Children’s Christmas Party (12/6/2023) - Children and parents flooded into the Abingdon Ruritan Club on Sunday for the club’s annual Children’s Christmas Party, open to children eight years and younger. There were games, crafts, a… …
Christmas in Guinea (12/6/2023) - Buck’s Store Museum, Bena, will hold its annual Christmas in Guinea event Saturday. Santa Claus will be available for visits from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Visitors will also get… …Decorating for the holidays (12/6/2023) - Gloucester Extension Master Gardeners have been busy getting the community ready for the holidays. Their artistic handiwork is now on display at the Coleman Bridge toll booth planters. The oyster… …
Meeting next week on Machicomoco (12/6/2023) - The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation is preparing a master plan for Machicomoco State Park, Hayes, and the neighboring Middle Peninsula unit in Gloucester, with a public information meeting… …
Participants sought for York River recreation study group (12/6/2023) - Participants are sought for focus groups to be held next week in Gloucester Point and West Point. The topic is recreation along the York River, and the study is being… …
Abingdon VFR to hold Christmas Party (12/6/2023) - Abingdon Volunteer Fire and Rescue will hold its annual community Christmas Party from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 14 at the Bena station (2146 Mark Pine Road, Hayes). “Bring the… …
Swearing in ceremony (12/6/2023) - Three of the local winners from the Nov. 7 general election took their oaths of office Monday afternoon in Mathews Circuit Court by clerk Elizabeth Brown (at left in both… …
Thanksgiving treats (12/6/2023) - The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75 of Gloucester made deliveries on Nov. 21 in advance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Members delivered 67 goodie bags filled with treats and handmade cards… …
Lions Club donation (12/6/2023) - Mathews Lions Club members Bob Doremus, at left, and David Parker, right, recently presented a $1,000 check to Andy Jackson of Hands Across Mathews. …Letters to Santa (12/6/2023) - Children may send their Letters to Santa Claus to the Gazette-Journal for publication on Dec. 21. We ask that you send us your letters to Santa no later than the… …
YMCA celebration (12/6/2023) - Buzz Lambert, Executive Director of the Mathews Family YMCA, recognized and honored Gene Goin’s lifetime of community service at the End of Year Celebration of the Mathews Family YMCA Advisory… …
Villages project breaks ground in Gloucester (12/6/2023) - More than two decades after its initial proposal, The Villages of Gloucester has broken ground earlier this fall. The first phase, the only phase approved thus far, will include 28… …GMHS to hold online auction (12/6/2023) - The Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society is holding its “Paws’-itive Attraction” annual online auction beginning Sunday and lasting through Jan. 31. The shelter is seeking to raise $100,000 in monetary donations during… …
Making the rounds (12/6/2023) - Santa Claus and the Grinch hitched a ride on a Gloucester Volunteer Fire truck as they made the rounds through the Founders Mill/Hunters Run area on Sunday morning. …Local dispatchers handle 988 crisis emergencies (12/6/2023) - The National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is just a phone call away for people experiencing any of a myriad of life crises, from a mental health breakdown to the pain… …
Mathews residents invited to sign up for RAVE, Smart 911 (12/6/2023) - Mathews County residents are being encouraged to sign up for a new emergency notification system and a new 911 system now in effect in the county. According to a press… …
A Sailor’s Wish: V-Mail message from Mathews man resurfaces 79 years later (12/6/2023) - Somewhere in the winter of 1944-45, in a convoy patrolling the North Atlantic aboard the destroyer escort USS Brough, yeoman first class Grover Lee Armistead Jr. jotted down a New… …Deadline Friday to sign up for Walk with Ease (12/6/2023) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism is hosting the Arthritis Foundation’s Walk with Ease program on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from Dec. 15 Through Jan. 31, from 9-10 a.m. at the… …
Christmas Store donation (11/29/2023) - Edith Turner (left) and Sheila Crowley (right) of the NAACP Mathews Branch 7090 present Mathews Social Services Director Tiffany Gordon a $1,000 check from the NAACP to be used for… …Vaccination clinics to be held in Gloucester, Mathews (11/29/2023) - Next week is National Influenza Vaccination Week, and the Three Rivers Health District urges everyone to get a flu shot to protect against the contagious respiratory illness. Young children, adults… …
Free Flow Yoga classesto be held in December (11/29/2023) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism is sponsoring Free Flow Yoga on Tuesdays in December from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at the Whitcomb Lodge. The fee is $40 for the whole month or… …
Camporee (11/29/2023) - More than 100 Scouts, leaders and parents gathered in the field behind the Abingdon Ruritan Club at Bena on Nov. 17-19 for the Historic Triangle District Fall Camporee. The event… …Fire alarm disrupts classes at Abingdon (11/29/2023) - A spark caused by a malfunction in a ceiling heater in one of the classrooms at Abingdon Elementary School on Wednesday morning caused a disruption in students’ daily lessons, but… …
Daffodil Club Auction and Gala held at Zoll Vineyards (11/29/2023) - Zoll Vineyards was the site of the successful Gloucester Daffodil Club Auction and Gala, held on Nov. 18 at the Dutton winery. Participants enjoyed dinner and the music of Eden… …Santa Runs continue (11/29/2023) - Abingdon Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad’s Santa Runs continue this Saturday, with Santa Claus escorted by an AVRS truck Lillaston Lane through Tidemill to Gloucester Point and back to Bellehaven… …