Breast cancer can happen to anyone, even young women (10/11/2023) - According to Riverside Health System, breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in young women. It is also the most common form of cancer in women who are… …
Heavenly fishing vessel (10/4/2023) - Becki Setterholm Roberts, Sophia Setterholm and Pam Belvin, from left, ride on the Achilles Shopping Center float in Saturday’s Guinea Jubilee parade, a workboat paying tribute to local watermen that… …American Legion Auxiliary (10/4/2023) - Members of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75 visited the Abingdon Volunteer Fire and Rescue and Gloucester Fire and Rescue on Sept. 26. The group delivered a basket full of snacks… …
York River Garden Club to hold talk next Thursday (10/4/2023) - The York River Garden Club is hosting a talk by Joshua Mazzarenta, Chief Ranger of Law Enforcement/Operations at Machicomoco State Park, next Thursday, Oct. 12, at Bethany United Methodist Church,… …
Supervisors receive presentations on smart meters (10/4/2023) - Gloucester supervisors received a pair of presentations regarding AMI Smart Meters during Tuesday’s monthly meeting at the colonial courthouse. Mary Bauer of Virginians for Safe Technology gave the first presentation,… …
Paper flower artist (10/4/2023) - Ronda Bowden, at left, was the guest speaker at the Sept. 18 meeting of the Five Rivers Woman’s Club at Bethany United Methodist Church in Gloucester Point. Bowden shared information… …State Fair’s giant vegetable growers crush weigh-off records (10/4/2023) - Last year’s State Fair of Virginia Giant Butternut Squash Competition winner Paul Jarosh of Culpeper County, held the world record title briefly, before a Michigan grower bested his attempt. But… …
Supervisor, Clerk candidates address Mathews voters (10/4/2023) - Candidates for Mathews County Board of Supervisors and Clerk of Circuit Court answered questions on a variety of topics during a candidate forum held last Thursday at the Piankatank Ruritan… …
Covid booster clinics scheduled in Gloucester (10/4/2023) - The Gloucester County Health Department has three immunization clinics scheduled for October, offering a range of vaccines, including the new monovalent COVID-19 vaccine that immunizes against Omicron variant XBB.1.5. Clinics… …
Gloucester teen raises awareness of pectus excavatum through art (10/4/2023) - Rebekah Schrader, 18, of Gloucester, has been using her art as a way to raise awareness for pectus excavatum, a condition where the sternum caves into the chest. Schrader was… …
Historian to tell the tale of ‘Haunting of Hudgins House’ (10/4/2023) - Mathews County Historical Society, in partnership with Mathews Memorial Library, will host a lecture by historian Benjamin H. Trask on “The Haunting of the Hudgins House: An Ever-Evolving Tale,” on… …
Maritime Heritage Day (10/4/2023) - Mathews Maritime Foundation held its Maritime Heritage Day Festival on Saturday at the museum on Main Street, as well as the Gwynn’s Island Boat Shop. The festival was held to… …Mathews Christmas Store announces this year’s needs (10/4/2023) - The Mathews County Christmas Store has announced its needs for this year’s store, which will offer brand-new items at no cost to over 650 community residents in need during the… …
Ruritans, NAACP to hold candidate forums (10/4/2023) - The Piankatank Ruritan Club in Hudgins will host a forum from 6:30-9 o’clock tonight for school board, sheriff, commissioner of the revenue, and commonwealth’s attorney. This follows last week’s Ruritan… …
Hearing Tuesday on event venue permit (10/4/2023) - The Mathews County Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors will hold a joint public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the historic courthouse to consider an application for a conditional… …
Lions Club donation (10/4/2023) - Mathews Lions Club treasurer Bob Doremus presents a $500 donation from the club to the Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic. GMCC executive director Arlene Armentor is shown here accepting the check. …Boating safety class to be held Oct. 21 at MVRS building (10/4/2023) - A free boating safety class will be offered from 8:30 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Mathews Volunteer Rescue Squad on Cricket Hill Road in Hudgins. Experienced… …
Gloucester Ruritans (10/4/2023) - Gloucester Ruritan Club president Henry Thompson, above right, presented club member Eric Engle the club mug in appreciation for his presentation to the club at its September meeting at the… …‘Vote No’ meeting on referendum Tuesday (10/4/2023) - A “Vote No” meeting in opposition to the Nov. 7 ballot initiative calling for the issuance of $39.58 million in bonds for a number of county capital projects has been… …
Zoe Camp earns her Eagle Scout badge for Keeble cemetery restoration (10/4/2023) - Zoe Camp, a Mathews resident and Mathews High School senior, did restoration work on Gwynn’s Island’s Keeble Cemetery this summer as the final project to earn her Eagle Scout designation… …Museum to host tea, fashion show (10/4/2023) - Visitors at the Mathews Historical Museum will explore the “Underside of History” in an afternoon tea and fashion show, to be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, in the… …
Mathews lighthouse keepers to be honored Saturday (10/4/2023) - Six Mathews County lighthouse keepers will be honored Saturday in ceremonies at three cemeteries, conducted by the U.S. Lighthouse Society and its Chesapeake Chapter. A USLHS marker will be unveiled… …
Stay vigilant to possible fire dangers, GVFR officers urge (10/4/2023) - National Fire Prevention Week is Oct. 8-14, and Gloucester Fire Prevention Officers Tony Villani and Tony Saccaro want to get the word out about preventing fires. They also want to… …
Offices close Monday for holiday (10/4/2023) - All post offices, courts, county offices, libraries, and DMV customer service centers in Gloucester and Mathews will be closed Monday in observance of Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Mathews County schools… …
Fiorina comes to Cappahosic as guest speaker (10/4/2023) - Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Chair Carly Fiorina was the guest speaker at The Return of Sunday Dinner held on Sunday, Oct. 1, at Holly Knoll on the historic Moton Conference Center… …