AVFR Santa Runs begin Nov. 30 (11/20/2024) - Abingdon Volunteer Fire and Rescue, Inc., will begin its yearly Santa Runs in lower Gloucester County on the Saturday following Thanksgiving and running each Saturday through Dec. 21. All the… …
Abingdon students receive grant for Colonial Williamsburg trip (11/20/2024) - Abingdon Elementary School’s fourth graders will soon head to Colonial Williamsburg on a charter bus, thanks to a grant from the American Battlefield Trust’s History Field Trip Grant Program. This… …
Five Rivers Woman’s Club (11/20/2024) - The Five Rivers Woman’s Club met at the Guinea Heritage Museum (formerly Buck Rowe’s Store) in Bena this week and heard a talk by Hamilton Williams, below, of the Guinea… …
Booze Fighters (11/20/2024) - The Booze Fighters Motorcycle Club, Chapter 35 held a Poker Run fundraiser back in August to benefit the Samaritan Group of Gloucester. On Nov. 16 at Eggheads Diner, members of… …Gloucester BOS receives utilities update; info on possible encroachment (11/20/2024) - Topics of discussion at Tuesday night’s Gloucester Board of Supervisors’ work session, held in the colonial courthouse, included a utilities update and a discussion about homeowners possibly encroaching on Gloucester… …
96th birthday (11/13/2024) - Last week, the Mathews Active Lifestyle Center honored Adelle Bayton with party as she celebrated her 96th birthday. New participants ages 60 and older are welcome to join. The center… …Gloucester BOS to hold work session Tuesday (11/13/2024) - The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors will hold a work session at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the colonial courthouse. On the session agenda is an update from director of public… …
Early Thanksgiving (11/13/2024) - On Nov. 4, some members of Westville Christian Church (Mary Pope, Sue Henshaw and Charlene Moore) prepared an early Thanksgiving lunch for the members of Coast Guard Station-Milford Haven and… …Early deadlines for Thanksgiving (11/13/2024) - The Gazette-Journal will print our Thanksgiving issue (Nov. 28) one day early, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, rather than the traditional Wednesday. This should allow complete distribution of the paper by… …
Boards go ahead with RFP for school space needs (11/13/2024) - Members of the Mathews County School Board and Board of Supervisors sat down Saturday morning for a joint work session to consider the long-term capital needs for the school division,… …
GUEST in need of winter host sites; welcomes new executive director (11/13/2024) - The Gloucester United Emergency Shelter Team (GUEST) is seeking churches or civic organizations with buildings to become overnight host sites for the local homeless population through the winter months. “It’s… …
Veterans Day speaker recalls dark day in USMC history (11/13/2024) - Forty-one years ago, Richard French of Gloucester was a young Navy sailor serving aboard the USS Iwo Jima stationed in the Mediterranean off the coast of Lebanon when one of… …
Ant’s GANG trophy (11/13/2024) - Will Bristow of Middlesex County was the winner of the Ant’s GANG trophy at Saturday’s Middle Peninsula Classic Cruisers’ Shop With A Cop car show, which was held at Main… …
Puzzle champs (11/13/2024) - Joe Heard, Sophie Hesseling and Stephanie Conley, from left, placed first in the Gloucester County Public Library’s Jigsaw Puzzle Competition held last Thursday at the Main Street Center location. As… …
Gloucester NAACP honors veterans at monthly meeting (11/13/2024) - The Gloucester NAACP held its regular monthly meeting on Monday, Veterans Day, at the Woodville Rosenwald School, Ordinary. Monday’s speaker was the Rev. Ward Warren, pastor at First Baptist Church,… …Gwynn’s Island kicks off holiday season (11/13/2024) - Gwynn’s Island is kicking off the holiday season with two special events, a barbecue dinner at the civic league and a family Christmas event at the museum. The Gwynn’s Island… …
Veterans Day dinner held at Post 83 (11/13/2024) - American Legion Post 83 Mathews held its annual Veterans Day Dinner and Awards Program on Monday, Nov. 11, at the post home on Route 198 in Mathews. After welcoming remarks… …
Christmas Blessing Fund sets $20,000 goal; Tom Robinson named honorary chair (11/13/2024) - Solicitation letters for this year’s Mathews Ruritan Club Christmas Blessing Fund will be mailed out early next month for this year’s fund drive, according to chairman Charles H. “Sonny” Richardson,… …
Museum visit (11/13/2024) - Members of the Central Village Homemakers recently toured the Mathews Museum on Main Street, Mathews. Museum tour guides were Bonnie Betz, Nancy Twigg, Tom Robinson and Ray Hunley. The group… …Public comment meeting next week for Machicomoco State Park (11/13/2024) - A public comment meeting for Machicomoco State Park, Hayes, will be held at 6 p.m. next Wednesday, Nov. 20. The meeting will be hybrid and those attending in person will… …
Veterans Day program held at First Morning Star (11/13/2024) - A Veterans Day celebration was held on Monday morning at First Morning Star Baptist Church, Bena. The program began with the presentation of the colors by the Gloucester High School… …187 take part in Catch the King community science event (11/13/2024) - One hundred and eighty-seven volunteers across coastal Virginia, including 18 on the Middle Peninsula, collected more than 22,800 GPS high-water marks with the Sea Level Rise apps to report the… …
Gloucester planners recommend approval for Hayes rezoning (11/13/2024) - The Gloucester County Planning Commission met Thursday night in the colonial courthouse to hold public hearings on two separate rezoning cases, one of which the planners voted to recommend approval… …
Ocean Products topic of upcoming museum talk (11/13/2024) - As Ocean Products Research celebrates its 60th anniversary, Sawyer Hutson—the Mathews County company’s new president and grandson of company founder Robert C. “Bobby” Hutson—will be the guest speaker at a… …
Ocean Products celebrates 60th anniversary (11/13/2024) - Robert C. “Bobby” Hutson designed a groundbreaking piece of equipment in 1963 for military helicopters engaged in war zones in Vietnam. The device has been used ever since for quickly… …