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business food lion Food Lion donates to Meals on Wheels (2/5/2025) - Bay Aging is one of 14 programs in seven states selected to receive funds from Food Lion to alleviate food insecurity among older adults. Food Lion Director of Operations Selvedin…
Open house/vendor market at Brent and Becky’s Feb. 15 (2/5/2025) - Brent and Becky’s Bulbs, Ware Neck, will host an open house and vendor market from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15. Local vendors will be on hand…
Gloucester Main Street grant program deadline extended (2/5/2025) - The deadline for the Gloucester Main Street Façade and Interior Grant Program has been extended one week, to Friday, Feb. 14, Blair Pausic announced last week. The program, one of…
CBRAR reports slight increase in home sales in quarter (2/5/2025) - Housing sales rose in the fourth quarter of 2024 in the Chesapeake Bay & Rivers market. There were 261 sales in the CBRAR footprint during the fourth quarter, an increase…
business tidewater taxes Tidewater Taxes opens in Gloucester Court House (2/5/2025) - “I focus on individual taxes and small businesses.” Just in time for tax season, Catherine Ronquest has opened Tidewater Taxes in Suite 4 of 7335 Lewis Avenue, located directly off…
business Dunkin Grand Opening Ribbon Cuttting Dunkin’ celebrates grand opening of Point location (2/5/2025) - Dunkin’ celebrated the grand opening of its Gloucester Point location on Saturday. The celebration included a free-coffee-for-a-year giveaway, a free medium hot or iced coffee all weekend long, samples of…
Virginia Tax recommends e-filing (2/5/2025) - Tax filing season in Virginia is now underway, and taxpayers are encouraged to e-file their individual income tax returns. “We strongly recommend electronic filing,” said Virginia Tax Commissioner James J.…
More than 140 million individual returns expected, IRS says (2/5/2025) - The Internal Revenue Service opened the 2025 tax filing season on Monday, Jan. 27, and is accepting and processing federal individual tax year 2024 returns. The IRS expects more than…
other news bay transit Fols named director of Bay Transit (2/5/2025) - David Fols is the new director of Bay Transit. Fols replaces Transit Director Ken Pollock, who retires next week following more than 20 years of distinguished service, according to a…
Dunkin’ to celebrate grand opening this weekend (1/29/2025) - Dunkin’ will celebrate the grand opening of its Gloucester Point location this weekend. Starting at 5 a.m. Saturday, the new store at 1620 Greate Road will reward the first 50…
Deadline Friday to apply for internship grants (1/29/2025) - Atlantic Union Bank’s Future Community Impact Makers grant application program remains open for nonprofits and community-based organizations to support 2025 paid summer internship programs. The deadline is Friday. Fifty grants…
Chesapeake donates over $515,000, volunteers 4,600+ hours in 2024 (1/29/2025) - Chesapeake Bank recently looked back on a successful year of community outreach as the bank reflected on 2024. The bank’s staff has been instrumental in supporting various initiatives aimed at…
Evoto Chef Goodier achieves certification (1/29/2025) - Winslow (Win) Goodier, WCMC, CEC, AAC, Executive Chef and Culinary Director of Nuttall’s Store in Ware Neck, has achieved certification for World Certified Master Chef from the World Association of…
business clean farm award Clean Water Farm awarded to Pointer Bros. (1/29/2025) - The Tidewater Soil and Water Conservation District announced last week that it has chosen to present Owen and Chris Pointer of Pointer Bros. Inc. of Gloucester with its 2024 Clean…
Ag producers can apply for USDA safety-net programs starting Jan. 21 (1/22/2025) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced the 2025 enrollment periods for key safety-net programs—Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC), as well as Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC).…
Chesapeake Financial Shares reports $11.42M in ‘24 earnings (1/22/2025) - Chesapeake Financial Shares, Inc., the parent company of both Chesapeake Bank and Chesapeake Wealth Management, reported earnings for the calendar year 2024 of $11,427,860, representing a 12.9 percent increase over…
business alcat precast Alcat Precast hosts second annual industry gathering (1/22/2025) - Alcat Precast, a Clearstream Wastewater Systems manufacturer and distributor in Diggs, held its second annual industry gathering on Saturday at the Piankatank Ruritan Club, Hudgins. This year’s event brought together…
business Dunkin opening Dunkin to hold official grand opening Feb. 1 (1/22/2025) - The new Dunkin, located on Route 17 at Gloucester Point, held a soft opening last week and will have its official grand opening on Saturday, Feb. 1, starting at 5…
business pointers country mart soft opening Pointers Country Mart holds soft opening (1/22/2025) - More than five years after Rick’s Country Store in Sassafras closed its doors for the final time, the location has welcomed Pointers Country Mart, with a soft opening held on…
business Perrindise Marina and Club floating aqualodges Perrindise Marina and Club at Hayes undergoing renovations (1/22/2025) - Perrindise Marina and Club, formerly Crown Pointe Marina, is currently undergoing renovations to the property located on Cooks Landing Lane, Hayes. The property is owned by Mac and J.C. Casale…
Compassionate Touch class to be held next week (1/15/2025) - Ginger Peer-Spencer, founder of Heart Felt Community, will teach a class next Thursday for family and professional caregivers, those who would like to volunteer, and those who already volunteer in…
business GMGJ New Intern Abby Johnson Intern joins G-J newsroom (1/15/2025) - The Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal has welcomed an intern, who will be here for the next several months.Abby Johnson, who currently lives in Georgia, was born in New Jersey. Johnson is a…
business innkeeper appointed at warner hall Sommelier appointed innkeeper at Warner Hall (1/15/2025) - Certified sommelier Michael Diaz has been appointed as the innkeeper at The Inn at Warner Hall in Gloucester. His appointment follows the sale of the restaurant late last year to…
business sals sicilian pizza and restaurant Sal’s Pizza under new ownership (1/15/2025) - Sal’s Sicilian Pizza and Restaurant is now under new ownership. Maria Amato and Pietro Catania of Hayes obtained ownership of the business late last year. The business was previously owned…
Executive team transition within Chesapeake Payment Systems announced (1/15/2025) - Chesapeake Bank announced this week the promotion of D.J. Seeterlin to president of Chesapeake Payment Systems, a division of the bank that offers merchant acquiring services. Seeterlin, who has been…

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