BOS receives FY25 financial report (9/17/2025) - The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors received the county’s preliminary unaudited financial report for fiscal year 2025, which was presented by Deputy County Administrator Maria Calloway. Most of the county’s… …
VDOT names new Fredericksburg District Engineer (9/17/2025) - The Virginia Department of Transportation has named Greg Henion, P.E., as its new Fredericksburg District Engineer.Henion has more than 32 years of transportation and engineering experience in public and private… …Talk next week on two Confederate vets who served Kingston Parish (9/17/2025) - Historian Paul Mitchell will give a talk on “How two Confederate soldiers faithfully served God and changed the course of history after the Civil War” at 7 p.m. next Thursday,… …
70-year Veteran Award (9/17/2025) - Oriental Masonic Lodge #20, Mathews, at its September meeting presented member Robert Lee Morris Jr. with his 70-year Veteran Award. Morris became a Master Mason in September 1955. Morris has… …
Blood drive (9/17/2025) - Fifty-four units were collected at the American Red Cross blood drive held on Tuesday, Sept. 9, at the Piankatank Ruritan Club building in Hudgins, according to Red Cross volunteer Nan… …Kiwanis Club accepting vendors for Christmas Bazaar (9/17/2025) - The Gloucester Kiwanis Club is accepting vendor sign-ups for its first Christmas Bazaar fundraiser, to be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 15 and… …
A few tickets available for Abingdon Ruritan Club Seafood Festival on Oct. 15 (9/17/2025) - There are still a few tickets available for the Abingdon Ruritan Club’s fundraising Seafood Festival on Oct. 15. They will be available until Saturday, Sept. 27. No tickets will be… …
Garden Club donates benches to Machicomoco (9/17/2025) - The Garden Club of Gloucester and Mathews celebrated its first of many planned installations of benches and legacy trees to county and state parks in the community recently at Machicomoco… …
Artist print signing (9/17/2025) - Join the Guinea Heritage Association on Saturday for the 2025 Artist print signing at Buck’s Store Museum, Bena. This year’s painting was done by Beverley Rainey who painted the first… …
9/11 remembered (9/17/2025) - Members of the U.S. Coast Guard held a ceremony last Thursday at Station Milford Haven to commemorate the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S. …
Mathews BOS to meet tonight (9/17/2025) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors, meeting at 6 o’clock tonight, Thursday, Sept. 18, in the historic courthouse on Court Street, will have a public hearing and several presentations. The… …Fall begins Monday (9/17/2025) - Fall begins at 2:19 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22. This moment of the autumnal equinox represents the division of a day into equal periods of daylight and darkness. From now until… …
Mathews County’s VA250 Committee working hard on planning events (9/17/2025) - The Mathews VA250 Committee is working hard on event planning and fundraising so it can provide Mathews residents with a memorable celebration for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of… …
Early voting begins tomorrow across Virginia (9/17/2025) - In-person early voting begins Friday for the November general election, featuring the races for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general, two local House of Delegates’ seats, as well as a… …
NAACP holds candidate forum (9/17/2025) - The Gloucester Branch of the NAACP held a candidate forum last Thursday night in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium for local offices impacting Gloucester County. Each candidate was asked… …
High tide (9/17/2025) - The ditches were full and water crossed the road at the Davis Creek public dock in Bavon shortly after the 6 p.m. high tide on Tuesday, but the dock itself… …Rachael Burnette to speak to genealogical group Monday (9/17/2025) - The Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia will meet at 10 a.m. Monday in the Community Room of the Gloucester Library, Main Street Center. The program will feature Rachael Booker Burnette… …
Events Sept. 18-25 (9/17/2025) - Thursday SOCIAL SERVICES: The Gloucester Social Services Board will meet at 7:30 this morning, Thursday, Sept. 18, in the Department of Social Services conference room, 6641 Short Lane, Gloucester. SUPERVISORS:… …
Parker to run for school board Petsworth seat (9/17/2025) - Anita Parker, 67, of Gloucester has announced her bid for the Petsworth District seat of the Gloucester County School Board. She has been serving in that seat since last October… …Gloucester library to holdcraft class on Sept. 18 (9/10/2025) - The Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, will hold a clothes pin decor craft at 2 p.m. next Thursday, Sept. 18. Participants will use a tin can and clothes… …
Hearings on HITW case postponed (9/10/2025) - Hearings in the case of The Hole in the Wall Waterfront Grill v. The Mathews County Board of Supervisors and Mathews County Administrator Ramona Wilson have been postponed for several… …
Healthy living (9/10/2025) - Glenn Sturm provided his first presentation for the Nutrition and Healthy Living series, sponsored by the Gloucester Extension office, last Thursday at Gloucester County Public Library’s Main Street Center location.… …
Maria Calloway named deputy county administrator (9/10/2025) - Gloucester County Administrator Carol Steele recently appointed Chief Financial Officer Maria Calloway to serve as the county’s deputy administrator, taking effect on Sept. 1. Calloway fills the position left vacant… …
Gloucester Day (9/10/2025) - Gloucesters from around the world celebrated their heritage on Saturday via an online exchange, which was held at noon here in Gloucester, Virginia (specifically at historic Abingdon Episcopal Church, White… …Mathews YMCA to host free fall prevention workshop (9/10/2025) - The Mathews Family YMCA will offer a free fall prevention workshop on Monday, Sept. 22, from noon to 1 p.m. The event is open to both YMCA members and the… …