Fairfield Foundation hosts Timberneck Tuesdays (4/2/2025) - Fairfield Foundation, a local nonprofit, opens Timberneck house to free walk-in tours for Timberneck Tuesdays. The historic 1793 farmhouse is in the midst of restoration by volunteers and has been… …
York River Garden Club to meet April 10 (4/2/2025) - The York River Garden Club will host a talk on Climate Change and the Garden by Doug Dwoyer, a NASA research and technology scientist, at 10 a.m. next Thursday, April… …
Mathews Farmers’ Market opens for season Saturday (4/2/2025) - Fresh vegetables, homemade bread and bakery goods, eggs, meat, and a wealth of plants, flowers, and handmade crafts items will be available for purchase during opening day at the Mathews… …
Tompkins Cottage Museum opens for season (4/2/2025) - The Tompkins Cottage Museum will open for the 2025 season on Saturday. The small c. 1820 building, located on Brickbat Road in downtown Mathews, is named for Christopher Tompkins, a… …
Flotilla holds Boat Virginia class Saturday (4/2/2025) - Coast Guard Auxiliary Mathews Flotilla 66 held a Boat Virginia class on Saturday at the Mathews Volunteer Rescue Squad, Hudgins. Eleven students received their lifetime Boating Education Certificate satisfying the… …
Clean Gloucester Day (4/2/2025) - The Exchange Club of Gloucester-Mathews spruced up the memorial garden at Abingdon Park during Clean Gloucester Day Saturday. This area of Gloucester is the group’s Adopt-A-Spot location. Volunteers also put… …Gloucester Main Street to hold Locals Night on Friday (4/2/2025) - Gloucester Main Street will host its first-ever Locals Night from 4-7 p.m. Friday, prior to the opening Saturday of the Main Street Pavilion and Beer Garden at the annual Gloucester… …
Car show to be held April 12 (4/2/2025) - The Middle Peninsula Classic Cruisers, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, will hold its Daffodil Car Show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 12 (the… …
Gloucester approves 14% public utilities increase (4/2/2025) - The Gloucester Board of Supervisors voted 6-1 to approve a monthly 14 percent increase to water and sewer rates during Tuesday night’s public hearing held in the colonial courthouse. The… …
‘Day by the Pond’ (4/2/2025) - The Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast and the Blazing Blue Herons canoe team hosted the annual “Day by the Pond” event on Saturday at Camp Burke’s Mill Pond, Gloucester.… …VA250 Mobile Museum visits through Daffodil Festival weekend (4/2/2025) - Beginning today, the VA250 Mobile Museum will be stationed in Gloucester through Sunday, coinciding with the Daffodil Festival weekend. The mobile museum is aimed to enhance the Virginia American Revolution… …
Li’l Ole Opry marks half century of top-notch entertainment (4/2/2025) - Virginia’s Li’l Ole Opry, also known as Donk’s Theater, is marking its 50th anniversary this year, looking back on five decades of entertainment by top-notch local country music performers and… …To our readers (4/2/2025) - A press breakdown in our production plant last week forced us to have many of the A sections printed elsewhere, and to remain with the remote printing until the problem… …
Gloucester Daffodil Club members win awards at state show (4/2/2025) - Gloucester Daffodil Club members attended the Virginia Daffodil Society Show held at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond March 22-23. Daffodils started blooming a little later this year, said a… …
Gloucester Brewing Co. to hold ‘Pints for Parkinson’s’ (4/2/2025) - Gloucester Brewing Company will hold “Pints for Parkinson’s” event on Saturday, April 19—an all-day fundraiser to raise awareness and funds to support finding a cure for Parkinson’s. The brewery will… …
Road safety improvement work begins at Woods Cross Roads (3/27/2025) - Work was scheduled to have begun on Monday on safety improvements at the intersection of Route 17 and Route 610 (Woods Cross Road/Davenport Road). The project, which has an expected… …Machicomoco to hold Earth Day celebration (3/26/2025) - April is full of recreational opportunities at Machicomoco State Park, Hayes. If you’re eager to connect with recognized tribal nations in Virginia, learn about local environmental stewardship, or would like… …
Mathews Maritime Museum opens for season April 4-5 (3/26/2025) - The Mathews Maritime Museum, located at 482 Main Street, Mathews, will open for the season next week, starting on Friday and Saturday, April 4 and 5, and every Friday and… …
Social workers’ appreciation (3/26/2025) - Several members of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75, Gloucester, stopped by the Gloucester Social Services office earlier this month to deliver a basket of goodies. March is Social Workers… …Harmful Waste Collection Day to be held April 19 (3/26/2025) - Gloucester County’s Household Harmful Waste Collection Day will be held April 19 at Hayes Convenience Center, Guinea Road, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. At this collection, Gloucester residents can… …
Friends of Machicomoco group completes trail project (3/26/2025) - The Friends of Machicomoco State Park announced the completion of an ambitious project to reclaim two miles of the park’s three-mile-long paved loop trail from more than a decade of… …VDOT survey looks at Route 17 south of C.H. (3/26/2025) - The public is invited to share its feedback on existing travel conditions on Route 17 between Short Lane and Featherbed Lane as part of a Virginia Department of Transportation study.… …
GHA program to examine Guinea in the 1960s (3/26/2025) - Guinea Heritage Association’s Fourth Fridays program continues this Friday, March 28, with a “Pictorial View of Guinea in the 1960s.” The program will be held at Buck’s Store Museum, 8850… …Park to host ‘Ghost Forest,’ ‘Pinch Pots’ programs (3/26/2025) - Machicomoco State Park, Hayes, has a couple of events planned for this weekend. From 6-7 p.m. Friday, the park will hold “Ghost Forest” at the interpretative area boardwalk. In this… …
New executive director named for local YMCAs (3/26/2025) - Sarah Rae has been named district executive director of the Mathews and Middlesex YMCAs, replacing Buzz Lambert, who is now vice president of operations for the YMCA of the Virginia… …