Youth choir (3/11/2026) - Members of the Youth Choir at Central Methodist Church in Mathews were recognized in March 1966, as part of the Youth Month observance. Choir members included, front row from left,… …Changing seasons cause cold, rain, sunshine, warm, all in one day (3/4/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, March 1, 1906from the Mathews Journal Sunday was a typical March-day though, the calendar put it as the last Sunday in February, light rain in the morning,… …
New look (3/4/2026) - Mark Donner, Ronnie Harris and Mary Jane Robins, from left, modeled new Gloucester High School band uniforms purchased in March 1966. Harris showed the uniform with the detachable overlay removed… …Local fisherman injures hand while setting out stakes for fish nets (2/25/2026) - 115 YEARS AGOThursday, Feb. 22, 1906from the Mathews Journal Mr. William Lilly met with a very bad accident Saturday while out in the bay driving stakes, he got his hand… …
Twin lambs (2/25/2026) - Mathews 4-H member John Miller of Susan coaxes his twin lambs a little closer. Nature carried on during the harsh 1977 winter, with lambs and other small animals appearing in… …School program to celebrate George Washington (2/18/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, Feb. 15, 1906from the Mathews Journal A historical celebration will be given in the Red Men’s Hall, Feb. 22 at 8 p.m., by the Westville Public School,… …
On to state (2/18/2026) - The 2010 Mathews High School Scholastic Bowl team, front row from left, Leland Machen, Jamie van Emmerik, Mike Sanderson, Matt Mann; back row, Dustin Taylor, Sally Taylor, Conor Corrigan, took… …Suffering fingers, vaccines, and winter’s cold (2/11/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, Feb. 8, 1906from the Mathews Journal Howard Brooks of Diggs had the misfortune of having three of his fingers accidently cut off by his brother on Friday… …
Pretty cakes (2/11/2026) - Gloucester Parks and Recreation offered a six-week cake-decorating class in the winter of 1997 at Page Middle School. Among the students were, from left, Paulette Vickers of Gloucester and Catherine… …
Surprise 90th birthday (2/4/2026) - Paul Malcolm (center of photo holding great-grandson, Vincent) was treated to a surprise party for his 90th birthday by his family on Saturday, Dec. 27. Although Malcolm is a “New… …Taffy pulling and organ music at a social evening (2/4/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, Feb. 1, 1906from the Mathews Journal Miss Lena Fary of Gloucester spent last week at the home of Mrs. Eva Simmons. Mrs. Simmons had a social gathering… …
Dredge rigs (2/4/2026) - Robert Roland Hudgins of Onemo, retired from his 30-year career in the menhaden fishery, including as captain of a menhaden steamer, found a way to stay productive. Set up in… …
January 2009 (1/28/2026) - Seventeen years ago, local and state officials, county staff and residents attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house afternoon for the Gloucester Health Department’s new facility at Main Street Center.… …Scarlet fever and a sore foot highlight the sick list at Diggs (1/28/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, January 25, 1906from the Mathews Journal Little Howard Forrest who has been quite sick for two weeks with scarlet fever, is much improved by the skillful nursing… …
Who knows? (1/28/2026) - This photo from the spring of 1977 shows a group of men at Callis Wharf on Gwynn’s Island preparing the poles for pound net fishing. We did not get the… …Popular pastor returns to local churches (1/21/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, Jan. 18, 1906from the Mathews Journal Rev. G.W. Rumagen, so pleasantly remembered here as a loveable man and an attractive pulpit orator, will soon return as pastor… …
Virginia in relief (1/21/2026) - Fourth graders in Debra Marshall’s class at Botetourt Elementary School in Gloucester created salt dough maps in 1988 to display the different natural regions of Virginia. Shown displaying their works,… …
Mexican lessons (1/21/2026) - Mathews High School exchange student Rosamaria Longoria visited third graders at Lee-Jackson Elementary School in January 1986, talking about the eating habits of her native country, Mexico, and providing a… …
Generation to generation (1/21/2026) - In 1986, Bessie Morse, 93, of Hallieford, reacts to ceremonies honoring the slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. She is watching as Dr. King’s widow, Coretta King,… …Child’s Blue Jacket lost, suitable reward for finder (1/14/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, Jan. 11, 1906from the Mathews Journal The Sunday School of St. Paul’s M.E. Church was exceedingly kind and generous to their popular and efficient Superintendent, Mr. S.J.… …
A right royal disappointment (1/14/2026) - Exactly this time 50 years ago, Gloucester County’s bicentennial organizers received a right royal disappointment. In a letter from Buckingham Palace in London, county officials were informed that Queen Elizabeth… …
King Day 2002 (1/14/2026) - Recognitions, speeches and music marked Dr. Martin Luther King Day Jr. in Gloucester and Mathews in 2002. At Gloucester ceremonies honoring the slain civil rights leader, above, Barbara Howard, left,… …Ducking party held on Christmas Day (1/7/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, January 4, 1906from the Mathews Journal The Grace Sunday School exercises were held in Grace Church, Mobjack, last Saturday evening at 6:30. The recitations, which were all… …
Snowed in (1/7/2026) - A heavy snow fell across the area after Christmas 2010, slowing down local life as the new year began. Pepper Love, at right, navigates his shopping cart around the parking… …Remodeled Mathews Baptist Church to be dedicated (12/30/2025) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, Jan. 4, 1906from the Mathews Journal The Mathews Baptist Church will be dedicated on the second Sunday in January, that will be January 14, 1906. We invite… …