Bluebird houses (4/1/2026) - Abingdon Ruritan Club vice president and author Dave Bowles shared a booth with the club at the Gloucester Daffodil Festival. Club members over the last month built a number of… …
Daffodil Festival parade (4/1/2026) - Here are a few scenes from the 2026 Daffodil Festival parade. MELANY SLAUGHTER / GAZETTE-JOURNALGrand marshals Susan and Jim Camp lead the Gloucester Daffodil Festival parade Saturday morning. MELANY SLAUGHTER… …
Kingston Housing Initiative (4/1/2026) - Bank of America Senior Vice President George Thorn, third from left, has announced the donation of $75,000 from the Anne Mullen Orrell Trust to the Kingston Housing Initiative to assist… …
Sunny skies, cold breeze dominate Daffodil Festival (4/1/2026) - The 40th annual Gloucester Daffodil Festival, “Anchored in Tradition,” welcomed a crowd of approximately 25,000 over two days. Visitors, vendors and volunteers alike enjoyed sunny skies and prevailed through a… …Supervisors discuss financing for Station 1 (4/1/2026) - The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors discussed financing proposals for the Gloucester Volunteer Fire & Rescue Station 1 during last Thursday night’s meeting held in the colonial courthouse. Davenport Public… …
Dukes Touchdown Club funds allegedly mismanaged (4/1/2026) - The Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office said it is investigating the alleged mismanagement of money obtained through fundraising efforts and possible financial crimes involving a member of the Dukes Touchdown Club.… …
Cormier pleads guilty to double homicide (4/1/2026) - Carol Paul Cormier pleaded guilty last week in Mathews Circuit Court to the July 2025 murder of 54-year-old Chad Wayne Ashford and 56-year-old Audrey Elaine Hudgins, receiving 48 years, five… …
Gloucester County Administrator contract terminated after 4-3 vote (4/1/2026) - By a 4-3 vote Monday night, the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors terminated the contract of County Administrator Carol Steele—a county employee for nearly 40 years—effective Wednesday, April 1, following… …
Machicomoco State Park adopts first master plan (4/1/2026) - The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation has completed a master plan for Machicomoco State Park in Hayes. After going through the master planning process that included evaluating park resources,… …Harmful waste collection April 18 at Hayes Convenience Center (4/1/2026) - Gloucester County will hold a collection of harmful waste from households from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at the Hayes Convenience Center on Guinea Road.County residents can dispose of… …
Helping hands (4/1/2026) - Abingdon Ruritan Club members Joe Whitcomb and Mike Crandall, from left, spent the morning of Saturday, March 21 cleaning up Gloucester Point as part of the 16th annual Spring Clean… …New tool shows three decades of oyster data (4/1/2026) - A new, interactive data platform developed at William & Mary’s Batten School of Coastal & Marine Science and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, in collaboration with the Virginia Marine… …
Flotilla 66 prepares ‘cook out’for active-duty members (4/1/2026) - Despite the uncertainty with government funding for the U.S. Coast Guard, Mathews Flotilla 66 stepped up to show Coast Guard Station Milford Haven active-duty members that they care for their… …Mathews Museum plan underway for May Faire (4/1/2026) - As the nation approaches its 250th birthday, the Mathews Museum is planning its annual May Faire, May 2 and 3, described as “a hands-on weekend of history, heritage and hometown… …
New sign (4/1/2026) - Mathews Museum volunteer Jimmy Dukes fabricated stainless steel letters for new signage at the museum and installed them recently. The museum had put off having a sign made because of… …
15 students earn Boat Virginia certificates (4/1/2026) - U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 66, Mathews, presented a boating safety class on Saturday, March 28, at the Mathews Volunteer Rescue Squad in Hudgins. Fifteen students received their lifetime Boating… …
Gloucester NAACP holds Freedom Fund Banquet at Fine Arts Museum (4/1/2026) - The Freedom Fund Banquet, an annual fundraiser sponsored by the Gloucester Chapter of the NAACP and held on Saturday, March 21 at the Fine Arts Museum of Gloucester, was packed… …Mathews supervisors issue subpoenas in HITW suit (4/1/2026) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors has issued subpoenas for the production of records to three government agencies in regard to the suit filed by Hole in the Wall Waterfront… …
Fire destroys garage, damages motor home (4/1/2026) - A structure fire last Thursday evening in the 10000 block of New Hope Court in Gloucester destroyed a garage and did significant damage to a motor home in the yard… …
Pathways to Leadership (4/1/2026) - A refresher on civics—from the national stage down to the local government level—kicked off the first Pathways to Leadership lecture last Thursday at The First United Baptist Church, hosted by… …Cormier pleads guilty to double homicide (3/26/2026) - Carol Paul Cormier pleaded guilty yesterday in Mathews Circuit Court to the July 2025 murder of 54-year-old Chad Wayne Ashford and 56-year-old Audrey Elaine Hudgins, receiving 48 years, five months… …
Events March 26-April 2 (3/25/2026) - THURSDAY KING’S DAUGHTERS: The Chesapeake Bay Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons will meet at noon today, March 26, in the fellowship hall of New Point Friends Church. SUPERVISORS:… …
Gloucester GOP holds ‘VOTE NO’ town hall (3/25/2026) - The Gloucester County Republican Committee will hold a “VOTE NO” town hall meeting on the redistricting referndum at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25 at the Gloucester Library, Main Street… …
Community invited to hear speaker on autism (3/25/2026) - York River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons has invited the community to its meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 7, for a session on autism. The meeting will… …
BOS trims county’s share of school funding to $8.5M (3/25/2026) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors, in a budget workshop Tuesday, voted 3-2 to have County Administrator Ramona Wilson revise the proposed budget to reduce the county’s share of funding… …