Yard, bake sale Saturday at legion post (9/18/2024) - American Legion Auxiliary Post 75, Gloucester, will hold its indoor yard sale and bake sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the post headquarters at 5849 American Legion… …
‘Pages of Rosewell’ topic of Monday talk (9/18/2024) - The Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia will meet at 10 a.m. Monday in the Community Room of the Gloucester Library, Main Street Center. The program, “The Pages of Rosewell,” will… …
River Country Quilters to meet Sept. 27 (9/18/2024) - Quilter Emma Jane Powell, an instructor at the Cary (N.C.) Quilting Company, will be the guest speaker at the Friday, Sept. 27 meeting of the River Country Quilters, speaking about… …Special closed meeting today on Hole in the Wall (9/18/2024) - Mathews County Board of Supervisors’ chair Janice Phillips has scheduled a special meeting to hold a closed session at 4 o’clock today, Thursday, Sept. 19, in the historic courthouse on… …
Lecture next week on ‘Forgotten Black Patriots’ (9/18/2024) - Mathews County Historical Society, in partnership with Mathews Memorial Library, will host a lecture titled, “Forgotten Black Patriots, Loyalists and Women,” at 7 p.m. next Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, at… …Virginia State Fair opens Sept. 27 (9/18/2024) - “Where Homegrown Happens” is more than a theme for 2024’s State Fair of Virginia. It’s also a calling. Virginia’s dairy farmers, food banks, scholarship competitors and families in need will… …
Touch-A-Truck to be held at Woodville Park (9/18/2024) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism will hold Touch-A-Truck from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5 at Woodville Park, Hayes. People of all ages are invited to meet… …
Tom Euler Trio to perform Saturday at Machicomoco State Park (9/18/2024) - The Tom Euler Trio, a progressive blues/rock group from Virginia, will perform Saturday at Machicomoco State Park, Hayes. The concert, sponsored by the Friends of Machicomoco State Park, will be… …West Point to hold Food Trucks by the River on Friday (9/18/2024) - Musician Jim Davidson will perform and there will be plenty to eat and drink at West Point’s Pavilion at Riverwalk Park from 5-8 p.m. Friday for the City of West… …
Virginia’s Rosenwald Schools topic of documentary (9/18/2024) - A free documentary film, “Monuments with Blackboards” exploring the history of Rosenwald Schools in Virginia will be shown at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, at the Virginia Museum of History… …
TOGA’s Fall Float Sale to be held Oct. 12 (9/18/2024) - The Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association’s Fall Float Sale will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 12 at Camp Kekoka, 1083 Boys Camp Road, Kilmarnock. This will… …
NARFE presentation (9/18/2024) - NARFE Chapter president Bob Howe, right, shakes the hand of Deputy Bill Adams of the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office during Tuesday’s monthly luncheon of Chapter 1757 of National Active and… …Riverside to hold flu vaccine clinic Oct. 9 (9/18/2024) - Riverside Health is holding a free flu vaccine drive-thru clinic for those aged 9 years and older on Wednesday, Oct. 9 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Dominion Energy… …
Heart of Service Award (9/18/2024) - Sareeta Spriggs, daughter of Faye (“Bea”) Spriggs and the late Donnie (“Lucky”) Spriggs of Mathews, was honored with the Heart of Service Award by Alpha Eta Theta Christian Sorority, Inc.… …Coming Events (9/18/2024) - THURSDAY SOCIAL SERVICES: The Gloucester Social Services Board will meet at 7:30 this morning, Thursday, Sept. 19, at 6641 Short Lane, Gloucester. SUPERVISORS: The Mathews County Board of Supervisors will… …
Supporting Mathews schools (9/18/2024) - Members of the Mathews Lions Club recently made a $300 donation to the Mathews County Public Schools, intended as discretionary money for each school principal, a release said. Club president… …Celtic service at parish house Sunday (9/11/2024) - A Celtic Service will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, at Kingston Parish Chapel, 370 Main Street, Mathews. The service will harken back in time to the period from… …
Library to hold program on investing (9/11/2024) - Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, will hold a program on tax-advantaged investments on Sept. 26, beginning at 6 p.m. Carlos Britos, financial advisor at Edward Jones, will present… …
Financial planning session offered in Mathews (9/11/2024) - A public session on personal and financial planning, sponsored by the Mathews Community Foundation, will be held from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, at Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church,… …
Genealogist to discuss restoring abandoned cemetery (9/11/2024) - A researcher will talk about “Reclaiming an Abandoned Family Cemetery: Challenges and Opportunities,” in Saturday’s online meeting of the Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society. The virtual meeting begins… …
Aviation group meets next week (9/11/2024) - Northern Neck-Middle Peninsula Chapter of the Virginia Aeronautical Historical Society will hold its monthly buffet lunch meeting next Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Pilot House Restaurant, located on Route 3… …
Irvington UMC to hold Distinctive Bazaar (9/11/2024) - Irvington United Methodist Church will hold its 27th annual Distinctive Bazaar of the Northern Neck on Saturdays, Oct. 5 and Nov. 2. The bazaar coincides with the Irvington Farmers’ Market.… …
‘Get Out the Vote!’ postcard-writing party planned (9/11/2024) - A “Get Out the Vote!” postcard-writing party, hosted by the Joint Peace and Social Justice Committee of UUFR (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Rappahannock) and the Heathsville Quaker Worship Group,… …
Presidency of John Adams topic of Sept. 19 talk (9/11/2024) - Historic Christ Church & Museum’s 2024 Summer Speaker Series “The First Three: From Washington to Jefferson” concludes next week with a look at the presidency of John Adams. Historian Lindsay… …
Local fiber artist invited to participate in Smithsonian show (9/11/2024) - Barbara Brecher of North-umberland County, a fiber artist and owner of I Felt Fine Design, has been invited to participate, for the second time, in the Smithsonian Craft2Wear show in… …