Free rides to the polls (10/9/2024) - “I really want to vote. I just don’t have a ride to the polls.” Well, Bay Transit has taken that excuse off the list. On Tuesday, Nov. 5, Election Day,… …
60th reunion (10/9/2024) - The Thomas Hunter High School Class of 1964 held a 60th class reunion earlier this month. Class members Grace Cooke, Frank White, Charles Kelley, Loretta Smith and Doris Foster, from… …
Comet gazing (10/2/2024) - Stargazer Mike Cunningham spotted Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) slightly before sunrise on Sunday while camping out for a shot at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science at Gloucester Point. This was… …
Tom Euler Trio entertains at park event (10/2/2024) - Friends of Machicomoco State Park held its first Music in the Park event in partnership with Virginia State Parks on Saturday, Sept. 21, at Machicomoco State Park, Hayes. The Tom… …Battle of Hook memorial to be dedicated Oct. 18 (10/2/2024) - A memorial to the French soldiers who fought and died for American independence at the 1781 Battle of the Hook will be dedicated on the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 18… …
Tidal flooding (10/2/2024) - Although the area didn’t experience the flooding that devastated much of the Carolinas and other places as a result of Hurricane Helene, the area did experience some minor tidal flooding… …Harmful Waste Collection to be held Oct. 19 (10/2/2024) - Gloucester County’s Household Harmful Waste Collection Day will be held on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Hayes Convenience Center, located on Guinea Road. At this… …
Bette Dillehay is one tough cookie (10/2/2024) - As most everyone in Mathews County knows, Mathews Memorial Library Director Bette Dillehay is one tough cookie. A tiny woman with “tall energy,” Dillehay is notoriously hardworking and demanding of… …Democrats’ dinner was sold out; Northam speaks (10/2/2024) - The Gloucester County Democratic Committee’s revived seafood dinner fundraiser on Sept. 12 was sold out, a release said. Former Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam was the keynote speaker at the dinner,… …
Weather a mixed bag for Jubilee (10/2/2024) - The weather for this year’s Guinea Jubilee was a mixed bag, with rain and mud on opening day Friday, and a bright, hot sun on Saturday. Melissa Ashe, the Jubilee’s… …Concerns expressed about condition of Mathews tennis court (10/2/2024) - Mathews supervisors heard from a number of people at its Sept. 19 board meeting who are concerned about the condition of the county’s tennis courts, which were installed at least… …
Walk to End Alzheimer’s Saturday in Gloucester (10/2/2024) - The 2024 Walk to End Alzheimer’s-Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck will be held on Saturday, starting from Botetourt Elementary School, 6361 Main Street, Gloucester. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m., the… …
Democratic nominee Leslie Mehta (10/2/2024) - Leslie Mehta is the Democratic Party candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives’ 1st Congressional District. She is challenging longtime Republican incumbent Rob Wittman. Speaking with the Gazette-Journal in Mathews… …Quilt show and sale opens Saturday (10/2/2024) - An exhibit of 30 quilts from the same family opens this Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Mathews Museum, located at 200 Main Street in Mathews Court House. “Threads of Our… …
Republican nominee Rob Wittman (10/2/2024) - Rep. Rob Wittman of Montross, a Republican, is seeking his ninth full term as Virginia’s 1st Congressional District representative. He is being challenged by Democrat Leslie Mehta of Chesterfield. Stopping… …
Thomas James Store (10/2/2024) - Work continues on preserving the Thomas James Store (circa 1820), located behind Sibley’s General Store in downtown Mathews. Elevated in July, the store has undergone repairs to its floor beams… …
DAR recognition (10/2/2024) - The Cricket Hill Virginia Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution had a special service for POW/MIA Recognition Day during the group’s September meeting. Participating in the service were,… …$5,000 grant to fund two LOVEworks signs in Mathews (10/2/2024) - The Mathews VA250 Committee has received a $5,000 grant to work with the Bay School Community Arts Center on the installation of two LOVEworks signs in the county. The impact… …
Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue to hold open house Sunday (10/2/2024) - An open house will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad Station 1 on Main Street. The occasion will mark the beginning… …Gloucester to recognize PANS/PANDAS Awareness Day (10/2/2024) - Gloucester County will be changing the lighting of its administration building to green on Wednesday, Oct. 9 to recognize PANS/PANDAS Awareness Day. Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndromes (PANS) and Pediatric Autoimmune… …
Gloucester Main Street’s newest mural officially dedicated (10/2/2024) - A group of some of Gloucester’s leading women gathered on Gloucester’s Main Street on Saturday afternoon to dedicate formally the newest mural in the Court House area—the Iconic Women of… …Rosewell: Gloucester’s legendary ruin (10/2/2024) - There is no other place in Gloucester as fabled as the Rosewell Ruins, with tales passed from generation to generation. Twelve-thousand-square feet, three stories over a tall English basement, with… …
The Haunting of the Hudgins House (10/2/2024) - The Haunting of Hudgins House in Mathews is an eerie tale that dates back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Hudgins House is a Mathews County Historical Landmark… …
Married 1930s luminaries at rest in Christ Church cemetery (10/2/2024) - Two starring figures of the 1930s … one of the silver screen, and one of the blue skies … rest side-by-side under the same headstone at Christ Episcopal Church in… …
T.C. Walker learned the law from 2 Confederate veterans (10/2/2024) - Did you know that the famous black lawyer of Gloucester County, Thomas Calhoun Walker, received his legal instruction from two men who had served as officers in the Confederate army?… …