An unwelcome indoor visitor (5/24/2023) - As I walked past our living room last Saturday afternoon, I noticed Shaddow, our large, long-haired tuxedo cat staring intently at something on the floor next to the carpet. My… …
Central Village Homemakers (5/24/2023) - Central Village Homemakers held a fundraising raffle during the Mathews May Faire on May 6. All funds raised are returned to Mathews County in the form of scholarships and charitable… …
Five Rivers Woman’s Club (5/24/2023) - The Five Rivers Woman’s Club donated $750 each to the Gloucester Samaritans and the Gloucester Boys & Girls Club from funds raised at a Bunco event held on April 24… …
SAR chapter celebrates 47th anniversary (5/17/2023) - The Richard Henry Lee Chapter, Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution, celebrated the 47th anniversary of its 1976 chartering at its third luncheon meeting of the year on May… …
Yorktown’s Sounds of Summer concert series begins June 1 (5/17/2023) - Yorktown’s Sounds of Summer concert series begins Thursday, June 1, at Riverwalk Landing in historic York-town. The Thursday-night concerts are from 6:30 to 9 o’clock through Aug. 10 (no concert… …Kalmar Nyckel to come to Yorktown (5/17/2023) - Kalmar Nyckel, The Tall Ship of Delaware, returns to the shores of the York River on Thursday, June 13 through Saturday, June 17, offering 2½-hour day sails and deck tours… …
73 original works in RAL exhibits (5/17/2023) - Seventy-three original works are showcased in two new May exhibits at the RAL Art Center on Main Street in Kilmarnock. “Sky’s the Limit” consists of 41 original works including paintings,… …Too Hot to Handel to be performed Saturday at Northumberland HS (5/17/2023) - Guest soloists mezzo-soprano Taylor Boykins and tenor Daniel Sampson will join the Northern Neck Orchestra and a community chorus in Saturday’s performance of Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel Messiah… …
Abundance (5/17/2023) - There’s no time like May for roses, peonies, and other beauties in the garden. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Amaryllis blossoms in Janet Clark‘s garden in Hallieford. Herbert Fitzgerald… …
Nature views (5/17/2023) - Tenna Collier Safrit of Gwynn’s Island photographed this osprey on Edwards Creek after sunset Sunday. Evan B. Van Leeuwen of Gloucester photographed this up-close eagle that watchedhim through a cottage… …
Selecting the right shrub (5/17/2023) - “You can’t always get what you want,” famously sang the Rolling Stones back in 1969. The Stones were singing about happiness, but the same often holds true in gardening. In… …Signups end May 31 for Master Naturalists training (5/17/2023) - The Middle Peninsula Chapter of Virginia Master Naturalists will begin a training course for interested Middle Peninsula residents in the fall, with applications accepted through May 31. The chapter currently… …
Seeing red… (5/10/2023) - And purple, and all the colors of nature’s spectrum. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. A volunteer hollyhock, and allium nectarascordum bulb, loved by hummingbirds; photos by Cheryl Battle of… …
Look out for crape myrtle bark scale! (5/10/2023) - Spring has finally arrived after a long, strange winter of warm weeks, cold weeks, one frigid episode at Christmas, and no snow. Now that our yards and gardens are waking… …
Naturalization ceremony (5/10/2023) - Five members of Augustine Warner Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution attended the May 2 naturalization ceremony at the Library of Virginia in Richmond. Fifty immigrants were sworn in… …
DAR Good Citizen Award (5/10/2023) - Cricket Hill Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution War presented Mathews High School Senior Sarah Ashbaugh its 2023 Good Citizen Award. Shown here from left are Mathews High School counselor… …Woman’s Club gets photo tips at meeting (5/10/2023) - Wendy Byrns, Senior Product Manager at Canon Virginia, was the guest speaker at Monday’s meeting of the Mathews County Woman’s Club. The Newport News Canon headquarters is the largest service… …
Flora galore (5/3/2023) - There’s nothing like spring for bringing beauty in every shade. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Clara Barnhardt of Saluda sends a photo of her azaleas. Lilies of the valley… …
Spiderwort—love it or dig it up? (5/3/2023) - After nine years of writing the “Gardening Corner,” I inevitably find myself repeating certain topics, sometimes by design, like hydrangea pruning, and others by accident because I have forgotten to… …
Home again (5/3/2023) - Larry Sherertz of Hayes keeps an eye on his bird neighborhood. He said that a fledgling eagle interrupted an osprey pair in building its nest, but that the eagle has… …
King’s Daughters raffle (5/3/2023) - The Chesapeake Bay Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons will be selling raffle tickets for a Mother’s Day and Father’s Day baskets during Mathews May Faire on Saturday. Shown… …Spring beauty sampler (4/26/2023) - We are receiving more photos of beautiful flora and fauna than we can find space for, but please continue sending your pictures to editor@gazettejournal.net. Next week is coming. Laura Smith… …
Every day is Earth Day (4/26/2023) - As I sit at my computer on this Earth Day, April 22, 2023, I am reminiscing about earlier Earth Days, when it seemed to me that everyone in the United… …
Too many eagles? Smaller broods point to no vacancy along bay (4/26/2023) - Bald eagles are conservation darlings. Once lurching toward extinction, eagles flew off the endangered species list as the number of mating pairs nationwide soared from a low of a few… …Every shape and color (4/19/2023) - The blooming season is fully upon us. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Butterfly on azaleas, submitted by Karen Borja of Gloucester. John Hassell of Washington, D.C., formerly of Gloucester,… …