Barney the Robo-Cop (2/28/2024) - Barney the Robo-Cop is Mathews County’s newest answer to speeding drivers. The solar-powered Kustom Signals Speed Enforcement Trailer, equipped with a computer and internal radar, was purchased by the Mathews… …Mathews Circuit Court receives grant to preserve records (2/28/2024) - The Mathews Circuit Court Clerk’s office has been awarded a $29,568 grant for local records preservation from the Library of Virginia Circuit Court Records Preservation Program. The funds will be… …
LifeSkills Training grant awarded regionally (2/28/2024) - The Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck Community Services Board’s Prevention, Health and Wellness Division has been awarded a $159,000 three-year grant from the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth Foundation starting July 1,… …
Two Best Years Trips offered (2/28/2024) - A pair of Best Years Trips will be held in the coming weeks, with the deadline to sign up fast approaching, according to the Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department.… …
50 -year Masonic veteran (2/21/2024) - Members of Achilles Lodge No. 281 AF&AM celebrated the 50th anniversary of Carol Evans Brown, who joined Masonry at that lodge on Jan. 22, 1974. The evening included a dinner… …
Hunters for the Hungry (2/21/2024) - Abingdon Ruritan Club president Rick Scott and past president Mary Lou Privott are shown with a Certificate of Appreciation which was presented to the club at the recent Ruritan National… …
Life membership (2/21/2024) - At the February meeting of the Middle Peninsula Amateur Radio Club Dr. David Justus was presented with a life membership. Justus has been a dedicated member of the club, showing… …
GMCC spring gala combines old favorites and new (2/21/2024) - The Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic’s spring fund-raising gala returns this year with a nod to the organization’s Casino Nights of years past. The second annual Derby de Mayo, GMCC’s largest… …Kite flying show at Abingdon Park March 3 (2/21/2024) - The Richmond Air Force Kite Club will put on a kite flying show at Abingdon Park on Sunday, March 3, beginning at 11 a.m. This event is sponsored by Gloucester… …
Jones, Walls file response to HITW suit (2/21/2024) - Mathews supervisors Dave Jones and Mike Walls have filed a response to a lawsuit brought against them and the County of Mathews by Hole in the Wall Waterfront Grill. Hole… …
Museum presentation (2/21/2024) - John Caramia, at right, who served as board member and chairman of the Mathews Historical Museum from 2016 into 2023, was recognized for his service Friday night by current chairman… …Black History Month programs this weekend (2/21/2024) - A pair of Black History Month programs will be held this weekend at the Cobbs Creek Arts Center, 61 Cobbs Creek Lane. At 3 p.m. Saturday, the Mathews Branch of… …
WMCL to sell homemade chili Saturday (2/21/2024) - The West Mathews Community League will sell homemade chili dinners on Saturday from 4-6 p.m. The fundraiser will be held in league headquarters, the former Peninsula School building. Proceeds will… …
Oyster Shoals Music Hall tickets on sale (2/21/2024) - Oyster Shoals Music Hall in downtown Warsaw announced that tickets are now on sale for a number of spring and summer concerts. The music kicks off on Friday, May 3,… …
Valentine’s Day treats (2/21/2024) - Several members of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75, Gloucester, made deliveries on Feb. 13 for Valentine’s Day. Auxiliary members crafted handmade cards and filled goodie bags with treats for… …
Gloucester man helps clean up his community (2/21/2024) - Sheldon Linger of Gloucester, is a volunteer for Gloucester’s Clean Community and Adopt-a-Highway programs and has been working since the start of the year to clean up his community. During… …Broadwater Academy wins Blue Crab Bowl at VIMS (2/21/2024) - Students from Broadwater Academy in Exmore on Virginia’s Eastern Shore won this year’s Blue Crab Bowl, a regional ocean science academic competition that is part of the National Ocean Sciences… …
Mathews board revisits Hole in the Wall issue (2/21/2024) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors, meeting last Thursday, once again visited the issue of the Hole in the Wall Waterfront Grill on Gwynn’s Island. County attorney Andrea Erard announced… …
Woodville School open house Sunday (2/21/2024) - An open house for the public will be held from 1-4 p.m. Sunday at the Woodville School on Route 17, Hayes, across from LightHouse Church. The Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation… …
Gloucester BOS looks at reassessment process (2/21/2024) - Gloucester supervisors received an update on the county’s reassessment process during Tuesday’s meeting in the colonial courthouse, including discussion of moving from the present two-year cycle to conducting the reassessment… …
Shift change (2/21/2024) - It’s nesting time again for eagles. This pair was spotted last week by Mike Cunningham of Hayes, swapping egg warming duties in Yorktown Battlefield. “She’s in and he’s definitely out,”… …
Canine Companions presents to Gloucester Woman’s Club (2/21/2024) - Canine Companions, a national organization that trains service dogs and provides them free of charge to people with physical and cognitive disabilities, gave a presentation to the Gloucester Woman’s Club… …4 p.m. state burn law in effect (2/21/2024) - Beginning last week and continuing through April 30, Virginians are prohibited from outdoor burning before 4 p.m. when the fire is within 300 feet of the woods or dry grass.… …
Happy Valentine’s Day (2/21/2024) - Rudy Ruritan Bear of the Abingdon Ruritan Club, Bena, visited the Riverside Middle Peninsula Cancer Center in Gloucester on the campus of Riverside Walter Reed Hospital last Wednesday on Valentine’s… …
Tea at Timberneck returns March 16 (2/21/2024) - The Fairfield Foundation will hold its second annual Tea at Timberneck on Saturday, March 16, at Timberneck House, which is located within Machicomoco State Park, Hayes. From 2-4 p.m., Timberneck… …