Planners’ chair addresses Sunday afternoon subcommittee meeting (9/9/2026) - Facing criticism about a subcommittee meeting that was held on Sunday afternoon at a real estate office on Main Street, Mathews County Planning Commission chairman Billy Cook addressed the issue… …
USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 66 celebrates 75th anniversary (9/9/2026) - The 75th anniversary of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 66 was celebrated on Saturday, Aug. 29, with a brief but meaningful ceremony at the Mathews Yacht Club at Hudgins. Speakers… …NAACP branches to hold town hall on proposed state amendments (9/9/2026) - The Gloucester, Mathews, King and Queen and Middlesex branches of the NAACP will a town hall at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Piankatank Ruritan Club, 7138 Buckley Hall Road, Mathews,… …
Mathews supervisors to have closed session Tuesday morning (9/3/2026) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors will have a special meeting at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8, in order to go into closed session and once again consider legal… …
Gloucester PRT events planned (9/2/2026) - FREE FLOW YOGA: Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism is sponsoring Free Flow Yoga on Tuesdays in September, October and November from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. at Beaverdam Park’s Whitcomb Lodge.… …
Celebrate Gloucester Day to mark county’s 375th anniversary (9/2/2026) - This year’s Gloucester Day celebration will be a bit special for Gloucester County, Virginia as it will be taking the opportunity to commemorate its 375th anniversary. “It coincides with Gloucester… …Gloucester BOS axes proposed Fox Mill subdivision (9/2/2026) - Following a vocal public comment period, the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors denied an ordinance to create a Community Development Authority for Fox Mill, the planned unit development along Fox… …
Original state park site absorbed into Machicomoco (9/2/2026) - A 431-acre parcel adjacent to the Rosewell ruins, acquired in 2005 for the future Middle Peninsula State Park, remains undeveloped and has been absorbed into Machicomoco State Park, Hayes, which… …Events Sept. 3-9 (9/2/2026) - THURSDAY CLEAN AND GREEN: The Gloucester Clean and Green Committee will meet at 5 o’clock tonight, Thursday, Sept. 3, in the Stewart Building conference room, 6382 Main Street, Gloucester. PARKS… …
Town hall Tuesday on sales tax ballot initiative (9/2/2026) - A community town hall meeting will be held Tuesday to explain the details of the upcoming ballot initiative to create a 1 percent local retail sales tax in Mathews County… …
Closings for Labor Day holiday (9/2/2026) - All post offices, courts, county offices, and DMV customer service centers in Gloucester and Mathews will be closed Monday for the Labor Day holiday. Schools in both counties will be… …
Who remembers 9-11? (9/2/2026) - The 25-year anniversary of the Al-Qaeda attack on the United States is fast approaching. We would like to hear your memories of this devastating day. Attacks in New York and… …
Gloucester NAACP’s Pathways to Leadership program focuses on elections, land use issues (9/2/2026) - The Gloucester Branch of the NAACP continued its Pathways to Leadership seminar series on Aug. 27 with a session focused on how Gloucester County administers elections and manages planning, zoning… …Mathews EDA hears report from state tourism rep (9/2/2026) - The Mathews Economic Development Authority, meeting last Wednesday, heard a report from Laura Messer, Destination Development Manager of the Virginia Tourism Corporation, on the impact that tourism has had in… …
Ruritan picnic (9/2/2026) - The Gloucester Ruritan Club recently held its annual picnic at Beaverdam Park. Joining them were members of Girl Scout Service Unit 130. Ruritan Club president Meggie Bombard presented Girl Scout… …
Rotary cup (9/2/2026) - Gloucester Rotary Club member Frank Wingfield, at right, presents Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society Board of Directors’ President Emeritus Dr. Dick Crowder with a Rotary cup as a thank-you gift for speaking… …Mathews Sheriff holds forum on Flock Camera issue (9/2/2026) - The Flock LPR (License Plate Reader) Camera has generated a lot of public discussion lately, especially on social media, and that includes in Mathews County. At a public information session… …
Dine to Donate to benefit Mathews school music programs (9/2/2026) - The Gwynn’s Island Civic League Foundation is holding its next Dine to Donate from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. next Thursday, Sept. 10, at The Seafood Shack, 10744 Buckley Hall… …
Rudy Bear (9/2/2026) - Martha Frame, vice president of the Piankatank Ruritan Club in Mathews, introduced the club’s newest “member,” Rudy Bear, at the August dinner meeting. Rudy Bear is the official mascot of… …Mathews planners to meet Tuesday (9/2/2026) - The Mathews County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the historic courthouse on Court Street. Kathryn Tatterson has requested a zoning amendment to rezone… …
Guinea Jubilee student art winners to be recognized Saturday (9/2/2026) - The winning artwork from a Guinea Jubilee student contest among Achilles Elementary School students will be unveiled at 11 a.m. Saturday and the students recognized by Barbara Priest as the… …
Gloucester NAACP to meet Tuesday (9/2/2026) - The Gloucester branch of the NAACP will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Woodville Rosenwald School, 4310 George Washington Memorial Highway, Hayes. The meeting is also accessible by Zoom… …
New GVFRS places new Rescue One into service (9/2/2026) - The Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service placed a brand-new Rescue One into service last week. The previous truck, housed at Station One, was over 25 years old and in… …Library to hold wildfire prevention program Sept. 11 (9/2/2026) - Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, will be holding the program, “Wildfire Prevention Plan for Your Home and Property” from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 11.… …
Phillip Page to talk about his famous ancestor (9/2/2026) - Philip Page, president of the Gloucester Historical Society, will speak at two programs of the Sons of the American Revolution on Tuesday, Sept. 8. The Richard Henry Lee Chapter, meeting… …