MHS to hold Comedy Night fundraiser Saturday (5/15/2024) - The Mathews High School Athletics Department will hold a Comedy Night fundraiser Saturday night. Coach Tom Holaday, Sonya King and Sid Bridge will star in the stand-up comedy show, which… …
Celtic service (5/15/2024) - Strings & Things Quartet will play Celtic music at the upcoming Celtic service, to be held at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Kingston Parish Chapel, 370 Main Street, Mathews. People of… …
Hashbury Collective (5/15/2024) - The Hashbury Collective, a Grateful Dead tribute band, will perform at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Flat Iron Crossroads in Gloucester. Mixing Grateful Dead songs with folk rock favorites from Dylan,… …Kid’s Craft Market Saturday in Gloucester court circle (5/15/2024) - Young artisans will take center stage this weekend, with Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism holding the Kid’s Craft Market on Saturday. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., children ages 18… …
GHA to hold two art programs (5/15/2024) - In May and June, the Guinea Heritage Association will be offering two programs focusing on art at the Buck’s Store Museum, Bena. Coloring book The first is the May introduction… …NPS grant to support Woodville Rosenwald School oral history project (5/15/2024) - The Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation has received a $23,000 from the National Park Service, the group announced last week. The foundation’s Oral History and artifact Collection Project is one of… …
VIMS to hold ‘Scientist Walks Into Bar,’ After Hours lecture and Marine Science Day (5/15/2024) - The Virginia Institute of Marine Science has several upcoming events planned. VIMS will host its next installment of “A Scientist Walks Into a Bar: Graduate Student Edition” from 6:30-8 tonight,… …
Knott appointed to Marine Products Board (5/15/2024) - Daniel Knott of Gloucester, was appointed last week to the Virginia Marine Products Board, among a list of appointments announced on May 10 by Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Knott, a retired… …
Planners endorse Canine Companions permit requests (5/15/2024) - The Mathews County Planning Commission on Tuesday unanimously endorsed an application by the nonprofit organization Canine Companions for Independence for a conditional use permit to operate a private club, office,… …
Back the Blue (5/15/2024) - In honor of Police Appreciation Week, staff, volunteers and board members from MCVIC gathered on Sibley’s front porch on Tuesday with representatives of the Mathews County Sheriff’s Office, all wearing… …Y takes over day-to-day operations of B&G Club building in Mathews (5/15/2024) - Day-to-day operations of the Boys and Girls Club building in Mathews have been taken over by the YMCA, according to representatives of the two organizations. “Boys & Girls Clubs of… …
Ruritan donation (5/15/2024) - Dan Reno, president of the Mathews Ruritan Club, presents a $400 donation from the club to Mathews Volunteer Fire Department. Accepting the donation, at right, is MVFD president Donnie Lewis. …
Hidden history (5/15/2024) - It’s unlikely that many people know the history of this pump on Mathews Court Green. Two issues of the Mathews Journal from August 1911 tell most of the story. A… …
Shade sail (5/15/2024) - The Gloucester Rotary Club built 14 park benches to go around trails at Machicomoco State Park, Hayes, along with a shade sail and two picnic benches. Rotarian Nancy Dykeman, Chief… …
Local family history to be presented at Gloucester Genealogical Society meeting (5/15/2024) - The Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia will meet on Monday, June 3, in Gloucester Library’s community room, beginning at 10 a.m. The public is invited. The program, “History & Genealogy… …Legionnaires to hold community breakfast Sunday (5/15/2024) - American Legion Post 75, Gloucester, will hold its monthly community breakfast fundraiser from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday at the post headquarters off Route 17, south of Gloucester Court House.… …
History program recounts final days of Civil War (5/15/2024) - In a first-person history program later this month, author and National Park Service historian Patrick Schroeder will portray former sheriff and Appomattox County clerk George Peers, who will recount the… …
25th anniversary Saturday of Mathews cycling tour (5/15/2024) - This Saturday will mark the 25th anniversary of the Tour de Chesapeake, a premier bicycling event that annually draws hundreds of cyclists to Mathews County and offers activities for visitors… …
Ware River Circle officers (5/15/2024) - The Ware River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons held the induction of its 2024 officers on May 7 at Grace on Main, Gloucester. Shown here are, from left,… …
Sen. Kaine visit (5/15/2024) - More than 100 constituents came out Saturday morning to the Fine Arts Museum of Gloucester to hear from U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine. For more than an hour at the meet-and-greet… …Chesapeake Bay Program working toward meeting pollution goals (5/15/2024) - The six states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and Washington, D.C., continue to chip away at pollution entering the bay. The Chesapeake Bay Program announced last Thursday that the seven… …
Police Unity Tour (5/15/2024) - The annual Police Unity Tour, an event held to raise awareness of law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty and to raise funds for… …Public asked to report sick, dead birds (5/15/2024) - The public is encouraged to report sick or dead birds to help prevent the spread of avian flu. The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources recently has seen an uptick in… …
Building a museum ‘country store’ to preserve a collection (5/15/2024) - Ray Hunley of Mathews has built something close to his heart and history: a room in the Mathews Historical Museum to house his father’s country store collection. A grand opening… …Last week’s traffic victim IDed (5/8/2024) - The victim of a vehicular crash that occurred Monday, April 29, in upper Gloucester has been identified as Percy Lockley Jr., 61, of Topping. His identity was not released by… …