Proposed Dominion merger meets resistance (10/21/2026) - Recently, Dominion Energy has been making headlines with its proposed $67 billion merger with Florida-based NextEra Energy—the world’s largest electric utility holding company. Combined, the two would create the world’s… …
Ruritan garage sale (10/21/2026) - The Gloucester Ruritan Club recently held its fall garage sale on the lawn of The Offices of Hogge and Serio on Route 17. The event is the club’s primary fundraising… …Decorate sugar cookies at Gloucester Library Nov. 7 (10/21/2026) - Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, will have a holiday cookie decorating program on Saturday, Nov. 7 from 2-4:30 p.m. Enhance your cookie decorating skills to create sugar cookies… …
Events Oct. 22-28 (10/21/2026) - THURSDAY LEADERSHIP SEMINAR: The Gloucester Branch of the NAACP will have a Pathways to Leadership Seminar on the Courts, the School Board, and the School Superintendent at 6 o’clock tonight,… …
Lafayette author to speak in Gloucester, Mathews (10/21/2026) - Author Ryan Cole will discuss his book, “The Last Adieu,” about the Marquis de Lafayette’s return to America decades after the American Revolution, in back-to-back programs in Gloucester and Mathews… …
Library to show horror film Oct. 29 (10/21/2026) - Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, will show a horror movie about a haunted hotel room on Thursday, Oct. 29, beginning at 6 p.m. The movie is based on… …
Trick-or-Treat on Main Street to be held on Oct. 31 (10/21/2026) - Preparations are underway for Trick-or-Treat on Main Street, the annual Gloucester Halloween celebration, happening from 5-7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31. Main Street will be closed to through traffic from… …
‘Souls to the Polls’ to be held Sunday in Gloucester (10/21/2026) - “Souls to the Polls,” an event to encourage people to take the short walk from the Tucker Store Pocket Park on Gloucester’s court circle to Gloucester County’s Building 1 (where… …
Workshop on Guinea marshes to be held Saturday (10/21/2026) - A program to gather public opinions on the Guinea marshes will be held from 3-6 p.m. Saturday at the Abingdon Ruritan Club, 8784 Guinea Road, Bena. The workshop is a… …
Library to hold melted crayon jewelry program Nov. 5 (10/21/2026) - Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, will hold a program on Thursday, Nov. 5, beginning at 2 p.m., where participants will melt crayons to make jewelry. Learn how to… …
Rabies clinic to be held at GHS Nov. 7 (10/14/2026) - Gloucester County Animal Control is holding a fall rabies clinic for cats and dogs at Gloucester High School on Nov. 7 from 1-3 p.m. The cost is $10 per pet… …
Retiring Coast Guard member starts hot shot trucking (10/14/2026) - David Martin, local to Gloucester, started his business Anchor Point Transport in August. In preparing to retire from the United States Coast Guard, he wanted to find a job that… …
Random Acts of Service (10/14/2026) - The Epsilon Eta chapter of the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority joined with friends from First Baptist Ordinary, set up at the First Baptist Church along 17 in Ordinary to give… …
Fall Festival (10/14/2026) - Gloucester Point Baptist Church held its Fall Festival on Saturday with over 150 people attending. The festival featured inflatables, hayrides, pony rides, face-painting, games, crafts, popcorn, sno-cones, cotton candy, and… …
The spirit of Halloween (10/14/2026) - Halloween is almost here and the Joyce family of Hayes is already in the spirit. Jason Joyce, his daughter Emma, wife Christine and son Parker, from left, stand in the… …
Falcon 9 launch (10/14/2026) - Hayes photographer Mike Cunningham captured this image of the SpaceX launch of the Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday morning from Cape Canaveral. “The launches from Florida are happening so often,… …
Astronomy event at Machicomoco on Oct. 24 (10/14/2026) - The Friends of Machicomoco State Park is once again partnering with the NASA Langley Skywatchers to put on an Astronomy in the Park event at Machicomoco State Park, Hayes. The… …
Lemonade stand (10/14/2026) - Sisters Mackinac and Layne Hall set up a lemonade stand along Gloucester’s Main Street on Tuesday. …Lecture Saturday on Yorktown Campaign (10/14/2026) - A lecture about the Yorktown Campaign of 1781 featuring Major General Vicent de Kytspotter, retired from the French Army, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Fine Arts… …
Knights of Columbus Council celebrates 40th anniversary (10/14/2026) - Knights of Columbus Council 9428 celebrated its 40th anniversary on Sunday at the Church of St. Therese, Gloucester. The council, a mainstay of community and Catholic religious life in Gloucester… …We want your cake recipes (10/14/2026) - The Gazette-Journal will hold a Cake-O-Rama to add some sweet delight to the upcoming holidays. Bakers are invited to send us their favorite cake recipes, as many as they like,… …
Workshop on Guinea marshes set for Oct. 24 (10/14/2026) - Community members are invited to a workshop on the future of the Guinea marshes, to be held from 3-6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Abingdon Ruritan Club, Bena.… …
VIMS announces October programming (10/7/2026) - The College of William and Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science and Batten School, Gloucester Point, has announced its program calendar for the month of October.Lab & Trunk-or-TreatVIMS will host… …
EPA grant to fund remote monitoring of marsh vegetation (10/7/2026) - The William & Mary Batten School and Virginia Institute of Marine Science’s Center for Coastal Resources Management has received a grant for $118,318 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.The funding… …
Archaeological dig (10/7/2026) - Dr. Colleen Betti, alongside members of the Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation Descendents Community and the Fairfield Foundation, conducted an archaeological dig at the Woodville Rosenwald School, Hayes, on Sept. 18.… …