$1M grant to be used to conserve Upper Mattaponi (10/25/2023) - The Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe, located in King William County, received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, part of a nearly $10 million investment into restoring… …
Yorktown hosts Paws at the River (10/25/2023) - Yorktown Market Days will hold Paws at the River on Saturday along the Yorktown waterfront, a celebration of our four-legged friends. Presented by York County and the Riverwalk Landing Business… …
Yorktown Tea Festival to be held Nov. 8-10 (10/25/2023) - Tickets are on sale for a three-day Yorktown Tea Festival, to be held Nov. 8-10 at several locations in the historic town. Tickets are $10 per day, available at EventBright.com/Yorktown… …
Events Oct. 19-26 (10/18/2023) - THURSDAY SOCIAL SERVICES: The Gloucester County Social Services Board will meet at 7:30 this morning, Thursday, Oct. 19, in Social Services’ conference room. EQUALIZATON: The Mathews County Board of Equalization… …
Bill Jenkins and Va. Mountain Boys to perform at Buck’s Store (10/18/2023) - Bill Jenkins and the Virginia Mountain Boys will be in concert on Saturday, Oct. 28 at Buck’s Store Museum, Bena, starting at 7 p.m. Jenkins, a singer, songwriter and cross-picking… …
Mathews NAACP holds Freedom Fund banquet (10/18/2023) - Eighty-five people attended the Mathews Branch NAACP Freedom Fund banquet held on Saturday, Oct. 7 at the Church of Francis de Sales in Mathews. This event serves as a fundraiser… …
TOGA to take part in Taste of Middlesex Saturday (10/18/2023) - The Tidewater Oyster Gardener’s Association will have an informational display and an indoor Oysters 101 training at the Deltaville Maritime Museum during the museum’s Taste of Middlesex on Saturday. Spat… …
‘Shucks for Bucks’ fundraiser Friday at West Point (10/18/2023) - “Shucks for Bucks,” a fundraiser for the Relay for Life of New Kent Team “Pointed Toward A Cure,” will be held this Friday during West Point’s Food Trucks by the… …
252 patients seen at RAM free medical clinic in Westmoreland (10/18/2023) - A total of 252 patients received more than $117,000 in free medical, dental and vision services at last month’s Remote Area Medical clinic held at Westmoreland High School, Montross. More… …
NN Farm Museum Fall Festival to be held Saturday (10/18/2023) - The Northern Neck Farm Museum’s Fall Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, weather permitting. For an admission fee of $10, the corn maze, corn wagon,… …
1773 Baptist Preacher Trial to be presented at Gloucester Library (10/18/2023) - The Gloucester Museum of History will host a special program at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16, an interactive living history performance of the 1773 Baptist Preacher Trial. The program… …
Vietnam intelligence flyer to speak in Topping (10/18/2023) - Thirty-year Air Force veteran Mike Kenna will speak on his experiences with the QU 22B—Igloo White Mission in the late 1960s at 11:30 a.m. today, Thursday, Oct. 19, at The… …
Countywide pickup Saturday (10/11/2023) - Gloucester Clean Community is signing up volunteers to take part Saturday in the biannual Clean Gloucester Day. Hours are 8 a.m.-noon. Volunteers pick up roadsides and public spaces such as… …
Coming Events (10/11/2023) - THURSDAY SENIOR HEALTH FAIR: Sanders will hold its first Senior Living Health Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at the Riverside Wellness and Fitness Center, Gloucester. The fair… …
Ruritans, NAACP to hold candidate forums (10/4/2023) - The Piankatank Ruritan Club in Hudgins will host a forum from 6:30-9 o’clock tonight for school board, sheriff, commissioner of the revenue, and commonwealth’s attorney. This follows last week’s Ruritan… …
Boating safety class to be held Oct. 21 at MVRS building (10/4/2023) - A free boating safety class will be offered from 8:30 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Mathews Volunteer Rescue Squad on Cricket Hill Road in Hudgins. Experienced… …
‘Vote No’ meeting on referendum Tuesday (10/4/2023) - A “Vote No” meeting in opposition to the Nov. 7 ballot initiative calling for the issuance of $39.58 million in bonds for a number of county capital projects has been… …
Museum to host tea, fashion show (10/4/2023) - Visitors at the Mathews Historical Museum will explore the “Underside of History” in an afternoon tea and fashion show, to be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, in the… …
Mathews lighthouse keepers to be honored Saturday (10/4/2023) - Six Mathews County lighthouse keepers will be honored Saturday in ceremonies at three cemeteries, conducted by the U.S. Lighthouse Society and its Chesapeake Chapter. A USLHS marker will be unveiled… …
Events Oct. 6-Oct. 13 (10/4/2023) - THURSDAY PARKS & REC: The Mathews Parks and Recreation Advisory Board will meet at 2 o’clock today, Thursday, Oct. 5, in the conference room at Chesapeake Bank, 10839 Buckley Hall… …
Gloucester library announces upcoming programs (10/4/2023) - The Gloucester County Public Library will hold several programs this month at the Main Street Center location. The library will host author Lorraine Hanson and her English Angora and French… …
Talk in Gloucester on feral cats Oct. 18 (10/4/2023) - Charles Brown, executive director of the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society, will discuss Gloucester’s feral cat problem at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, at Edge Hill House in Gloucester village. His talk… …
King and Queen historical marker to memorialize lynching victim (10/4/2023) - A state historical highway marker to memorialize James Horace Carter, an African-American man who was lynched 100 years ago will be dedicated at noon on Saturday in King and Queen… …Crab Carnival this weekend (10/4/2023) - The 41st annual Crab Carnival will be held in downtown West Point on Friday and Saturday. One of Virginia’s most popular and longest-running fall festivals, the West Point Crab Carnival… …
Ship Modelers Guild (10/4/2023) - John Earl and Roland Griffin Jr., from left, showed members of the Deltaville Ship Modelers Guild the recently installed wooden boat modeling exhibit in the Deltaville Maritime Museum. The guild,… …