A busy Election Day is coming Tuesday; many local races on ballot (11/1/2023) - The 2023 election season comes to a close next week, with polls open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Only one statewide race on this year’s local ballot is… …
Dukes win (11/1/2023) - The Gloucester High School varsity football team was able to end its season with a 15-14 win over the Woodside Wolverines. The Dukes finished the season with a 3-7 record.… …Closings Tuesday for Election Day (11/1/2023) - All courts, county offices, libraries, and DMV customer service centers in Gloucester and Mathews will be closed on Tuesday, Nov. 7, for Election Day. Schools in both counties will be… …
Halloween twins (11/1/2023) - Although the Seward Johnson sculpture is officially known by the title “Inner World, Outer World,” it seems like everybody has their own name for the fella reading the Gazette-Journal on… …
Halloween on Main Street (11/1/2023) - The Main Street Association held its annual Trick or Treat Main Street Tuesday evening, despite the rain. Above, Diana Brown trick-or-treats with her daughter Gilana, 6, in matching pineapple costumes… …
Library Spooktacular (11/1/2023) - Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, held its “Spooktacular” indoor trick-or-treat event Tuesday evening. Above, Sarah Wilson, dressed as a witch, mans a candy bowl. …
Supporting Hands Across Mathews (11/1/2023) - The Cricket Hill Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution collected items to support Hands Across Mathews. DAR members shown with some of the donated items are kneeling in… …Reservations due Tuesday for Veterans Day dinner (11/1/2023) - Reservations are required no later than Tuesday for the American Legion Post 83 annual Veterans Day Dinner and Awards Program, which will be held at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov.… …
Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday (11/1/2023) - Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday. Residents should set their timepieces back one hour upon retiring Saturday night. They will thus arise on Eastern Standard Time on Sunday… …
Grants available to expand blue catfish fishing, processing (11/1/2023) - The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is taking applications for grants that will help expand blue catfish fishing and processing in the state. Gloucester and Mathews counties are… …
Bingo game to be held Nov. 29 (11/1/2023) - Bingo for ages 55 and over will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 29, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Stewart Building in Gloucester. Winnings are prizes; no cash. The… …
Chair Yoga classes begin Dec. 4 (11/1/2023) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism will be holding Chair Yoga classes on Mondays and/or Wednesdays in December from 10-11 a.m. at the Stewart Building. The class fee is $8 per… …
Library to hold historic interactive performance (11/1/2023) - The Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, is holding an interactive performance titled, “A Question of Religious Freedom: The 1773 Baptist Preacher Trial,” on Thursday, Nov. 16, beginning at… …
Virginia apple picking season is not over yet (10/25/2023) - Apple picking season doesn’t necessarily end with Halloween weekend. While Virginia’s apple season begins in July and the majority of the fruit is harvested in September and October, some orchards… …
Book Author Luncheon (10/25/2023) - York River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons held a Book Author Luncheon on Friday at Providence Baptist Church, Hayes. Sandy Pace, president of the International Order of The… …Main Street Trick-or-Treat Tuesday (10/25/2023) - Main Street Trick-or-Treat will be held on Tuesday (Halloween) in the stores along Gloucester’s Main Street.This community event is sponsored by the Gloucester Main Street Association, the Main Street Preservation… …
Board members question why no light atop Bohannon tower (10/25/2023) - Mathews supervisors’ chair Dave Jones and board member Paul Hudgins expressed concern Tuesday night about the fact that there was no light atop the county’s new broadband tower at Station… …
West Mathews Community League annual Fall Festival Saturday (10/25/2023) - The West Mathews Community League will hold its 10th annual Fall Festival on Saturday at the league headquarters at 4905 East River Road, Bohannon. Hours are 9 a.m.-2 p.m. The… …
Volunteer recruitment fair to be held next Thursday (10/25/2023) - Gloucester County, the Fairfield Foundation, Wood-ville Rosenwald School and the Guinea Heritage Association will hold a volunteer recruitment fair next Thursday, Nov. 2, from 5-7 p.m. at the community room… …
Legionnaires to hold Veterans Day program (10/25/2023) - American Legion Post 83 will hold its annual Veterans Day Dinner and Awards Program on Saturday, Nov. 11, at the post headquarters on Hookemfair Road, Hudgins. The observance will begin… …
Future plans of MVFD Station 1 discussed at joint workshop (10/25/2023) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors and more than a dozen members of the Mathews Volunteer Fire Department held a joint workshop last Thursday to discuss plans for the future… …
YMCA donation (10/25/2023) - Hands Across Mathews volunteers Joe Noonan, Douglas Forrest and Andy Jackson, from left, begin sorting the more than 300 pounds of donations received from the members of Mathews Family YMCA. …Mathews Library to hold Halloween celebration Saturday (10/25/2023) - A special Halloween celebration will be held beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday on Main Street in Mathews. Hosted by Mathews Memorial Library, with the support of Mathews Main Street Committee,… …
Steele addresses misconceptions on Gloucester’s bond issue (10/25/2023) - After two town hall meetings on the upcoming bond referendum, Gloucester County Administrator Carol Steele has heard the diverse voices of the people. Among those voices, she said, are those… …
Halloween movie, trick-or-treat this weekend at Mathews Historical Museum (10/25/2023) - The Mathews Historical Museum celebrates Halloween this weekend with two events. “Nosferatu,” also known as “the original scary movie” will be shown at Movie Night on Friday. Doors at the… …