Rachel Finch celebrates 1-year anniversary of being cancer free (10/30/2024) - Rachel Finch of Poquoson, is approaching the one-year anniversary of being cancer free in November. She was diagnosed with triple negative ductal invasive carcinoma, which is a very aggressive form… …Car show at York River Crossing marks DMV’s 100th anniversary (10/30/2024) - Virginia DMV is marking its 100th anniversary this year with four car shows held at various sites across the state. One car show, “Through the Decades: DMV Classic Car Show,”… …
B.C. United Outreach to hold ‘Chucks & Tux Gala’ (10/30/2024) - Blessed Couples United Outreach, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, will hold its annual Scholarship Fundraiser and Year-End Review event, called the “Chucks & Tux Gala,” from 6-11 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16,… …
Widows group sponsors movie showing at YRC (10/30/2024) - The Widows of Gloucester and Mathews Counties will be sponsoring a one-time showing of the movie “The Forge” at York River Crossing Cinemas, Hayes. The movie will be shown from… …
Godspeed visits Mathews (10/30/2024) - Jamestown Settlement’s Godspeed, a re-creation of one of the three vessels that brought America’s first permanent English colonists to Virginia in 1607, stopped overnight at Williams Wharf in Mathews on… …
Mathews dispatchers put in a team effort following Sept. 29 accident (10/30/2024) - Mathews County Sheriff April Edwards, at the Oct. 17 meeting of the Mathews County Board of Supervisors, recognized her 911 dispatchers for their performance on Sept. 29, when one of… …
Volunteer ‘Learn to Fish Training Day’held at Williams Wharf (10/30/2024) - On the blustery and chilly morning of October 16, the Mathews Land Conservancy held a Saltwater Learn to Fish Training Day at Williams Wharf Landing. Alex McCrickard and Scott Herrmann… …
Site visit (10/30/2024) - A crew with Verizon contractor Sites Unlimited, Inc., met with Mathews officials on Tuesday for an initial site visit to the Mathews-owned communications tower at Fire Station 2 Bohannon. They… …
Trunk or Treat (10/30/2024) - American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75, Gloucester, participated in the well-attended third annual American Legion Riders Chapter 75 Trunk or Treat event, held on Saturday at the post headquarters. Children collected… …Legionnaires to hold Veterans Day program (10/30/2024) - American Legion Post 83, Mathews, will hold its annual Veterans Day Dinner and Awards Ceremony at 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 11 at the post home on Route 198 (Buckley… …
Gloucester Ruritans (10/30/2024) - Gloucester Ruritan Club president Bill Naquin presented Katina Kenner, Assistant Director, Gloucester County Department of Social Services, a club mug for her presentation to the Gloucester Ruritan Club during its… …
Master Naturalists hold fall equinox event (10/30/2024) - Middle Peninsula Master Naturalist members on Sept. 29 gathered at the Deltaville Maritime Museum to celebrate with a fall equinox event. The meeting included awards and flash talks on the… …
Election Day Tuesday: Large numbers of early voters in two counties (10/30/2024) - More than 22 percent of eligible voters in Gloucester have already cast their ballots ahead of Tuesday’s 2024 presidential election, while in Mathews, nearly 40 percent have already voted either… …
Woodville School descendants hold Fall Festival (10/30/2024) - The Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation Descendants Community Committee hosted its first Fall Festival on Saturday at the historic school building in Ordinary. The event drew a crowd with about 70-75… …
T&T Express (10/30/2024) - Maci Parrott of Hayes, at left, and family friend Cindy Torres of Williamsburg, ride the T&T Express, a Calloway Enterprises amusement ride, with Jason Parrott of Hayes, during the DMV… …
Howl-A-Palooza (10/30/2024) - Liliana and Layla Fogler of Mathews, take their pick of the Halloween candy handed out on Saturday at Doodlebugs Consignments during Mathews Main Street’s Howl-A-Palooza, when Mathews businesses welcomed children… …
Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic Heroes Awards presented at Oktoberfest (10/30/2024) - The Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic’s eighth annual Oktoberfest was held on Sunday, Oct. 6, at the Ware River Yacht Club. Guests enjoyed traditional German food, drink and music as they… …Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday (10/30/2024) - Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday. Residents should set their timepieces back one hour upon retiring Saturday night. They will thus arise on Eastern Standard Time on Sunday… …
Gloucester supervisors to meet next week (10/30/2024) - The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors will meet at 6 p.m. next Wednesday, Nov. 6 in the colonial courthouse. The meeting normally falls on the first Tuesday of the month,… …
Community health fair Saturday (10/30/2024) - Shepherdsville Baptist Church and Insight Enterprises, Inc., will host a community health fair from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the church, which is located at 8729 Fary’s Mill Road,… …
Mathews TRIAD wins state award (10/30/2024) - Mathews County TRIAD was presented with the Jim Gilmore Award for TRIAD Excellence during the 2024 Virginia TRIAD conference, held on Oct. 10 and 11 in Williamsburg. The award was… …
Traffic pattern at Rt. 14/Windsor Road to change Monday (10/23/2024) - Beginning Monday, there will be a new traffic pattern at the intersection of Route 14 and Windsor Road in Mathews. According to a press release from the Virginia Department of… …
Gloucester NAACP helps area youth with the next big step in their lives (10/23/2024) - College or the workforce? Perhaps a stint in the military? What’s next? Area youth wondering what to do with the next step in their lives got some help last week… …Board approves changes to short-term vacation rental ordinance (10/23/2024) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors held three public hearings during its board meeting on Thursday, Oct. 17, approving changes to the language governing short-term vacation rentals and adopting a… …
Mathews supervisors ask DHR to rescind highway marker (10/23/2024) - Mathews supervisors have adopted a resolution asking the Virginia Department of Historic Resources to rescind its recent approval of a highway marker recognizing the early 20th century exodus of black… …