3 presentations on tonight’s Mathews BOS agenda (1/14/2026) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors has three special presentations scheduled for the regular monthly meeting, to be held at 6 o’clock this evening, Thursday, Jan. 15, in the historic… …
Chesapeake named title sponsor of GCPS 8K/3K event (1/14/2026) - Chesapeake Bank/Chesapeake Wealth Management is the title sponsor for the 15th annual Gloucester County Public Schools Educational Foundation 8K and 3K run/walk, which will be held on Saturday, March 14,… …
Postal history (1/14/2026) - Historian Andy Graff discussed Virginia’s postal history with a local emphasis on Sunday in Gloucester County Library, Main Street Center. Graff showcased examples from his collection of envelopes and postmarks… …Christmas gifts (1/14/2026) - Gloucester Ruritan Club members wrapped and delivered 273 Christmas gifts to Gloucester assisted living facilities. Shown here is club member Doug Hibbs delivering presents to Jennifer Caldwell with Walter Reed… …
Invasive blue catfish continue to overpopulate local waters (1/14/2026) - More than 60 years since it was introduced to Virginia waters, the invasive blue catfish population is thriving and only growing. “They introduced blue catfish in the James and York,”… …
Planners endorse self-storage facility plan for Cobbs Creek (1/14/2026) - The Mathews County Planning Commission, meeting on Tuesday night, voted unanimously to recommend that supervisors approve an application for a conditional use permit for a self-storage facility at Cobbs Creek.… …Closings Monday for MLK Day holiday (1/14/2026) - All post offices, courts, county offices, DMV customer service centers, libraries, and schools in Gloucester and Mathews will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Waste… …
King Day services to be held in Mathews, Gloucester (1/14/2026) - Services will be held Sunday and Monday afternoons in Mathews and Gloucester to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the two counties. The slain civil rights leader would have… …
Ho Ho Bingo (1/14/2026) - Mathews Triad’s annual Ho Ho Bingo was scheduled before Christmas but was postponed because of the weather and was instead held on Tuesday, with a crowd attending at the Piankatank… …
Triad recognizes Proffitt (1/14/2026) - Mathews Triad recognized Nicholas Proffitt, community liaison for the office of Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, during a gathering on Tuesday at the Piankatank Ruritan Club. Over the four years… …Events Jan. 8-15 (1/7/2026) - THURSDAY TOURISM: The Gloucester Tourism Advisory Committee will meet at 4 o’clock this afternoon, Thursday, Jan. 8, at the Gloucester Museum of History, 6539 Main Street, Gloucester. BEE CITY: The… …
Celebrating Kwanzaa (1/7/2026) - At Imani, the seventh day of Kwanzaa, family and friends of the Paynes gathered for a celebration in Gloucester’s Hunters Run subdivision. Darryl “Chico” Payne reported that four generations of… …
A history of Gloucester post offices topic of Sunday’s talk (1/7/2026) - Historian Andy Graff will discuss Virginia’s postal history with a local emphasis at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Gloucester County Library, Main Street Center. Graff will showcase examples from his… …Gloucester Library announces upcoming programs (1/7/2026) - Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center,will hold a five-part series on downsizing presented by the Memorie Group of Williamsburg beginning Tuesday. The series will be held on Jan. 13,… …
Public invited to Q&A program on documentary ‘The Gate’ (1/7/2026) - The Fairfield Foundation, in partnership with Seltzer Film & Video and the Contraband Historical Society, will hold a community event featuring acclaimed filmmaker and director Laura Seltzer-Duny. The event is… …Auditions for 2 musicals over next two Sundays (1/7/2026) - The Court House Players is holding back-to-back auditions over the next two Sundays for a pair of musicals: the comedy “Little Shop of Horrors” and the local period piece “Crickets… …
AOM to have talk on ‘Great Art Heists in History’ (1/7/2026) - The Middle Peninsula Fine Arts Association of Gloucester, a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts community partner, will host a lecture titled “Stranger than Fiction: Great Art Heists in History” at… …
Writers using AI topic of Monday’s talk (1/7/2026) - If you’re curious about how AI is changing the writing landscape, tune in to WXGM (99.1 FM) at 8 a.m. Monday when M.L. Brei joins Jay Hutchins on the Neal… …
GMHS to hold author event Saturday (1/7/2026) - The Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society will hold a Meet the Author event featuring Lesley O’Brien, author of “The Adventures of Captain Marco,” on Saturday, beginning at 1 p.m. Attendees will enjoy… …
Dakota Cook raising funds for Ronald McDonald House (1/7/2026) - Seventeen-year-old Dakota Cook of Port Haywood, is a grateful childhood survivor of one of the most aggressive forms of cancer, and he wants to show his gratitude by raising money… …
Bird counts continue (1/7/2026) - Audubon Christmas Bird Counts continued this week with Saturday’s Mathews count, led by compiler Mark Sopko. The counts began in Virginia on Dec. 14 and continued through Monday, where participants… …
Hike Through History (1/7/2026) - Machicomoco State Park in Hayes helped local residents ring in the new year on Thursday, Jan. 1, with a pair of First Day Hikes, led by park rangers. At right,… …
$6,875 donated to GUEST program (1/7/2026) - Deloris Stokes has raised $6,875 this year, with her church, First Morning Star Baptist, Bena, for the Gloucester United Emergency Shelter Team (GUEST) program for 2025. This is the fifth… …Compassionate Touch workshop Saturday (1/7/2026) - Ginger Peer-Spencer, founder of Heartfelt Community, will be teaching a workshop on Saturday at Gloucester Library for family and professional caregivers, those who would like to volunteer with the group,… …
Mathews Library begins search for new director (1/7/2026) - The Mathews Memorial Library Board of Trustees has appointed the library’s head of technical services, Greg Lewis, to serve as interim library director while it conducts a search for a… …