NAACP holds candidate forum (9/17/2025) - The Gloucester Branch of the NAACP held a candidate forum last Thursday night in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium for local offices impacting Gloucester County. Each candidate was asked… …Early voting begins tomorrow across Virginia (9/17/2025) - In-person early voting begins Friday for the November general election, featuring the races for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general, two local House of Delegates’ seats, as well as a… …
Mathews County’s VA250 Committee working hard on planning events (9/17/2025) - The Mathews VA250 Committee is working hard on event planning and fundraising so it can provide Mathews residents with a memorable celebration for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of… …
Hole in the Wall Waterfront Grill files brief in lawsuit (9/17/2025) - Hole in the Wall Waterfront Grill filed a brief last week in opposition to Mathews County’s request for a demurrer and motion to dismiss the case of Hole in the… …
Mathews BOS to meet tonight (9/17/2025) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors, meeting at 6 o’clock tonight, Thursday, Sept. 18, in the historic courthouse on Court Street, will have a public hearing and several presentations. The… …
9/11 remembered (9/17/2025) - Members of the U.S. Coast Guard held a ceremony last Thursday at Station Milford Haven to commemorate the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S. …
Artist print signing (9/17/2025) - Join the Guinea Heritage Association on Saturday for the 2025 Artist print signing at Buck’s Store Museum, Bena. This year’s painting was done by Beverley Rainey who painted the first… …
Garden Club donates benches to Machicomoco (9/17/2025) - The Garden Club of Gloucester and Mathews celebrated its first of many planned installations of benches and legacy trees to county and state parks in the community recently at Machicomoco… …A few tickets available for Abingdon Ruritan Club Seafood Festival on Oct. 15 (9/17/2025) - There are still a few tickets available for the Abingdon Ruritan Club’s fundraising Seafood Festival on Oct. 15. They will be available until Saturday, Sept. 27. No tickets will be… …
Kiwanis Club accepting vendors for Christmas Bazaar (9/17/2025) - The Gloucester Kiwanis Club is accepting vendor sign-ups for its first Christmas Bazaar fundraiser, to be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 15 and… …
Blood drive (9/17/2025) - Fifty-four units were collected at the American Red Cross blood drive held on Tuesday, Sept. 9, at the Piankatank Ruritan Club building in Hudgins, according to Red Cross volunteer Nan… …
70-year Veteran Award (9/17/2025) - Oriental Masonic Lodge #20, Mathews, at its September meeting presented member Robert Lee Morris Jr. with his 70-year Veteran Award. Morris became a Master Mason in September 1955. Morris has… …Talk next week on two Confederate vets who served Kingston Parish (9/17/2025) - Historian Paul Mitchell will give a talk on “How two Confederate soldiers faithfully served God and changed the course of history after the Civil War” at 7 p.m. next Thursday,… …
VDOT names new Fredericksburg District Engineer (9/17/2025) - The Virginia Department of Transportation has named Greg Henion, P.E., as its new Fredericksburg District Engineer.Henion has more than 32 years of transportation and engineering experience in public and private… …BOS receives FY25 financial report (9/17/2025) - The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors received the county’s preliminary unaudited financial report for fiscal year 2025, which was presented by Deputy County Administrator Maria Calloway. Most of the county’s… …
Fall begins Monday (9/17/2025) - Fall begins at 2:19 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22. This moment of the autumnal equinox represents the division of a day into equal periods of daylight and darkness. From now until… …
Repair work underway (9/17/2025) - Route 17 northbound is reduced to a single lane at the bridge over Dragon Run at the Gloucester County and Middlesex County line for emergency repairs to fix damage caused… …Boat Virginia classes offered in Mathews (9/10/2025) - A Boat Virginia class will be held on Saturday, Sept. 27; and a second opportunity on Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Mathews Volunteer Rescue Squad building in Hudgins. U.S. Coast… …
Raffle winners (9/10/2025) - Kathy Yent, at right in top photo, with Carla Hill, won the Bark Basket, and Mike Scanlan the Purrfect Basket, raffled by P.E.O. Chapter BT of Mathews at Mathews Market… …
Workboat reunion to be held Sept. 20 (9/10/2025) - Hudgins Horn Harbor Marina in Port Haywood will hold its annual workboat reunion from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20. The event will include vendor booths, food… …
An estimated 4,500 attend this year’s Mathews Market Days (9/10/2025) - Mathews Market Days 2025 was held under a bright, hot sun on and around the Mathews Court Green Friday and Saturday, but a steady morning breeze offered relief both days,… …PCL to hold candidate forum Sept. 18 (9/10/2025) - Candidates for Gloucester’s at-large and Petsworth districts for board of supervisors and school board will be held on Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Piankatank Community League, 11888 Harcum Road, Gloucester,… …
Planners to meet with G.I. residents about park (9/10/2025) - The Mathews County Planning Commission, following a discussion Tuesday night of the proposed public park on the county’s two-acre parcel at the end of South Bay Haven Drive on Gwynn’s… …
Cats with Careers: Purrfect place for Lola (9/10/2025) - Filled with soft purrs and purposeful meows, cats in the workplace add a unique twist to the working world. In this series, we explore the lives of local cats who… …Gloucester PRT programs offered (9/10/2025) - THE FULL HIKE: Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism is sponsoring The Full Hike, an approximately nine-mile trek from one end of Beaverdam Park to the other, starting at 9 a.m.… …