3 Gloucester homes on Garden Week tour April 27 (4/10/2019) - Gloucester’s portion of Historic Garden Week in Virginia takes place from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, April 27. Tickets are on sale and box lunches may be ordered in advance.… …
Arts & Crafts Competition at this year’s May Faire (4/10/2019) - This year’s Mathews May Faire on Saturday, May 4, will include an Arts & Crafts Competition at the Mathews Historical Museum, 198 Main Street. The competition is open to anyone… …
Golden touch (4/10/2019) - Members of the Walter Reed Garden Club gathered daffodils at Ark Park last week for the club’s annual project for Gloucester’s Daffodil Show—“A Golden Touch.” Club members took the blooms… …
May Faire (4/10/2019) - Sandy Warhol, center, chairman of the Mathews May Faire Committee was the guest speaker at the March 28 Chesapeake Bay Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons meeting. She is… …
Bird watching (4/10/2019) - Doug Dwoyer, Edie Bradbury, Tom Crockett and Kat Sharp, from left, were among the Middle Peninsula Bird Club members walking along the shoreline at the Bethel Beach Nature Preserve in… …
Bird-watching April 18 on Ware House Road (4/10/2019) - The Middle Peninsula Bird Club will hold a bird-watching event on private property at 8 a.m. next Thursday, April 18, at 7134 Ware House Road (Route 621) Gloucester Court House.… …
Enter your best pound cake on May 4 (4/3/2019) - Search for those pound cake recipes you’ve held on to for years or recall how your mom or grandmother made their pound cakes. It’s Pound Cake Contest Time and the… …
Daffodil Show (4/3/2019) - Pick your best daffodils and consider showing them this weekend at the Gloucester Daffodil Show at Botetourt Elementary School. Another way to participate in the show is to take your… …
The role of milkweed (4/3/2019) - A program on milkweed will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Gloucester Library at a meeting of the Friends of the Dragon Run. The presentation is free and open… …
‘Flowers in the Forest’ (4/3/2019) - “Flowers in the Forest,” a spring plant walk led by members of the John Clayton chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society, will be held on Saturday, April 13, starting… …
Children, adults invited to make daffodil arrangements (3/13/2019) - The Garden Club of Gloucester plans two chances to arrange Gloucester’s famous daffodils during the Daffodil Festival to be held on Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7. The first… …
Buxton to speak at Book and Author Luncheon (3/13/2019) - Southside Sentinel columnist and author Mary Wakefield Buxton of Urbanna will be the featured speaker at the 26th Annual Book and Author Luncheon on Friday, March 22, at Providence Baptist… …
Main Street shops, residences encouraged to decorate for festival (3/6/2019) - Spring is almost here and that means many things to many people. For members of the Gloucester Daffodil Show Committee, it means weeks of preparations for this year’s show, which… …
Panel discussion Monday on opioid abuse (2/13/2019) - The Gloucester Woman’s Club will hold a panel discussion on local opioid abuse issues at 3 p.m. Monday at Edge Hill House, Gloucester. Medical, law enforcement and mental health professionals… …
NAMI support groups meet in Gloucester (2/13/2019) - The National Alliance on Mental Illness has scheduled several meetings to be held regularly each month. The first is a connection recovery support group that will meet the first and… …
Feb. 21 bird walk begins at Gloucester Point beach; backyard bird count starts (2/13/2019) - The Middle Peninsula Bird Club will visit three areas in the lower part of Gloucester County on Thursday, Feb. 21, beginning at 8 a.m. Those interested in taking part in… …
Wander through Onemo, on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay (2/6/2019) - Past Mathews Court House and between Winter Harbor and Bethel Beach on the Chesapeake Bay lies the community of Onemo. For decades it was a quiet fishing village and, while… …
Sweetheart Brunch on Feb. 10 to benefit MRA (1/23/2019) - The Mobjack Rowing Association will host a benefit Sweetheart Brunch from noon to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 10, at the Community Building at Williams Wharf. Commemorative tickets for the… …
Cooper’s hawk (1/16/2019) - “During cold, winter months, Cooper’s hawks are frequent visitors to the bird feeders in my yard,” said photographer Susan Leuci of Hayes. “While looking for prey, this hawk paused long… …
Native bees (1/16/2019) - Gloucester Master Gardener Henry Thompson, above, is shown presenting information about native bees during a special program on Jan. 9 in the Gloucester Library, Main Street Center. …
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,… …