Berkley Traveling Gavel (3/13/2024) - Achilles Masonic Lodge took in the Berkley Lodge Traveling Gavel after visiting Botetourt Lodge in Gloucester on March 5 to qualify. Botetourt had been awarded the gavel a month earlier… …
Confederate President and Mrs. Davis to be portrayed (3/13/2024) - The Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia will meet at 10 a.m. Monday, March 25, at the Buck’s Store Museum at Bena. Living history interpreter Sam Winkler of Roanoke, and Cookie… …Mathews Plog-a-Thon to be held Sunday (3/13/2024) - The fourth annual Mathews Plog-a-Thon will be held along Mathews County roadways and shorelines on Sunday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Plogging is the act of walking or jogging while picking… …
Club speaker (3/13/2024) - Kat Larkin, director of the Mathews County Visitor Center, addressed the Central Village Homemakers at their meeting last week. Larkin, with a background in community relations, related what the center… …
Gloucester launches Youth Needs Survey (3/13/2024) - Gloucester County has launched a Youth Needs Survey using its Zencity citizen engagement tool. The survey, which will help local leaders gauge citizen interest in need-driven community-wide youth programming, will… …Main Street sculpture is being restored (3/13/2024) - The Cook Foundation and Gloucester Arts Festival have announced that a local treasure, known locally by “Fred” and other pet names, is currently being restored and was temporarily removed. The… …
Best Years Club to visit Smithfield (3/13/2024) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation & Tourism has announced a trip of the Best Years Club to Smithfield on Saturday, April 13, to attend the Second Saturday Pickers Market there. Participants will… …
Few surprises, low turnout in Tuesday’s primary (3/6/2024) - Virginia’s double primary presidential election, held on Tuesday, yielded few surprises. Those voting in the Republican race largely supported former president Donald Trump, giving him 63.31 percent of the vote,… …Supervisors advance county budget (3/6/2024) - Gloucester’s FY 2025 budget was unveiled this week at Monday’s meeting of the county’s board of supervisors, an approximately $85.4 million county general fund budget that does not include a… …
All About Pets contest tops 139 entries (3/6/2024) - The Gazette-Journal’s All About Pets photo contest (Section C in this week’s paper) reached new heights this year with 139 entries collected since the contest was first announced on Feb.… …
Deep roots: Early days of MHS football, growing up in Mathews (3/6/2024) - From the early days of football at Mathews High School to today, Archie Owens has observed many changes and experienced much. He has had fun times as well as difficulties.… …Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday (3/6/2024) - Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday and will remain in effect until Nov. 3. Timepieces should be set ahead one hour (“spring forward”) upon retiring Saturday night. Residents… …
Page descendant to speak to DAR Saturday (3/6/2024) - The Augustine Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet on Saturday at the parish house at Abingdon Episcopal Church, Ordinary, at 2 p.m. and will host speaker… …
Spring garden tours to resume at Brent and Becky’s Bulbs (3/6/2024) - It’s March, and spring garden tours resume next week at Brent and Becky’s Bulbs, Gloucester. Tours are $10 and reservations are required. Those attending will stroll through the business’s trial… …
Bay Aging receives state grant to address homelessness (3/6/2024) - Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development have reaffirmed their commitment to addressing the problem of homelessness in Virginia by awarding a $12 million boost… …
Let’s go fly a kite (3/6/2024) - The Richmond Air Force put on a show at Abingdon Park in Hayes to celebrate Kite Day on Sunday. The wind picked up right before the event, which provided the… …Spring Break Parks Passport Camp to be held April 2-4 (3/6/2024) - Spring break is almost here, and Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism has something fun to do that week. A Spring Break Parks Passport Camp will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday… …
Work on Rt. 17/Guinea Road intersection begins Monday (3/6/2024) - Construction on a Virginia Department of Transportation project to improve safety at the intersection of Route 17 and Route 216 (Guinea Road) in lower Gloucester County will begin Monday. The… …
Preserving family treasures (3/6/2024) - Bessida Cauthorne White of the Middle Peninsula African American Genealogical and Historical Society of Virginia gave a talk to the Guinea Heritage Association and guests on Feb. 23 on collecting… …
Roahrig named Market Days chair (3/6/2024) - Jennifer Roahrig has been named chairman of the 2024 Mathews Market Days Committee. She succeeds Megan Evgen, who was last year’s chair. A Tidewater native who was born and raised… …
Concert Sunday for Judy Ward Scholarship Fund (3/6/2024) - A concert to benefit the Judy Ward Scholarship Fund for Mathews High School seniors will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday at Gwynn’s Island Baptist Church, 2011 Old Ferry Road,… …
Valentine’s talk (3/6/2024) - Marilyn Iglesias spoke to the Mathews County Woman’s Club on Monday, Feb. 12, about the history of Valentine’s Day. The program added to the festivities of the many handmade Valentines… …
Mathews author wins award for short story (3/6/2024) - Mary Ann Carr of Mathews was recently awarded first place for her short story “Aunt Etta’s Last Ride” in a short story contest honoring the irony of Flannery O’Connor’s writing.… …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… …