Ruritan picnic (9/4/2024) - The Gloucester Ruritan Club held its August annual picnic at Beaverdam Park. Joining them were Girl Scout Troop 1143 members Jennie (Scout Leader) and Jade Hawkins, bottom photo from left,… …Gloucester’s revamped Beehive publication wins VACo award (9/4/2024) - Gloucester’s newly revamped Beehive publication was one of 45 recipients of 2024 Virginia Association of Counties’ Achievement Awards, which recognize excellence in local government, VACo announced last week. “Even in… …
Planners to hold hearing for event facility tonight (9/4/2024) - The Gloucester County Planning Commission will meet at 6:30 tonight, Thursday, Sept. 5, in the colonial courthouse to hold a public hearing on a conditional use permit to establish an… …
PFC Hobert graduates from basic training (9/4/2024) - Private First Class Nicholas Hobert, 19, of Mathews and Fairfax, graduated from United States Marine Corps Recruit Basic Training at Parris Island on June 28. Hobert successfully completed 13 weeks… …
Grand opening (9/4/2024) - The Democratic Committees of Gloucester, Mathews and Middlesex counties enjoyed a robust crowd of supporters at Saturday’s opening ceremony of the Tri-County Democrats Office at Main Street Center, Gloucester C.H.… …
Bay Aging’s Josh Gemerek receives Virginia Housing Alliance Game Changer Award (9/4/2024) - Josh Gemerek, Bay Aging’s Senior Vice President at Bay Housing, has been recognized with a 2024 Game Changer Award at the Virginia Housing Alliance’s annual Housing Awards Ceremony held at… …
GMHS donation (9/4/2024) - Diane (left) and Peter Perina of Eastfields Farms, Mathews, donated $3,413 to the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society after holding a pick-your-own blueberry fundraiser for the shelter Aug. 23-24. GMHS Communication &… …Gloucester BOS to meet Tuesday (8/28/2024) - The Gloucester Board of Supervisors will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the T.C. Walker Educational Center Auditorium. On the agenda are two public hearings. One is for the revision… …
Project 2025 talk (8/28/2024) - An audience of 58 attended the Gloucester County Democratic Committee’s presentation on Project 2025 on Saturday afternoon in the community room of Gloucester Library, Main Street Center. William & Mary… …$5M short-term loan approved by Mathews supervisors (8/28/2024) - At a special meeting last Thursday, the Mathews County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution approving a short-term loan of $5 million in lease revenue bond financing to support the… …
Student Art Contest winners (8/28/2024) - On Saturday, Aug. 24, Barbara Priest presented the winners of the Guinea Jubilee Student Art Contest with a certificate of achievement and a gift bag with candy at Buck’s Store… …
Songbird Trail opens to the public (8/28/2024) - Machicomoco State Park, Hayes, opened its new trail to the public on Monday. The Songbird Trail was made in partnership with the Middle Peninsula Master Naturalists and is located at… …Applications due by Sept. 6 for free beehive lottery (8/28/2024) - Applications will be accepted through Friday, Sept. 6, for the state program that provides Virginia residents free equipment for assembling new beehives. Recipients are selected by lot at random from… …
Quilt exhibit debuts Oct. 5 (8/28/2024) - A special quilting exhibit, “Threads of Our History: Quilts of Mathews Virginia,” will open at the Mathews Museum on Oct. 5 and will remain on exhibit through the end of… …
Mathews VA250 Committee teams with CHP (8/28/2024) - Mathews County’s VA250 Committee, like other localities across the U.S., has been busy making plans for the 250th anniversary celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. But Mathews… …Museum presents talk on ‘How to Tell Your Family Story’ (8/28/2024) - Local historian and genealogist Lori Jackson Black will present “How to Tell Your Family Story,” with a strategy for being successful in developing your own family history at 7 p.m.… …
Brunswick stew available at Market Days (8/28/2024) - Sons of Confederate Veterans Lane-Armistead Camp #1772 will have Brunswick stew prepared by the Stew Brothers, and SCV 5th Platoon available at Mathews Market Days (131 Main Street, Mathews) for… …
Mathews Y to hold open house Sept. 7 (8/28/2024) - The Mathews Family YMCA, 33 Cricket Hill Road, Hudgins, will hold its fall open house on Saturday, Sept. 7 from 9:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. The public is invited to… …
Birthday at the Birthplace to be held Sept. 14 (8/28/2024) - Happy 173rd birthday, Dr. Walter Reed! The Fairfield Foundation is holding a special event on Saturday, Sept. 14, at Walter Reed Birthplace to celebrate the Gloucester County native best known… …
NARFE talk (8/28/2024) - Sherry West, animal adoption volunteer with the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society, was the guest speaker at the Aug. 20 luncheon meeting of Chapter 1757 of the National Active and Retired Federal… …Democrats to open office in Gloucester Saturday (8/28/2024) - The Democratic Committees of Gloucester, Mathews and Middlesex counties will officially open their shared office from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at 6882A Main Street, Main Street Center, Gloucester. The… …
Bay Aging expanding mission, income base (8/28/2024) - Over the past 12 years, Bay Aging, a Gloucester-based nonprofit organization that provides services for seniors and other vulnerable populations, has worked to develop income sources that don’t rely on… …
Local family to thank community in welcome-home celebration (8/28/2024) - Mathews native Taylor Jacobs and her family, including infant daughter Waverly, are back home in Gloucester after living in the Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia for eight months, and they’re… …Offices close for Labor Day (8/28/2024) - All post offices, courts, county offices and DMV customer service centers in Gloucester and Mathews will be closed Monday in observance of the Labor Day holiday. Schools in the two… …
New art studio/living space to open in Gloucester (8/28/2024) - A new art studio/living space in Gloucester Court House will open next month. Kay Van Dyke will be opening ARTWORK in the Village in September in the building on Main… …