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Museum to show ‘State Fair’ on Friday (3/6/2024) - The musical “State Fair” will be shown in the free Movie Night at the Mathews Historical Museum on Friday night. Doors open at 5 p.m., followed by a slide show…
3 public hearings on Tuesday’s agenda (3/6/2024) - The Mathews County Planning Commission will hold three public hearings during a joint meeting with the Mathews County Board of Supervisors at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the historic courthouse on…
Survey available to share opinions on future zoning regs (3/6/2024) - Gloucester Department of Planning and Zoning has released an online survey to gather public opinion on future potential zoning regulations. The survey will close March 31 and the results will…
Legion, Riders to hold Poker Run June 1 (3/6/2024) - American Legion Post 75 and Riders Chapter 75 in Gloucester will hold the first Ridedown-The-Need Poker Run on Saturday, June 1 (rain date June 22) and the organizers are looking…
Best Years Trips to Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival, Smithfield Pickers Market (3/6/2024) - A pair of Best Years Trips is being planned in the coming weeks by Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism. Saturday is the deadline to sign up for a March 16…
point ospreys Ospreys returning to lower bay (2/28/2024) - Ospreys are returning to the lower Chesapeake Bay with sightings made in Gloucester County at John’s Point Landing and at Machicomoco State Park, the Osprey Watch Alliance announced. The next…
point oyster stout Brewing oyster stout (2/28/2024) - Members of the Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association (TOGA) and the Colonial Ale Smiths and Keggers (CASK) got together Sunday at the Hayes home of Jay and Joe Crandell to brew…
point polar plunge Polar Plunge (2/28/2024) - Local Knights of Columbus Council 9428 (Church of St. Therese) raised $400 on Saturday morning with a Special Olympics Polar Plunge event at Gloucester Point beach. The funds go to…
point beach clean up Beach clean-up (2/28/2024) - U.S. Army Aviation Warrant Officers assigned to the Warrant Officer Training Division 128th Aviation Brigade on Joint Base Langley-Eustis conducted clean-up operations at Gloucester Point Beach last Wednesday, Feb. 21.…
Rosewell opens for season March 29 (2/28/2024) - The Rosewell Ruins and Visitor Center in Gloucester will reopen for the 2024 season on Friday, March 29. The ruins, managed by the Fairfield Foundation, are open to the public…
Harmful Waste Collection Day to be held April 20 (2/28/2024) - Gloucester County’s Residential Household Harmful Waste Collection Day will be held from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 20 at the Hayes Convenience Center on Guinea Road. This…
Suit against county set for hearing on June 14 (2/28/2024) - A hearing on the case of George Jones, David Jones and JB Property Development LLC, complainants, versus the County of Mathews, Thomas Jenkins and Jamie Wilks, defendants, is scheduled for…
Historian discusses John Warren Cooke and massive resistance (2/28/2024) - Fred Lyon of Port Haywood, a retired attorney and historian whose research focuses on civil rights in Virginia, massive resistance, and Brown v. Board of Education, gave a talk last…
mathews historical society MCHS dinner (2/28/2024) - Mathews County Historical Society recently held its 2024 annual meeting and dinner. Three new members of the Board of Directors are, above from left, John Hoffman, Roger Emig and Marybeth…
mathews machens Machen family at CPAC (2/28/2024) - The Machen family of Foster attended the Conservative Political Action Conference last week in National Harbor, Maryland. Family members helped at the John Birch Society booth along with headquarters’ staff…
gloucester museum grant Museum receives grant to update second-floor gallery (2/28/2024) - The Gloucester Museum of History received a $50,000 grant from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture’s Commonwealth History Fund to develop “new and dynamic exhibits in the museum’s second…
Vendors sought for Kids Craft Market (2/28/2024) - A Kids Craft Market will be held from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, in Gloucester’s court circle. Youth ages 18 and under are invited to rent a booth…
1a woodville ribbon cutting 1 Open house held for Woodville School (2/28/2024) - A ribbon cutting and open house was held on Saturday for members of the Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation and invited guests to celebrate Woodville School receiving its official occupancy permit…
1a founders day antioch singer Thomas Hunter honors its roots at Founders Day (2/28/2024) - “To seek knowledge is to achieve honor.” That was the theme of Friday night’s Founders Day program at Thomas Hunter, as the current Mathews County middle school paid tribute to…
mathews william cooke Thomas Hunter School centenarian reflects on his life (2/28/2024) - William Cooke, a 100-year-old honoree recognized during the Thomas Hunter Middle School Founders Day program on Friday, was unable to attend the ceremonies, but spoke with the Gazette-Journal before the…
IMG_1574 Scott recognized with R.R. Moton Legacy Award (2/28/2024) - Black representation in government was on display at The Gloucester Institute’s Sunday Dinner program at Holly Knoll on the historic Moton Conference Center campus in Cappahosic. Don L. Scott Jr.…
general assembly capitol Checking in on our legislators in Richmond (2/28/2024) - The Gazette-Journal went to Richmond on Monday to drop in on legislators who represent Gloucester and Mathews in Virginia’s General Assembly. Representing Senate District 26 is Sen. Ryan T. McDougle…
edit mathews black hx month celebration terry brown Mathews NAACP celebrates Black History Month Saturday at Cobbs Creek Arts Center (2/28/2024) - In the final weekend of Black History Month, the Mathews Branch of the NAACP held a celebration, featuring guest speakers Allison Thomas and Elsie Williams, descendants of Gwynn’s Island residents;…
Gloucester PRT sponsors Spring Break Passport Camp (2/28/2024) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism is sponsoring a Spring Break Parks Passport Camp on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, April 2, 3 and 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each…
VIMS to participate in VLM’s Career Day Saturday (2/28/2024) - The Virginia Institute of Marine Science will be participating at the Virginia Living Museum’s first STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Career Day from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday…

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