20,000+ attend Gloucester Daffodil Festival (4/9/2025) - Though the final count has yet to be determined, at least 20,000 spectators visited Gloucester Court House last weekend for the 39th annual Daffodil Festival, “It’s All Sunshine & Daffodils.”… …MCSO makes arrest in shooting into occupied dwelling case (4/9/2025) - The Mathews County Sheriff’s Office released a report on an arrest made on Wednesday, March 26, for shooting into an occupied dwelling. According to the report, deputies and investigators responded… …
Avoiding fraud (4/9/2025) - Deputy Bill Adams of the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office gave members of the Gloucester Retired Educators Association an entertaining, but serious lecture on Thursday, March 27, on how to protect… …Dispatchers recognized next week (4/9/2025) - National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week is next week, April 13-19. Mathews Sheriff April Edwards said that public safety dispatchers are “the voice our citizens hear when disaster or tragedy strikes.… …
Li’l Ole Opry opens anniversary season Saturday (4/2/2025) - Virginia’s “Lil Ole Opry” is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with a lineup of shows featuring former Opry favorites. The first show, “All Star Opry,” will be held at… …
Events April 3-9 (4/2/2025) - THURSDAY BEE CITY COMMITTEE: The Gloucester County Bee City Committee will meet at 5 o’clock this evening, Thursday, April 3, in the Stewart Building program room, 6382 Main Street, Gloucester.… …
Mathews BOS votes to advertise 10¢ tax increase (4/2/2025) - Mathews supervisors, meeting last Wednesday in the historic courthouse, voted to advertise a real estate tax rate increase of 10 cents per $100 of assessed value, but emphasized their intent… …
Gloucester residents sound off on budget, fire station, more (4/2/2025) - At the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors’ town hall meeting last Wednesday, March 26, residents spoke on their concerns about the proposed budget, the management of county growth, the cost… …
Social Security program at library (4/2/2025) - Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, will have a Social Security program on Thursday, April 17 at 6 p.m. Carlos Britos, financial advisor at Edward Jones, will present on… …
Hendrix completes Daffodil Festival poster collection (4/2/2025) - Every single Gloucester Daffodil Festival poster to ever exist is hanging in the home of Gloucester resident and D L Hendrix & Associates owner Doug Hendrix, a feat Hendrix recently… …
Pinewood Derby (4/2/2025) - The Historic Triangle District Cub Scouts held their annual Pinewood Derby races Saturday at the Abingdon Ruritan Club. Pinewood Derbies have been held by the Cub Scouts since 1953. Sixty… …
Clean Gloucester Day (4/2/2025) - This past weekend was Clean Gloucester Day and the Abingdon Ruritans were out in full force. The 200 pounds of trash was picked up on Guinea Road by the club’s… …VIMS announces April Discovery Lab, After Hours lectures (4/2/2025) - The Virginia Institute of Marine Science has announced its Discovery Lab and After Hours lecture topics and dates for April. The next Discovery Lab, “Plastic Oceans” will be held on… …
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… …