Dominion offers help to small business, residential customers (8/19/2020) - Small business and residential customers facing financial hardship can receive support on their energy bills through Dominion Energy’s EnergyShare program. Dominion is supplementing its $13 million annual program contribution in… …
$7M+ awarded in Virginia housing grants (8/19/2020) - White Stone and York County are among seven Virginia communities awarded a total of more than $7 million in Virginia Housing Rehabilitation and Community Development block grants last week. The… …
Dog Days promotion to benefit GMHS (8/12/2020) - Area businesses for the fifth year are putting on the Dog Days of Summer, offering incentives to customers and supporting the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society. During August, participants will promote the… …
Grand opening (8/12/2020) - Holtzman Propane of Tappahannock celebrated the grand opening of its new showroom on Sunday, Aug. 1, with an open house and raffle. The celebration included free food and drinks, product… …
Young entrepreneurs (8/12/2020) - Two Gloucester youth—Josephine and Paul Williams—have been flexing their entrepreneurial muscles during the pandemic, launching a pair of businesses serving their Lewis Avenue neighborhood. Josephine’s Bake Shop specializes in scratch-made… …
Move Over Middlesex (8/12/2020) - ACI Fire & Safety of Gloucester recently lent a hand to Urbanna Oyster Festival Queen candidate Sara Murray and Little Miss Spat contestant Caroline Ward. The girls are promoting the… …HII’s second-quarter revenues down 7.4% (8/12/2020) - Huntington Ingalls Industries, the parent company of Newport News Shipbuilding, reported second-quarter 2020 revenues of $2.0 billion, down 7.4 percent from the second quarter of 2019. Operating income in the… …
GMHS staying busy this summer; Animal Care in need of volunteers (8/5/2020) - The Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society has been thriving this summer, despite the continuation of theCOVID-19 public health crisis. As many businesses furlough and lay off employees, GMHS has maintained full staffing… …Back to Business grants available in Mathews (8/5/2020) - Back to Business grants are available to help businesses on the Middle Peninsula cover the costs of complying with COVID-19 pandemic guidelines, but Mathews businesses haven’t been taking advantage of… …
Sales tax holiday this weekend (8/5/2020) - Virginia will hold its three-day sales tax holiday this weekend, beginning at 12:01 a.m. Friday and ending at 11:59 p.m. Sunday. At this time, you can buy qualifying school supplies,… …
Seafood Shack’s new truck (7/29/2020) - Amy Blanock and Robert Martin, from left, recently re-opened The Seafood Shack, operating out of their new food truck in the parking lot of M&M Building Supply in Mathews. The… …
New stylist (7/29/2020) - Fusion Salon & Spa in Gloucester has a newest stylist. Amy Clarke has 11 years of experience as a stylist in the county. She will provide customers with hair, natural… …National average decreases as gas demand remains low (7/29/2020) - As COVID-19 case numbers surpass the 4-million mark nationwide, demand for gasoline is weakening across the country. The latest Energy Information Administration demand reading measures at 8.5 million barrels/day, which… …
Online seminar to examine ‘Not Business as Usual’ (7/29/2020) - The Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce and Gloucester Department of Economic Development will present “This Is Not Business as Usual,” an online seminar with Marc Wilson of the Virginia Small… …
BMP signup continues through Aug. 7 (7/29/2020) - Virginia Agricultural Cost Share signups continue through Aug. 7 for eligible farmers in Gloucester, Mathews and Middlesex counties for executing Best Management Practices on their fields. This is the time… …
Pumped to end Alzheimer’s (7/22/2020) - Phillips Energy in Gloucester Point raised $3,972 from the community to support the Alzheimer’s Association in its 2020 Longest Day Fundraiser on June 20. On that day, the company gave… …
Gloucester woman opens social media marketing service (7/22/2020) - Gillian Bura is the proud owner of Better Your Business, a business that offers social media managing services. The ODU graduate got in early in the world of social media… …Ware River Consulting secures Wisconsin contract (7/22/2020) - Ware River Consulting, LLC, an Indian Economic Enterprise and woman-owned small business, was awarded a contract by the University of Wisconsin to provide consulting services to support the Wisconsin Small… …
Virginia adopts emergency workplace safety rules (7/22/2020) - The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry adopted emergency workplace safety rules last week to help protect Virginia workers from the spread of COVID-19. According to a July 15 news… …
Wireless Zone locations to distribute backpacks Sunday (7/22/2020) - Wireless Zone locations in Gloucester and Hayes will be distributing backpacks full of school supplies between 1-4 p.m. Sunday as part of the eighth annual School Rocks Backpack Giveaway event.… …
HHI signs on as VA Ready partner (7/22/2020) - Huntington Ingalls Industries, the parent company of Newport News Shipbuilding, announced it has signed on to be a business partner of the Virginia Ready Initiative, a new initiative to help… …
Langley For Families donates $110,000 to 20 nonprofits (7/15/2020) - The Langley For Families Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Langley Federal Credit Union, approved just over $110,000 in second-quarter grants, making the 2020 donation total of $361,865 to nonprofits across… …
Food safety course begins Aug. 18 (7/15/2020) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism will hold a food safety certification course on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Aug. 18-27, from 2-5 p.m. each day in the Gloucester Library community room, Main… …
Young and In Business (7/15/2020) - They are young, energetic, and in charge of their own businesses. Read these profiles of our up-and-coming next generation. Stories were compiled by Melany Slaughter. …
A & D Dustless Blasting and Boat Works (7/15/2020) - Dominic Bartlett Dominic Bartlett is the co-owner of A & D Dustless Blasting and Boat Works, located at 9737 Cooks Landing Road in Hayes. His business offers dustless blasting, boat… …