WMCL to sell homemade chili Saturday (2/21/2024) - The West Mathews Community League will sell homemade chili dinners on Saturday from 4-6 p.m. The fundraiser will be held in league headquarters, the former Peninsula School building. Proceeds will… …
Oyster Shoals Music Hall tickets on sale (2/21/2024) - Oyster Shoals Music Hall in downtown Warsaw announced that tickets are now on sale for a number of spring and summer concerts. The music kicks off on Friday, May 3,… …
Valentine’s Day treats (2/21/2024) - Several members of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75, Gloucester, made deliveries on Feb. 13 for Valentine’s Day. Auxiliary members crafted handmade cards and filled goodie bags with treats for… …
Gloucester man helps clean up his community (2/21/2024) - Sheldon Linger of Gloucester, is a volunteer for Gloucester’s Clean Community and Adopt-a-Highway programs and has been working since the start of the year to clean up his community. During… …Broadwater Academy wins Blue Crab Bowl at VIMS (2/21/2024) - Students from Broadwater Academy in Exmore on Virginia’s Eastern Shore won this year’s Blue Crab Bowl, a regional ocean science academic competition that is part of the National Ocean Sciences… …
Mathews board revisits Hole in the Wall issue (2/21/2024) - 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… …
Woodville School open house Sunday (2/21/2024) - An open house for the public will be held from 1-4 p.m. Sunday at the Woodville School on Route 17, Hayes, across from LightHouse Church. The Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation… …
Gloucester BOS looks at reassessment process (2/21/2024) - Gloucester supervisors received an update on the county’s reassessment process during Tuesday’s meeting in the colonial courthouse, including discussion of moving from the present two-year cycle to conducting the reassessment… …
Shift change (2/21/2024) - It’s nesting time again for eagles. This pair was spotted last week by Mike Cunningham of Hayes, swapping egg warming duties in Yorktown Battlefield. “She’s in and he’s definitely out,”… …
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… …