Bird walk Tuesday at Beaverdam (1/16/2019) - The Middle Peninsula Bird Club will guide participants in a bird walk on Tuesday at Gloucester’s Beaverdam Park; meet at the main entrance on Roaring Springs Road at 8 a.m.… …
Gloucester Masons install officers for 2019 (1/2/2019) - Botetourt Lodge No. 7 AF&AM installed its officers for 2019 at an end-of-year program at the Gloucester Masonic lodge building on Dec. 7. Joe Pescador was installed as the lodge’s… …
Central Village Homemakers (1/2/2019) - Installation of officers for the Central Village Homemakers was held at the organization’s annual Christmas luncheon on Dec. 5. Installed by Eileen Ripley, left, and serving for 2019 are, from… …
Father/daughter Navy vets honored by UDC (12/26/2018) - Members of the Captain Sally Tompkins chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy participated in the UDC Military Award Ceremony for two United States Navy veterans, father and daughter,… …
Wreath workshop (12/19/2018) - Virginia Cooperative Extension in Mathews and the Mathews-Middlesex Master Gardeners held their eighth annual Holiday Wreath Workshop on Dec. 1 at the Extension office in Mathews. With a little instruction,… …
Holiday decorations (12/12/2018) - The Walter Reed Garden Club met on Tuesday, Nov. 27, for its annual “Christmas Wreaths for the County” project, in cooperation with Gloucester’s Department of Buildings and Grounds. Members gathered… …
Singing in the season (12/5/2018) - Local musicians entertained on Sunday afternoon at Central United Methodist Church, Mathews, in the annual Community Christmas Sing-Along sponsored by Central Village Homemakers. Those taking part included, in top photo, Jessie… …
Gloucester restaurants to help Samaritan Group with Giving Tuesday (11/20/2018) - Giving Tuesday, a movement to create an international day of giving at the beginning of the Christmas and holiday season, will be held next week, and the Samaritan Group in… …
Winter garden (11/20/2018) - The Mathews-Middlesex Master Gardeners group held its Nov. 13 meeting at the Mathews home of Tony and Marianne Rizzio of Lilly’s Neck, where members toured the couple’s winter garden. The… …
Garden Club of Gloucester marks 90 years of local service (11/7/2018) - As it observes its 90th anniversary, the Garden Club of Gloucester has announced a gift of $6,000 for a fountain for the County’s planned pocket park on the Court Circle… …
Bird walk next week at Brent and Becky’s (11/7/2018) - The Middle Peninsula Bird Club will guide participants in a bird walk at 8 a.m. next Thursday, Nov. 15, at Brent and Becky’s, 7900 Daffodil Lane, Ware Neck area. Participants… …
Church goes pink (10/31/2018) - The congregation of St. Paul United Methodist Church at Susan donned pink attire on Sunday in honor of all those touched by cancer during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, observed during… …
White Hall to open its doors for Christmas Open House (10/31/2018) - The Ware River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons, with the help of the Chesapeake Bay, North River and York River circles, will celebrate its 29th annual Christmas Open… …
Foliage arrangement workshops planned (10/31/2018) - Members of the Walter Reed Garden Club will lead two seminars on how to create arrangements for your Thanksgiving table. The first session is scheduled for Nov. 17 from 10:30… …
Bird walk to be held locally on Oct. 18 (10/10/2018) - The Middle Peninsula Bird Club will guide participants in a bird walk at 8 a.m. next Thursday, Oct. 18, at a large, private conservation property in Gloucester. The property features… …
Daffodil judging school offered next spring (10/10/2018) - An American Daffodil Society Judging School I will be offered on Friday, April 5, 2019 in the Chesapeake Lounge at Brent & Becky’s, Gloucester. This school is the first step… …
A new daffodil club blossoms in Gloucester (10/3/2018) - A new daffodil club in Gloucester County is charting a golden yellow path into the future. The club was founded to encourage more people to plant daffodils throughout the area… …
Holly Society to hold fall meeting at VIMS (10/3/2018) - The Colonial Virginia Holly Society will have its fall meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at Watermen’s Hall, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point. Speakers will include: Gordon… …
Bird walk Tuesday at Brent and Becky’s (9/26/2018) - The Middle Peninsula Bird Club will guide participants in a bird walk at 8 a.m. Tuesday at Brent and Becky’s, Gloucester. Bring binoculars and enjoy watching and listening to the… …
Volunteer watermelon (9/19/2018) - Edwin Billups of Cobbs Creek came across unexpected bounty in his yard, when this volunteer watermelon sprouted from a seed that had been inadvertently left there. The watermelon was 21½… …
50+ entries in Market Days Home Goods show (9/19/2018) - The 2018 Mathews Market Days Home Goods Competition was a success with more than 50 items entered in seven categories, a 25 percent increase in participation over last year. Attendance… …
DAR officers (8/22/2018) - Officers of Augustine Warner DAR were installed for the 2018-2021 term at the Aug. 4 District II meeting by Amanda Atkinson, District II Director. The officers, from left, are: Winona… …
Feed sack quilts topic of presentation (8/22/2018) - Maryethel Miller of Gloucester gave a presentation on Aug. 9 on feed sack quilts to a meeting of Bay Quilters in Mathews. Her topic was “Feed Sacks—Then and Now.” Miller… …
Creating a lasting environment for butterflies (8/8/2018) - For the last four years, Vanessa West of Bena has been attracting butterflies like the ones pictured here to her garden. West has planted so-called “host plants,” such as milkweed,… …
Kingston Parish to host Market Days Home Goods Competition (8/8/2018) - The 2018 Mathews Market Days Home Goods Competition will be held at Kingston Episcopal Parish House, 370 Main Street. Competition is open to anyone with a Mathews County mailing address.… …