Treasures from the museum (8/26/2026) - Continuing our series on local museums, we present information on three Mathews County treasures which are under management by the Mathews County Historical Society. The Mathews County Historical Society partners… …
Mathews reassessment shows property values up 20-30 percent (8/26/2026) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors, meeting last Thursday, received an update on this year’s reassessment from Jason Cowan, chief assessor for Cowan Services LLC. Cowan reported that, since the… …Registration underway for Guinea Jubilee pageant (8/26/2026) - Registration is underway for this year’s Guinea Jubilee pageant, which will be held on Sept. 18 and 19. Interviews will be held on Friday, Sept. 18, with the pageant itself… …
Deadlines approach for Guinea Jubilee (8/26/2026) - Craft and food vendors planning to set up shop for this year’s Guinea Jubilee, as well as businesses and individuals interested in being sponsors for the annual celebration of all… …
4-H Junior Camp sponsor (8/26/2026) - Gloucester County youth participate in the annual regional 4-H Junior Camp for youth, ages 9-13 at the 4-H Educational Center on the James River in Williamsburg. Activities include swimming, archery,… …GHA to hold program on New Point Comfort (8/26/2026) - The Guinea Heritage Association will host a program on New Point Comfort lighthouse at 6 p.m. Friday at the Buck’s Store Museum in Bena. Linda Grow, a member of the… …
Roundabout design public hearing to be held next week in Mathews (8/26/2026) - The Virginia Department of Transportation will show its plans for a roundabout at the intersection of Route 3 (Twiggs Ferry Road) and Route 198 (Buckley Hall Road) at a design… …
Piankatank Ruritans (8/26/2026) - At a recent meeting of the Piankatank Ruritan Club, RISP Clinical Head Kaylyn Moore, RN, at left, and RISP Early Intervention Program Coordinator Kimberly Marean presented an interesting and informative… …
Gloucester family seeks financial help for dog’s surgery (8/26/2026) - A Gloucester family has set up a GoFundMe campaign to help with a needed surgery to get their Golden Retriever back on his feet. Hank is a 5-year-old, 130-pound rescue… …Bloodmobile to be held Sept. 8 in Mathews (8/26/2026) - An American Red Cross blood drive will be held from 12:30-6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the Piankatank Ruritan Club building in Hudgins. Donors can reserve a time by… …
Miss Mathews (8/26/2026) - The Mathews Market Days Miss Mathews Pageant was held on Sunday at Mathews High School. Fourteen girls ages 3-18 competed. The contest, conducted by Mathews Market Days and The Court… …
Adopt-A-Highway (8/26/2026) - Volunteers from the Gloucester Ruritan Club participated in the Virginia Department of Transportation Adopt-A-Highway program by cleaning up a designated section of Farys Mill Road. The project is in memory… …Friday deadline to vote for Market Days poster (8/26/2026) - Voting in the 2026 Mathews Market Days Poster Contest is well underway, but community members still have until Friday to visit Mathews Memorial Library and cast a vote for the… …
Mathews to be setting for mockumentary; local actors sought (8/26/2026) - A mockumentary about contestants in a tandem kayak race is on the horizon, and the filmmakers will arrive in Mathews next month to prepare for filming a 15-minute video that… …Gloucester PRT events planned: yoga, games, karate, yoga, trips, culinary class, more (8/26/2026) - 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.… …
Events Aug. 20-27 (8/19/2026) - THURSDAY BRAIN INJURY GROUP: The Brain Injury Survivor Monthly Meetup will be held from 1-2:30 this afternoon, Thursday, Aug. 20, at Gloucester Library, Main Street Center. For more information, call… …
Widows’ group to meet Sept. 15 (8/19/2026) - The Widows of Gloucester and Math-ews County will meet at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Tabernacle of Faith Church, 7028 Woodville Road, Hayes. The gathering will feature free headshots… …
Gloucester, Mathews students head back to school Monday (8/19/2026) - Flip open those new notebooks, take out a pencil and get ready to learn because Gloucester and Mathews public schools head back to the classroom on Monday. Both district superintendents—Dr.… …
School Calendars (8/19/2026) - 2026-2027 School officials in Gloucester and Mathews counties have announced the following calendars for the upcoming school year. Gloucester Aug. 24, First day of school Sept. 4 and 7, Labor… …
Summertime fun (8/19/2026) - Nothing quite says summer fun like kids playing in the water. Here—Jaxon, Mahixon and RyleeAnn Waitman, from left—family friends of Chuck and Allison Williams visited the couple’s Mathews home on… …
Treasures from the museum (8/19/2026) - The Gazette-Journal continues its series this week focusing on local museums, as it highlights the preservation and education efforts of many Gloucester and Mathews organizations. This week, we take a… …
Johnson named Gloucester’s Real Estate Assessor (8/19/2026) - Angela M. Johnson has been appointed Gloucester County’s new Real Estate Assessor. Johnson brings more than two decades of real estate appraisal and assessment experience to the position, a release… …
Irene Morgan Scholarship luncheon (8/19/2026) - Members of the Irene Morgan Scholarship Fund Committee recently hosted a luncheon for its 2026 scholarship recipient at Olivia’s in the Village, Gloucester C.H. Gloucester High School graduate Alexandria Isabel… …Friends of the Library (8/19/2026) - The Piankatank Community League recently donated $100 to the Gloucester County Friends of the Library. Angie Dunston, at right, secretary and rental/facilities manager of the league, is shown presenting the… …
Mathews Ruritan Club to disband (8/19/2026) - Just five years shy of its 100th anniversary, the Mathews Ruritan Club is reluctantly disbanding. As of the end of this year, the club, whose core mission since 1931 had… …