Ladies and gentlemen: Get your pound cakes ready (4/26/2017) - Get those family recipes out and plan to bake your entry in the May Faire Pound Cake Contest. On Saturday, May 6, the day of the event, entries will be… …
Orchid talk (4/19/2017) - Arthur Chadwick of Chadwick and Sons Orchids, Richmond, gave a talk on orchids at the April 11 meeting of the Mathews-Middlesex Master Gardeners, which was held at Kingston Parish House,… …
Children and flowers … a natural combination, found at the festival (4/12/2017) - Daffodils on Parade and Arts and Flowers, both signature events of the Garden Club of Gloucester, were rousing successes again this year. “Thanks to the generosity of Arts on Main… …
1,000+ visitors attend Gloucester Daffodil Show (4/5/2017) - The 2017 Gloucester Daffodil Show took place April 1-2 in the Botetourt Elementary School gym. More than 1,000 visitors viewed the many entries in the show, which is sanctioned by… …
‘Tastefully Yours’ to benefit Foodbank (4/5/2017) - “Tastefully Yours,” a fundraising event for the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank, will be held from 6-9:30 p.m. next Thursday, April 13, at the Hampton Roads Convention Center. The food-tasting event gives… …
A visit from Lafayette (3/29/2017) - The Marquis de Lafayette recently dropped in to meet with the members of the Williamsburg chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Actually, it was Colonial Williamsburg Foundation interpreter… …
Rosewell Ruins open house Saturday starts 2017 season (3/29/2017) - The Rosewell Plantation Ruins will open for the 2017 season on Saturday. The season starts with an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. On that day, visitors can… …
Plantation tour (3/22/2017) - For the group’s March meeting, the members of Cricket Hill chapter of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, and their guests enjoyed lunch at the Chickahominy House in… …
Daffodil Festival offers workshops for children, adults (3/15/2017) - The Garden Club of Gloucester plans two chances to arrange Gloucester’s famous daffodils during the Daffodil Festival to be held April 1-2. Arts on Main will host both the children’s… …
Book/Author Luncheon (3/8/2017) - Roger Dale Loring of Hayes, author of “I Don’t Text While Driving, Walking, or Standing Still” will be the featured speaker at this year’s Book/Author Luncheon on Friday, March 24… …
104th birthday (3/8/2017) - Elva Gerlach, formerly of Mathews, recently celebrated her 104th birthday with a party in her honor at the Mathews Woman’s Club. Among those attending were her daughters Barbara Bass, standing… …
Mathews Woman’s Club (2/15/2017) - Tim Hudgins with the Mathews Land Conservancy spoke at Monday’s meeting of the Mathews County Woman’s Club, which was held at the clubhouse on Route 14. Hudgins, an architect, spoke… …
Riverside expands dementia program into region (2/15/2017) - The Riverside Center for Excellence in Aging and Lifelong Health has expanded its F.A.M.I.L.I.E.S. program into the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck. The program name is short for Family Access… …
MPNN CSB team receives Success Award (2/8/2017) - Recently, Parenting with Love and Limits presented to the Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck Community Services Board and its PLL team of Deanna Lavery and Katie Chilton the Success Award for PLL… …