Top website (3/19/2025) - The Abingdon Ruritan Club’s website has been selected as the best in the Ruritan organization, which consists of about 900 clubs, club president Dean Marzocca announced at the March meeting.… …
‘Guinea Dipping’ raises $10K for GRA (3/19/2025) - About 40 rowers, coaches, rowing alumni and community supporters hopped into the cold waters of the York River Saturday in support of the Gloucester Rowing Association’s “Guinea Dipping” event at… …Weighted Angels benefit dinner to be held March 20 (3/19/2025) - The Thomas Hunter Middle School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) students are sponsoring a charity dinner today, March 20, at the Howard-Dooley Cafe from 4-6:30 p.m. to… …
Mathews supervisors to meet tonight (3/19/2025) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors will meet at 6 o’clock tonight, Thursday, March 20, in the historic courthouse on Court Street. According to the agenda, the meeting will kick… …
Board approves $867,329 in interim financing (3/19/2025) - Following a public hearing last Thursday, the Mathews County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to pull funding from its $5 million interim financing VA SNAP account in order to increase… …
March 5 storm damages Dutton home (3/19/2025) - The March 5 storm that destroyed the boathouse at Ginney Point Marina in Cobbs Creek and caused extensive damage to a private home off Short Lane and the Moton Center… …
GVFD battles Meandering Lane house fire; trash truck fire (3/12/2025) - A fire on Meandering Lane in the Burkes Mill Pond subdivision last Thursday caused extensive fire and smoke damage to the kitchen and smoke damage throughout the home. Gloucester Volunteer… …Rape Aggression Defense class offered in Gloucester (3/12/2025) - A free two-day Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) class is being offered by the Mid-Tidewater affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness from 1–5:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, March… …
Hearing tonight to consider adding funds for building purchase (3/12/2025) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing at 6 o’clock tonight, Thursday, March 13, to consider adding $863,321 to the current budget that would allow the… …
Budget requests heard in Mathews (3/12/2025) - County budget season is in full swing and the Mathews Board of Supervisors recently heard requests from county department heads and constitutional officers as it puts together its FY26 budget.… …
Storm causes power outages, building damage (3/12/2025) - A storm that raged through Virginia last Wednesday left 60,000 Dominion Virginia Power customers across the state without power—6,800 of those customers on the Middle Peninsula. In Gloucester, one house… …VDOT conducting Rt. 14 online STARS survey (3/12/2025) - The Virginia Department of Transportation is in the midst of an online survey, inviting the public to share their feedback on existing travel conditions along Route 14 between Route 17… …
Gloucester Institute to host Women’s History Month Tea (3/12/2025) - A Women’s History Month Tea will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 23, at the Moton Conference Center, 3201 Leadership Drive, Gloucester. This special event will honor the… …
Legionnaires to hold breakfast Sunday (3/12/2025) - The Friends of Dragon Run will hold a spring nature walk at 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 23. Registration can be conducted online at DragonRun.org. This is a free event… …
Plastic bag recycling (3/12/2025) - Gloucester Ruritan Club members Barbara and Paul Bauer delivered another 218.8 plastic bags recently to Food Lion to be recycled for the purchase of park benches for the county in… …Traditional Irish dinner Saturday at Kingston Parish (3/12/2025) - The Mathews Museum is inviting residents to “come celebrate the Feast of St. Patrick” at a traditional Irish dinner fundraiser at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Kingston Parish House, 320 Main… …
Mathews Museum recognizes local businesswomen (3/12/2025) - The Mathews Museum, located at 200 Main Street, will recognize Mathews County’s local businesswomen as the nation celebrates Women’s History Month in March, with a fashion exhibit that opened Saturday.… …
Mathews Plog-a-Thon to be held Sunday (3/12/2025) - The fifth annual Mathews Plog-a-Thon will be held along Mathews County roadways and shorelines from 1-4 p.m. this Sunday. Plogging is the act of walking or jogging while picking up… …Mathews BOS releases Strategic Work Plan (3/12/2025) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors has released its 2024-2025 Strategic Work Plan, developed in cooperation with The Berkley Group, which held an all-day work session with supervisors last November.… …
Planners recommend denial of private airstrip (3/12/2025) - A proposal for a private grass runway on a 29.2-acre parcel of land fronting on Route 14 and adjacent to a subdivision got the thumbs down from the Mathews County… …
Abingdon Ruritans (3/12/2025) - Cathy Dale, Gloucester Circuit Court Clerk, who is also a member of the Abingdon Ruritan Club, was guest speaker at the club’s March 10 membership meeting. Dale is shown with… …
Widow group meets (3/12/2025) - The Widows of Gloucester and Mathews met recently at the Tabernacle of Faith Church, 7028 Woodville Road, Hayes, and Barbara Foster, above, spoke on “A Perfect Tool—Prayer,” Bible Bingo was… …
VIMS holds 27th annual Blue Crab Bowl (3/12/2025) - The 27th annual Blue Crab Bowl, Virginia’s regional program of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl, was hosted by the College of William & Mary’s Batten School and Virginia Institute of… …
VIMS study warns of deadly future marine heat waves (3/12/2025) - A study led by William & Mary’s Batten School and Virginia Institute of Marine Science is predicting estuaries along the East Coast of the United States will experience marine heat… …Animal Jam fundraiser set for April 6 (3/12/2025) - Southwind Pizza, 44 Church Street, Mathews, will hold its Animal Jam fundraiser from 1-5 p.m. Sunday, April 6. Those attending are asked to give $10 and a pet supply donation… …