Virginians encouraged to file taxes to receive tax rebate (10/25/2023) - Virginia’s budget includes a tax rebate for eligible Virginians that file their taxes by Nov. 1 and have had a 2022 state tax liability. Taxpayers can go to tax.virginia.gov/rebate for… …
Suicide prevention walk set for Nov. 11 (10/25/2023) - A walk to benefit suicide prevention initiatives is set for Saturday, Nov. 11, in Gloucester, starting at 10 a.m. in Main Street Center. A release said no registration is required.… …
Best Years Trip planned for Va. Aquarium (10/25/2023) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism is sponsoring a Best Years Trip to the Virginia Aquarium in Virginia Beach on Wednesday, Nov. 8, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The bus… …
Rt. 17 in northern Gloucester blocked during incident Monday (10/25/2023) - Both the north- and southbound lanes of Route 17 in northern Gloucester were blocked for about a dozen hours Monday as the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office dealt with a situation… …
Speed Enforcement Trailer (10/25/2023) - The Mathews County Sheriff’s Office has purchased a Kustom Signals Speed Enforcement Trailer, a solar-powered device that will be placed in areas of the county where speeding is believed to… …Mathews supervisors to consider parks ordinance (10/18/2023) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing Tuesday night to discuss a proposed new ordinance for the regulation of county parks. The hearing will be held… …
Pope puts forward his name for Tidewater SWCD seat (10/18/2023) - Steve Pope, 67, of Mathews, has announced that he is running as a write-in candidate for a seat on the board of the Tidewater Soil and Water Conservation District. There… …
Breast cancer awareness (10/18/2023) - Fifteen-year-old Kacey Walker of Mathews designed this year’s breast cancer awareness T-shirt for Tidewater Federal Firefighters Local F-25. Each year’s T-shirts are sold to union members to raise money for… …VCDL endorses Tricia Stall (10/18/2023) - Tricia Stall, a candidate for the Mathews County Board of Supervisors who is running as a Republican, recently received an endorsement from the Virginia Citizens Defense League Political Action Committee.… …
Boards hold joint meeting to review work session items (10/18/2023) - The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors and School Board met Tuesday night in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium to review several work session items at their biannual joint meeting.… …
Both sides of Gloucester’s bond referendum debate (10/18/2023) - Gloucester voters are being asked in this election to consider a bond referendum with a proposed debt of $39,582,993 to address a number of projects in the county, resulting in… …
Vote ‘Yes’ (10/18/2023) - Gloucester citizens have a unique opportunity to make a decision for our county—by voting on the bond referendum on our Nov. 7 ballot. The referendum has three goals: 1) Make… …
Vote ‘No’ (10/18/2023) - Elsewhere in this paper, the potential benefits of funding capital improvements through the upcoming bond referendum are outlined. But that outline fails to describe this referendum’s drawbacks. Instead of providing… …
Sell-out crowd gathers Saturday to remember and celebrate The Wagon Wheel (10/18/2023) - An area along Route 17 in lower Gloucester County was once home to a thriving Black business community, and on Saturday evening, a crowd filled the Abingdon Ruritan Club building… …
GVFR open house (10/18/2023) - Three-year-old Tommy Kincaid came prepared to Sunday afternoon’s Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue open house at Station 1 in Gloucester Court House, already decked out in turnout gear as he… …
MHS Homecoming King and Queen (10/18/2023) - Mathews High School seniors Fabian Cardenas Flores and Chloe Schaible were crowned MHS Homecoming King and Queen during a ceremony held on Friday evening on the school’s football field. …Winnington sentenced in New Year’s Eve shooting (10/18/2023) - Corbin Chase Winnington, 16, was sentenced to 25 years Monday following his June conviction of involuntary manslaughter (10 years), two counts of unlawful wounding and shooting (five years each), shooting,… …
Abingdon Volunteer Fire and Rescue holds joint maritime training exercise (10/18/2023) - Abingdon Volunteer Fire and Rescue hosted a joint maritime training exercise with multiple other first responder and law enforcement agencies on Friday at Perrindise Marina, Hayes. In the exercise, 12… …
Masons honor past masters (10/18/2023) - Achilles Lodge No. 281, AF&AM, held a celebration on Oct. 10, honoring all of its past masters. Leaders of that lodge, starting as early as 1903, were recognized for their… …Bill Jenkins and Va. Mountain Boys to perform at Buck’s Store (10/18/2023) - Bill Jenkins and the Virginia Mountain Boys will be in concert on Saturday, Oct. 28 at Buck’s Store Museum, Bena, starting at 7 p.m. Jenkins, a singer, songwriter and cross-picking… …
Mathews school board adopts policy addressing transgender students (10/18/2023) - Following a lengthy discussion Tuesday night, Mathews County School Board approved a policy addressing transgender students, a policy based on recommendations from Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration. The board approved the… …
Former Mathews County officials seek change of venue (10/18/2023) - Three former Mathews County officials who are defendants in a case brought by Mark and Candy Eubank involving their waterfront cottage at Tin Can Alley on Gwynn’s Island have requested… …
Mathews NAACP holds Freedom Fund banquet (10/18/2023) - Eighty-five people attended the Mathews Branch NAACP Freedom Fund banquet held on Saturday, Oct. 7 at the Church of Francis de Sales in Mathews. This event serves as a fundraiser… …
Two students injured in Saturday night Mathews bus crash (10/18/2023) - A Mathews County School bus, returning to Mathews on Saturday night from a band competition in Gloucester, was involved in a single-vehicle bus crash at the intersection of Route 14… …
Hole in the Wall responds to BOS petition (10/18/2023) - Hole in the Wall Waterfront Grill has filed a response to the Mathews County Board of Supervisors’ petition requesting the circuit court reverse the Board of Zoning Appeal’s July 12… …