Spotted lanternfly may be getting closer (7/9/2025) - The planned topic for this week’s “Gardening Corner” was supposed to cover how to prevent pesky rabbits from eating everything in the garden, but this morning I read an article… …
Summer steam time (7/9/2025) - Our days have been cooking…but somehow, nature always seems fresh and bright. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Cheryl Battle sends a photo of “Miss Huff” Lantana. Tiger lilies in… …
How hot is it? (7/2/2025) - Not too hot to shut away beautiful scenes of nature. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Lynn Holt, of Gloucester, has lots of delicious blackberries in her yard and a… …Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite,’long-blooming and deer resistant (7/2/2025) - One topic that frequently arose two weeks ago at Extension Master Gardeners College was the statewide deer problem. Master Gardeners from Alexandria, Virginia Beach, Blacksburg, Winchester, and Gloucester all complained… …
BIRTHS (7/2/2025) - Mr. and Mrs. William Douglas Thomas Jr. of Middletown, announce the birth of a daughter on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Winchester Medical Center, Winchester. She has been named Emery… …
A trip to the farm (6/25/2025) - Several Mathews County Woman’s Club members recently enjoyed a field trip to member Lisa Capen’s homestead in Bavon. Included on the tour was her extensive Cottage Industry Quilting Studio as… …
Anniversary celebrated (6/25/2025) - Edie and Jim Bradbury of Gloucester, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary June 8, 2025 while on a cruise to the Alaska Inside Passage from Vancouver, Canada. …Local history talks next month at Edgehill House (6/25/2025) - The Gloucester Woman’s Club will be hosting a series of talks of local historic and community interest on Wednesday evenings in July. Each program will run from 7-8 p.m. at… …
St. John’s Wort, a sunny perennial (6/25/2025) - After spending five pleasant days with comfortable outdoor temperatures on the beautiful Virginia Tech campus at Master Gardener College, several Gloucester Extension Master Gardeners and I returned to sweltering Tidewater… …
Long days, hot days (6/25/2025) - Summertime is here without a doubt; and nature is in bloom. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Lychnis coronaria, rose campion, sent by Cheryl Battle of Bavon. Tricolor zinnia and… …
25-year member (6/18/2025) - Diana Swenson of Cricket Hill Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution recently received her 25-year certificate of membership. Swenson joined DAR on her ancestor 1st Lt. Henry Knight from Mathews.… …
DAR picnic (6/18/2025) - The Augustine Warner Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution held its annual picnic at Machicomoco State Park, Hayes, and presented Tom Karow, board president of the Fairfield Foundation with a… …
MCWC luncheon (6/18/2025) - The Mathews County Woman’s Club held its final luncheon of the season on June 9 at Saint Paul Comfort Church, Port Haywood. The women of Saint Paul, above from left,… …Plants and animals (6/18/2025) - Nature is in its glory as the sun rises to the longest day with the start of summer on Friday. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Cormorants and bald eagles… …
Local chapter members attend P.E.O. convention (6/18/2025) - Six members of P.E.O. Chapter BT-Mathews recently attended the 75th annual convention of the Virginia State Chapter at the Richmond Marriott. Attending were chapter delegates Tammy Turner and Linda Ortiz,… …
Caylee Renae Weddle (6/11/2025) - Cody Weddle and Tabitha West of Gloucester, announce the birth of a daughter on May 23, 2025, in Riverside Regional Medical Center, Newport News. She has been named Caylee Renae… …
Sail Beyond Cancer (6/11/2025) - The Five Rivers Woman’s Club held a game and card day in April, donating proceeds from that event recently to Sail Beyond Cancer, which honors those being challenged by cancer… …Find out what Master Gardeners do (6/11/2025) - At the Gloucester Extension Master Gardeners’ May meeting, Bob Beyea reported that we have been offered the opportunity to spend Saturday, June 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at… …
The growing season (6/11/2025) - In late spring, everything in the world seems fresh and new. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Sally Austin of Locust Hill photographed a summer tanager on her suet feeder.… …
Five generations (6/4/2025) - Five generations of the same family from Gloucester and the surrounding area gathered recently at the LoveWorks sign in Urbanna. They are, from left: Patricia “Pat” Jones, Joi Schuh, Sarah… …Almost everything about woodlice (6/4/2025) - Last Saturday, Jim asked me, “Have you ever written a column about roly-polies, those cute little bugs that I find under flowerpots and in the compost? What do they do?”… …
Beautiful (6/4/2025) - Nature surrounds us with infinite splendid views. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Thriving Purple Martin colony in the yard of Bill and Faith Farinholt, Gloucester. Siberian Water Iris in… …
Supporting K9 program (5/28/2025) - Mathews County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant William Hargis and K9 Karma were part of the May monthly meeting of the Chesapeake Bay Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons held Thursday… …
UDC Memorial Day (5/28/2025) - Members of Captain Sally Tompkins United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter 2626 placed a wreath on Captain Sally’s grave. Tompkins, a Confederate nurse, is buried at Christ Church cemetery, Mathews.… …
Wreath laying (5/28/2025) - To mark Memorial Day, members of Cricket Hill Mathews Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, placed wreaths at two locations in Mathews: on the DAR monument on the historic court… …