congressional elections, will be decided in an Aug.… …
Redistricting forum held in Mathews (3/4/2026) - The redistricting measure that’s coming up for a vote in Virginia localities starting tomorrow was the subject of a meeting held on Monday at the Piankatank Ruritan Club in Mathews.… …
Supervisors suspend licenses of five Gloucester vape shops for suspicion of narcotics sales (3/4/2026) - At the request of Sheriff Darrell Warren, the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors unanimously suspended the business licenses of five vape and tobacco shops within the county due to suspected… …
‘Our Indigenous People’ opens next week at museum (3/4/2026) - A new exhibit, “Our Indigenous People,” will open next week at the Mathews Museum, 200 Main Street. Russell Reed, who grew up in Mathews and is a descendant of the… …
Main Street businesses participate in informational meeting with county (3/4/2026) - Gloucester County invited Main Street businesses to an Information & Networking Meeting last Tuesday, Feb. 24, at the Gloucester Fine Arts Museum where county staff presented on upcoming happenings and… …
Pam Manz named museum’s Volunteer of the Year (3/4/2026) - Pam Manz has been named Volunteer of the Year at the Mathews Museum, honoring her for the four murals she has painted at the site at 200 Main Street. Manz… …