Preparing the field (4/29/2026) - Abingdon Ruritan Club members have been meeting each Tuesday night to prepare the grounds for the upcoming Spring Seafood Festival. Above, past president Dr. Chuck Harris helps to cut the… …
Flag retirement (4/29/2026) - More than 25 Abingdon Ruritan Club members gathered at the club grounds on April 21 to retire over 150 American flags that were soiled, damaged or torn. Shown here carefully… …Mathews BOS makes budget adjustments (4/29/2026) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors met Monday afternoon to finalize efforts to trim the FY 2027 budget prior to the budget and tax rate adoption meeting scheduled for 6… …
Library employees recognized (4/29/2026) - The Mathews Board of Supervisors recognized Mathews Memorial Library employees for their service during the regular monthly meeting held on April 16. Above, interim library director and head of technical… …
Earth Day (4/29/2026) - Bay School Community Arts Center volunteer Selena Zuhoski and board member Melissa Lamont-Gordon, standing from left, read Dr. Seuss’s fable about environmental sustainability, “The Lorax,” to children from the Wings… …
Amateur radio class (4/29/2026) - Mathews Museum held its first Amateur Radio class on Saturday. The seven-week classes will be held every Saturday, resuming May 9, from 9 a.m.-noon. The FCC exam will be given on… …
Mathews woman reunites family with priceless keepsake (4/29/2026) - Ever since Angela Justice of Mathews lost her mother in 2019, she’s been aware of the value mementos and keepsakes hold for family members. When she went to yard sales… …
Pints for Parkinson’s (4/29/2026) - Gloucester Brewing Company’s Pints for Parkinson’s event on Saturday raised just over $17,000—and counting—for the Michael J. Fox Foundation to aid in research. The fundraiser site will remain open through… …
‘Empty the Shelters’ (4/29/2026) - The Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society will have reduced adoption fees for its pets from May 1-17 as part of the annual “Empty the Shelters” event, which is sponsored by BISSELL Pet… …
Rosenwald schools (4/29/2026) - Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, held a panel discussion featuring four alumni from Gloucester’s Rosenwald schools on April 19. The panelists included, from left, Marion Randall (Bena/Hayes and… …
NARFE guest speaker (4/29/2026) - Shellfish Aquaculture Specialist Karen Hudson was the guest speaker at the April 21 meeting of Chapter 1757 of the National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employers. She is shown… …
Historical daffodils (4/29/2026) - Gloucester Ruritan Club president Meggie Bombard, at right, presented club member Judith Gail Williams a club mug for her presentation on historical daffodils at a recent club meeting. Williams’s love… …Steven Curry’s murder charge certified to grand jury (4/29/2026) - Steven Alvin Curry, 67, of Lancaster, accused of the Dec. 12 shooting death of 43-year-old Tri-River ASAP executive director Branden Patrick Green, appeared in Gloucester General District Court last Thursday… …
Gloucester supervisors expected to adopt budget April 30 (4/29/2026) - The Gloucester Board of Supervisors is expected to adopt the county’s final fiscal year 2027 budget tonight, Thursday, April 30, during its work session in the colonial courthouse, scheduled to… …
May Faire returns this weekend (4/29/2026) - May Faire, the spring historic celebration sponsored by the Mathews Museum, will be held Saturday and Sunday, the first time for this two-day combination. Venues will include Mathews Court Green,… …
Master Gardeners award (4/29/2026) - Jim Brant was recently awarded Emeritus status for his service to the Gloucester Extension Master Gardeners. Brant has logged 2,516 volunteer hours since joining the program in 2006. He was… …Mathews planners review CIP numbers (4/29/2026) - The Mathews County Planning Commission, meeting on Tuesday night, reviewed the FY2027 Capital Improvement Plan and forwarded it to the board of supervisors with a recommendation for approval. With funding… …
New director named for Tri-River ASAP (4/29/2026) - Four months after its former director was murdered at his office in Hayes, Tri-River ASAP has a new director.Eboney Scaggs of Hayes began work at the nonprofit agency on April… …Health District to hold public health exercise Friday (4/29/2026) - The Three Rivers Health District, in partnership with Rappahannock Community College, the counties of Gloucester and Richmond and Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck Behavioral Health will conduct a Point of Dispensing exercise… …
Transition from three to two schools begins to take shape (4/22/2026) - Beginning Monday, the public will see the first changes as Mathews County Public Schools transitions from three schools into two. Starting this fall, Mathews Elementary School will become a preK-7… …
Events April 23-April 30 (4/22/2026) - THURSDAY KING’S DAUGHTERS: The Chesapeake Bay Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons will meet at noon today, Thursday, April 23, in the fellowship hall of New Point Friends Church.… …
Deadrise workboats (4/22/2026) - Linda Grow will present a program on deadrise workboats, their builders and history at 6 o’clock on Friday at this month’s Guinea Heritage Association Fourth Friday program at Buck’s Store… …Gloucester County, school employees to receive one-time bonus (4/22/2026) - The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors approved two separate resolutions during its Tuesday night work session in the colonial courthouse that will provide one-time bonuses to all county and Gloucester… …
Helping those in need (4/22/2026) - Abingdon Ruritan Club members bring food and other items to each month’s club membership meeting. This effort is managed by the club’s Social Development Committee chaired by Lynn Onesty. The… …
Ruritan Club meeting (4/22/2026) - Reggie Rossignol, center, chair of the Gloucester County Resource Council, was the guest speaker at the April membership meeting of the Abingdon Ruritan Club. She provided information on how the… …