Bette Dillehay is one tough cookie (10/2/2024) - As most everyone in Mathews County knows, Mathews Memorial Library Director Bette Dillehay is one tough cookie. A tiny woman with “tall energy,” Dillehay is notoriously hardworking and demanding of… …Democrats’ dinner was sold out; Northam speaks (10/2/2024) - The Gloucester County Democratic Committee’s revived seafood dinner fundraiser on Sept. 12 was sold out, a release said. Former Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam was the keynote speaker at the dinner,… …
Weather a mixed bag for Jubilee (10/2/2024) - The weather for this year’s Guinea Jubilee was a mixed bag, with rain and mud on opening day Friday, and a bright, hot sun on Saturday. Melissa Ashe, the Jubilee’s… …Concerns expressed about condition of Mathews tennis court (10/2/2024) - Mathews supervisors heard from a number of people at its Sept. 19 board meeting who are concerned about the condition of the county’s tennis courts, which were installed at least… …
Walk to End Alzheimer’s Saturday in Gloucester (10/2/2024) - The 2024 Walk to End Alzheimer’s-Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck will be held on Saturday, starting from Botetourt Elementary School, 6361 Main Street, Gloucester. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m., the… …
Democratic nominee Leslie Mehta (10/2/2024) - Leslie Mehta is the Democratic Party candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives’ 1st Congressional District. She is challenging longtime Republican incumbent Rob Wittman. Speaking with the Gazette-Journal in Mathews… …Quilt show and sale opens Saturday (10/2/2024) - An exhibit of 30 quilts from the same family opens this Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Mathews Museum, located at 200 Main Street in Mathews Court House. “Threads of Our… …
Republican nominee Rob Wittman (10/2/2024) - Rep. Rob Wittman of Montross, a Republican, is seeking his ninth full term as Virginia’s 1st Congressional District representative. He is being challenged by Democrat Leslie Mehta of Chesterfield. Stopping… …
Thomas James Store (10/2/2024) - Work continues on preserving the Thomas James Store (circa 1820), located behind Sibley’s General Store in downtown Mathews. Elevated in July, the store has undergone repairs to its floor beams… …
DAR recognition (10/2/2024) - The Cricket Hill Virginia Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution had a special service for POW/MIA Recognition Day during the group’s September meeting. Participating in the service were,… …$5,000 grant to fund two LOVEworks signs in Mathews (10/2/2024) - The Mathews VA250 Committee has received a $5,000 grant to work with the Bay School Community Arts Center on the installation of two LOVEworks signs in the county. The impact… …
Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue to hold open house Sunday (10/2/2024) - An open house will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad Station 1 on Main Street. The occasion will mark the beginning… …Gloucester to recognize PANS/PANDAS Awareness Day (10/2/2024) - Gloucester County will be changing the lighting of its administration building to green on Wednesday, Oct. 9 to recognize PANS/PANDAS Awareness Day. Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndromes (PANS) and Pediatric Autoimmune… …
Gloucester Main Street’s newest mural officially dedicated (10/2/2024) - A group of some of Gloucester’s leading women gathered on Gloucester’s Main Street on Saturday afternoon to dedicate formally the newest mural in the Court House area—the Iconic Women of… …Rosewell: Gloucester’s legendary ruin (10/2/2024) - There is no other place in Gloucester as fabled as the Rosewell Ruins, with tales passed from generation to generation. Twelve-thousand-square feet, three stories over a tall English basement, with… …
The Haunting of the Hudgins House (10/2/2024) - The Haunting of Hudgins House in Mathews is an eerie tale that dates back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Hudgins House is a Mathews County Historical Landmark… …
Married 1930s luminaries at rest in Christ Church cemetery (10/2/2024) - Two starring figures of the 1930s … one of the silver screen, and one of the blue skies … rest side-by-side under the same headstone at Christ Episcopal Church in… …
T.C. Walker learned the law from 2 Confederate veterans (10/2/2024) - Did you know that the famous black lawyer of Gloucester County, Thomas Calhoun Walker, received his legal instruction from two men who had served as officers in the Confederate army?… …
Fish camps: a vanished part of the commercial seafood industry (10/2/2024) - Today the shoreline is quiet. A few old buildings give a hint of the once-bustling fish camp and seafood business that operated there. In decades past, fish camps dotted the… …
Reminiscing about growing up on Callis Wharf (10/2/2024) - Growing up on Gwynn’s Island in the 1950s had its charms. I was a bike ride or a few steps away from several beaches, afternoon football games, adventures in the… …Helping Hands (9/25/2024) - Dan Reno, left, president of the Mathews Ruritan Club, recently presented Jan Mohr, president of Hands Across Mathews with a $300 check in honor of the organization’s good work in… …
Single-handing a sailboat around an Atlantic hurricane (9/25/2024) - Jim Bateman of Mathews and Fairfax didn’t intend to sail his 2012 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 509 charter sailboat during a hurricane, and he wasn’t particularly worried that he was flirting… …Chamber concert Friday at Timberneck (9/25/2024) - The Courthouse Chamber Orchestra will present a concert of chamber music Friday at Timberneck in Machicomoco State Park, Hayes. The concert is indoors. Admission is $15 for adults, free for… …
Work day set at Canine Companions estate (9/25/2024) - Mathews County Canine Companions will have a work day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the organization’s new facility at Eastbrooke Estate on John Clayton… …
65 units collected at Mathews blood drive (9/25/2024) - The American Red Cross Mathews community blood drive, held on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at the Piankatank Ruritan Club, Hudgins, resulted in the collection of 65 units, according to Red Cross… …