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… …River County Quiltersto meet Tuesday (2/21/2024) - The River Country Quilters will meet Tuesday in the Fiddlers Crossing Community Center, Gloucester. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m., with the meeting to follow at 7. RCQ member Lee Taylor,… …
Mathews board revisits Hole in the Wall issue (2/18/2024) - 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… …
Survey underway to assess child care needs in Mathews County (2/14/2024) - Mathews County Against Poverty is an initiative of the Mathews Community Foundation along with the Mathews Resource Council and Mathews County Social Services. MCAP is organized into five committees—Affordable Housing,… …
Property owners encouraged to find, remove invasive plant species (2/14/2024) - The week of Feb. 26-March 3 is National Invasive Species Awareness Week and the Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society is encouraging local private land owners to… …
Petition seeks moratorium on menhaden landings (2/14/2024) - A public petition for rulemaking regarding Atlantic menhaden was submitted by the Chesapeake Legal Alliance and the Southern Maryland Recreational Fishing Organization in December to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission.… …
All invited to ‘OPEN School HOUSE’ at Woodville on Feb. 25 (2/14/2024) - The Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation will welcome the public to an “OPEN School HOUSE” event from 1-4 p. m. on Sunday, Feb. 25, to celebrate a significant milestone in the… …
Volunteer of the Year (2/14/2024) - Rachel Wells has been recognized as the Abingdon Ruritan Club’s 2023 Volunteer of the Year. She is shown accepting her plaque from the club’s 2023 president Tony Dziadul. Wells has… …
History talk (2/14/2024) - Abingdon Ruritan Club members and guests heard a presentation from archaeologist Thane Harpole at their February meeting. Harpole has been co-director of the Fairfield Foundation since its founding in 2000.… …MCF welcomes three new board members (2/14/2024) - The Mathews Community Foundation Advisory Board recently welcomed three new board members. Stan Grice, Vivian Keasler and Tim Morgan will each serve three-year terms. “We are pleased to have Stan,… …
S.A. Cosby to headline Black History Month event (2/14/2024) - The Mathews Branch of NAACP will hold its Black History Month Celebration at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24 at the Cobbs Creek Arts Center, 61 Cobbs Creek Lane. Featured… …
Mathews Museum reopens Friday (2/14/2024) - The Mathews Historical Museum, located at 200 Main Street, will reopen Friday after renovations that began at Christmas. The museum will open at 5 p.m. for a reception, and at… …
County conducting survey on website (2/14/2024) - Mathews County is currently conducting a brief survey about its website as part of a redesign. A link to the survey can be found on the main page of the… …
Fred Lyon to speak on John Warren Cooke (2/14/2024) - Fred Lyon of Port Haywood, will give a public presentation, “John Warren Cooke, A Publisher and Politician Responds to Brown v. Board of Education,” on Thursday, Feb. 22, at 7… …Henry pleads guilty to second-degree murder charge (2/14/2024) - Winfrey Carlton Henry Jr., 25, of Gloucester, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last Thursday in Gloucester County Circuit Court. This plea follows last February’s homicide of 36-year-old Kayron Tyrone Long… …
Suspicious blaze damages abandoned church building (2/14/2024) - An abandoned church in Maryus was reported ablaze last week, with arson investigators from the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office now examining the scene of the suspicious fire. Abingdon firefighters were… …Verizon enters into contract to place equipment on Hudgins tower (2/14/2024) - The Mathews Broadband Advisory Board has secured a contract with Verizon to place cellular equipment on the county-owned tower at the Mathews Volunteer Rescue Squad building at Hudgins. The contract… …
Mathews BOS to consider dissolving property line (2/14/2024) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors will hold its regular meeting at 6 o’clock today, Thursday, Feb. 15, preceded at 5:30 by a special training session on the State and… …
Closings Monday for holiday (2/14/2024) - All post offices, courts, county offices, libraries, and DMV customer service centers in Gloucester and Mathews will be closed on Monday, Feb. 19, in honor of George Washington’s Birthday/President’s Day.… …
Dr. Stubbs delves into origins of racism at Ware Neck program (2/14/2024) - While 1619 is often thought to mark the date of arrival of the first enslaved Africans on Virginia soil, the history is a little bit more complicated than that, according… …
Rotarians lend a hand (2/14/2024) - Last week, the Gloucester Rotary Club assisted the Bread for Life Food Pantry in packaging food to give to those in need. Club members volunteer the first Wednesday of every… …
Plastic bag collection (2/14/2024) - Don Sandridge, Ruritan Zone 4 Governor, and Barbara Bauer, Secretary, Gloucester Ruritan Club, recently turned in 151.1 pounds of plastic bags to be recycled for the purchase of park benches… …