Ruritan award (12/3/2025) - Ruritan National Governor Don Sandridge of Gloucester, at right, recently presented the Piankatank Ruritan Club officers with the Recognition and Outstanding Meritorious Award in the field of Community Engagement, Citizenship… …
Seniors create dollhouse with help from Bay School artist (12/3/2025) - Seniors at the Mathews Active Lifestyle Center are working together to create a dollhouse as a group art project under the guidance of the Bay School Community Arts Center. Bay… …Bay School to host Empty Bowls fundraiser on Dec. 14 (12/3/2025) - The 12th annual Empty Bowls fundraiser to benefit Hands Across Mathews will be held from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 14, at the Bay School Community Arts… …
Christmas Sing-A-Long Sunday at Central UMC (12/3/2025) - The annual Christmas Sing-Along sponsored by Central Village Homemakers will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Central United Methodist Church, Mathews. The homemakers call this season-kickoff event “our Christmas… …
Events Dec. 4-11 (12/3/2025) - THURSDAY CLEAN AND GREEN: Gloucester County’s Clean and Green Advisory Committee will meet at 5 o’clock this evening, Thursday, Dec. 4, in the Stewart Building conference room, 6382 Main Street,… …
Gloucester PR&T offers Seasonal Delights, Hoot & Howl Into 2026 (12/3/2025) - SEASONAL DELIGHTS: Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism is sponsoring Seasonal Delights workshops on Wednesdays from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Stewart Building. Celebrate the flavors and creativity of the season with… …
Lighted boat parade (11/25/2025) - The third annual Horn Harbor Lighted Boat Parade will take place on Saturday, Dec. 13. Participants will gather at Horn Harbor Marina, Port Haywood, at 5:30 p.m. and head as… …
Pet parade (11/25/2025) - Local pets are wanted to participate in the 2025 Mathews Christmas Parade, “Jingle on the Bay,” on Saturday, Dec. 13, beginning at 1 p.m. Pets and their owners are asked… …
Christmas at Ware to be held Dec. 13 (11/25/2025) - This year’s Christmas at Ware market will be held on Saturday, Dec. 13, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the grounds of the historic Gloucester church. Those attending are… …
Andrews to hold 35th annual community memorial service on Dec. 7 (11/25/2025) - Since 1991, Andrews Funeral Home & Crematory has held a Candlelight Memorial Service for the community each December. The funeral home, which is located in the Gloucester Court House area,… …
Gloucester Library gears up for month-long holiday fun (11/25/2025) - Gloucester County Public Library has several holiday-themed activities planned for the month of December, all at its Main Street Center location. On Dec. 4, children in kindergarten through fifth grade… …
Holiday Open House (11/25/2025) - The Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society will hold its annual Holiday Open House & Bake Sale from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13. Shown are GMHS volunteers Donna and Bruce Hoyt dressed… …
Mathews Library to celebrate holidays with 5 programs (11/25/2025) - Mathews Memorial Library, Main Street, has five holiday-themed programs on the horizon. Join the library on Sunday, Dec. 7 from 1-3 p.m. to “Deck the Halls.” Help decorate seven trees… …MVFD to hold lighted boat parade Dec. 6 (11/25/2025) - The 2025 East River Lighted Christmas Boat Parade, sponsored by the Mathews Volunteer Fire Department, will take place on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 6-8 p.m. In case of inclement weather,… …
Holiday Calendar: Community Events (11/25/2025) - THURSDAY, NOV. 27 TURKEY TROT: Mobjack Rowing Association will hold its annual Turkey Trot on Nov. 27, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Walk, run or bike from Williams Wharf Landing to… …
Gloucester man convicted in federal court on child sex charges (11/25/2025) - A Gloucester man was convicted last week in federal court on charges of coercion and enticement of a child and receipt of child sexual abuse material, according to a release… …
Gingerbread house decorating Dec. 6 (11/25/2025) - The Guinea Heritage Association invites children ages 5-10 to join them on Saturday, Dec. 6, for a chance to decorate their own gingerbread house, just in time for the holiday… …
Food booth volunteers (11/25/2025) - Members of the Abingdon Ruritan Club served as volunteers on Saturday in the food booth at the annual Baystars Bird Day Bash at Woodville Park. Shown are, front row from… …Offices, stores close for Thanksgiving (11/25/2025) - All post offices, ABC stores, and waste facilities in Gloucester and Mathews will be closed today, Thursday, Nov. 27, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Courts, county offices, and DMV… …
Gubernatorial race with two female candidates drove high turnout (11/25/2025) - Turnout, the number of ballots cast in proportion to registered voters, for the historic election of Virginia’s first female governor, nearly matched the high turnout of 2021, according to unofficial… …
Plans underway to update Gloucester Boys & Girls Club (11/25/2025) - The Boys and Girls Club of Virginia Peninsula is planning to update the Gloucester unit facility located in the Hayes Shopping Center off Route 17. The organization, whose mission is… …RiverStreet receives broadband funding for Gloucester, Mathews (11/25/2025) - RiverStreet Communications of Virginia, Inc., is the big winner of federal funding to provide universal broadband in Gloucester and Mathews counties under Virginia’s Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment plan. RiverStreet… …
Telecommunications tower proposal encounters ‘hiccup’ (11/25/2025) - Mathews supervisors’ chair Tim Doss repeatedly expressed embarrassment and apologized to residents during the board’s November meeting last Thursday when a scheduled public hearing on a Verizon Wireless request to… …
Canine Companions (11/25/2025) - Fifteen veteran service dog teams came from across the U.S. to the Canine Companions facility in Mathews earlier this month to brush up on their training and learn some new… …
NARFE guest speaker (11/25/2025) - Author Mary Shipko, one of the first female commercial airline pilots, was the guest speaker at the Nov. 18 luncheon meeting of the Chapter 1757 of the National Active and… …