Spring comes Tuesday (3/13/2024) - Spring on the East Coast begins at 11:06 p.m. Tuesday, just before midnight. Daylight is just about even now at the vernal equinox. On Wednesday, March 20, the first full… …
Kale recognized as Outstanding Pharmacist (3/13/2024) - Kelly Hasty Kale, formerly of Gloucester, has been named Virginia’s Outstanding Pharmacist for 2024 by the Virginia Pharmacy Association. Kale is the daughter of Patricia K. Hasty and the late… …
Berkley Traveling Gavel (3/13/2024) - Achilles Masonic Lodge took in the Berkley Lodge Traveling Gavel after visiting Botetourt Lodge in Gloucester on March 5 to qualify. Botetourt had been awarded the gavel a month earlier… …
Confederate President and Mrs. Davis to be portrayed (3/13/2024) - The Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia will meet at 10 a.m. Monday, March 25, at the Buck’s Store Museum at Bena. Living history interpreter Sam Winkler of Roanoke, and Cookie… …
Mathews Plog-a-Thon to be held Sunday (3/13/2024) - The fourth annual Mathews Plog-a-Thon will be held along Mathews County roadways and shorelines on Sunday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Plogging is the act of walking or jogging while picking… …
Club speaker (3/13/2024) - Kat Larkin, director of the Mathews County Visitor Center, addressed the Central Village Homemakers at their meeting last week. Larkin, with a background in community relations, related what the center… …
Gloucester launches Youth Needs Survey (3/13/2024) - Gloucester County has launched a Youth Needs Survey using its Zencity citizen engagement tool. The survey, which will help local leaders gauge citizen interest in need-driven community-wide youth programming, will… …
Main Street sculpture is being restored (3/13/2024) - The Cook Foundation and Gloucester Arts Festival have announced that a local treasure, known locally by “Fred” and other pet names, is currently being restored and was temporarily removed. The… …
Best Years Club to visit Smithfield (3/13/2024) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation & Tourism has announced a trip of the Best Years Club to Smithfield on Saturday, April 13, to attend the Second Saturday Pickers Market there. Participants will… …
Few surprises, low turnout in Tuesday’s primary (3/6/2024) - Virginia’s double primary presidential election, held on Tuesday, yielded few surprises. Those voting in the Republican race largely supported former president Donald Trump, giving him 63.31 percent of the vote,… …
Supervisors advance county budget (3/6/2024) - Gloucester’s FY 2025 budget was unveiled this week at Monday’s meeting of the county’s board of supervisors, an approximately $85.4 million county general fund budget that does not include a… …
All About Pets contest tops 139 entries (3/6/2024) - The Gazette-Journal’s All About Pets photo contest (Section C in this week’s paper) reached new heights this year with 139 entries collected since the contest was first announced on Feb.… …
Deep roots: Early days of MHS football, growing up in Mathews (3/6/2024) - From the early days of football at Mathews High School to today, Archie Owens has observed many changes and experienced much. He has had fun times as well as difficulties.… …
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday (3/6/2024) - Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday and will remain in effect until Nov. 3. Timepieces should be set ahead one hour (“spring forward”) upon retiring Saturday night. Residents… …
Page descendant to speak to DAR Saturday (3/6/2024) - The Augustine Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet on Saturday at the parish house at Abingdon Episcopal Church, Ordinary, at 2 p.m. and will host speaker… …
Spring garden tours to resume at Brent and Becky’s Bulbs (3/6/2024) - It’s March, and spring garden tours resume next week at Brent and Becky’s Bulbs, Gloucester. Tours are $10 and reservations are required. Those attending will stroll through the business’s trial… …
Bay Aging receives state grant to address homelessness (3/6/2024) - Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development have reaffirmed their commitment to addressing the problem of homelessness in Virginia by awarding a $12 million boost… …
Let’s go fly a kite (3/6/2024) - The Richmond Air Force put on a show at Abingdon Park in Hayes to celebrate Kite Day on Sunday. The wind picked up right before the event, which provided the… …
Spring Break Parks Passport Camp to be held April 2-4 (3/6/2024) - Spring break is almost here, and Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism has something fun to do that week. A Spring Break Parks Passport Camp will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday… …
Work on Rt. 17/Guinea Road intersection begins Monday (3/6/2024) - Construction on a Virginia Department of Transportation project to improve safety at the intersection of Route 17 and Route 216 (Guinea Road) in lower Gloucester County will begin Monday. The… …
Preserving family treasures (3/6/2024) - Bessida Cauthorne White of the Middle Peninsula African American Genealogical and Historical Society of Virginia gave a talk to the Guinea Heritage Association and guests on Feb. 23 on collecting… …
Roahrig named Market Days chair (3/6/2024) - Jennifer Roahrig has been named chairman of the 2024 Mathews Market Days Committee. She succeeds Megan Evgen, who was last year’s chair. A Tidewater native who was born and raised… …
Concert Sunday for Judy Ward Scholarship Fund (3/6/2024) - A concert to benefit the Judy Ward Scholarship Fund for Mathews High School seniors will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday at Gwynn’s Island Baptist Church, 2011 Old Ferry Road,… …
Valentine’s talk (3/6/2024) - Marilyn Iglesias spoke to the Mathews County Woman’s Club on Monday, Feb. 12, about the history of Valentine’s Day. The program added to the festivities of the many handmade Valentines… …
Mathews author wins award for short story (3/6/2024) - Mary Ann Carr of Mathews was recently awarded first place for her short story “Aunt Etta’s Last Ride” in a short story contest honoring the irony of Flannery O’Connor’s writing.… …