Machicomoco State Park adopts first master plan (4/1/2026) - The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation has completed a master plan for Machicomoco State Park in Hayes. After going through the master planning process that included evaluating park resources,… …Harmful waste collection April 18 at Hayes Convenience Center (4/1/2026) - Gloucester County will hold a collection of harmful waste from households from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at the Hayes Convenience Center on Guinea Road.County residents can dispose of… …
Helping hands (4/1/2026) - Abingdon Ruritan Club members Joe Whitcomb and Mike Crandall, from left, spent the morning of Saturday, March 21 cleaning up Gloucester Point as part of the 16th annual Spring Clean… …New tool shows three decades of oyster data (4/1/2026) - A new, interactive data platform developed at William & Mary’s Batten School of Coastal & Marine Science and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, in collaboration with the Virginia Marine… …
Gloucester NAACP holds Freedom Fund Banquet at Fine Arts Museum (4/1/2026) - The Freedom Fund Banquet, an annual fundraiser sponsored by the Gloucester Chapter of the NAACP and held on Saturday, March 21 at the Fine Arts Museum of Gloucester, was packed… …
Fire destroys garage, damages motor home (4/1/2026) - A structure fire last Thursday evening in the 10000 block of New Hope Court in Gloucester destroyed a garage and did significant damage to a motor home in the yard… …
Pathways to Leadership (4/1/2026) - A refresher on civics—from the national stage down to the local government level—kicked off the first Pathways to Leadership lecture last Thursday at The First United Baptist Church, hosted by… …Events March 26-April 2 (3/25/2026) - THURSDAY KING’S DAUGHTERS: The Chesapeake Bay Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons will meet at noon today, March 26, in the fellowship hall of New Point Friends Church. SUPERVISORS:… …
Gloucester GOP holds ‘VOTE NO’ town hall (3/25/2026) - The Gloucester County Republican Committee will hold a “VOTE NO” town hall meeting on the redistricting referndum at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25 at the Gloucester Library, Main Street… …
Community invited to hear speaker on autism (3/25/2026) - York River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons has invited the community to its meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 7, for a session on autism. The meeting will… …
Gloucester releases Daffodil Festival documentary (3/25/2026) - “Gloucester Daffodil Festival: The Work Behind the Blooms,” a documentary chronicling the behind-the-scenes efforts of the team that puts the festival together for the public every year, premiered on the… …
Guinea Dipping (3/25/2026) - Gloucester Rowing Association coach Zach Moore (above) gives the call for those signed up for Guinea Dipping to race into the chilly waters of the York River (below) Saturday just… …
Helping hands (3/25/2026) - The Abingdon Ruritan Club’s Public Services Committee handed out water along the route of the March 14 8K/5K run/walk sponsored by the Gloucester County Public Schools Education Foundation. Proceeds raised… …
Model deadrise (3/25/2026) - This Friday, at 6 p.m. at the Buck’s Store Museum in Bena, model boatbuilder Butch Watkins, above, will display his talents in the Guinea Heritage Association’s Fourth Friday program. People… …
Safe driving (3/25/2026) - Atley Wiese, a 17-year-old NASCAR Regional Team teen driver from Hayes, joined forces last week with LifeSafer (a leader in vehicle safety technology) and the Gweedo Memorial Foundation to raise… …
Museum grant will update Battle of the Hook exhibit (3/25/2026) - The Gloucester Museum Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, was awarded the Virginia Humanities Rapid Grant in the amount of $3,500 to update the museum’s Battle of the Hook and Second Surrender… …
Clean Gloucester Day (3/25/2026) - Tiffany Bates and her two sons, Ryan, 6, and Mason, 3, from left, participated in the 16th annual Spring Clean Gloucester Day by picking up litter along Main Street Saturday… …
NARFE officers (3/25/2026) - Middle Peninsula Chapter 1757 of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association inducted officers for the coming year at a program on March 17, with NARFE Virginia Area 1… …
Colorectal cancer on the rise locally (3/25/2026) - March is colorectal cancer awareness month, an umbrella term that encompasses both colon and rectal cancers, a disease that is showing a sharp impact on the local area. Hampton Roads… …
Toll removal (3/25/2026) - Work is beginning to remove the toll booth plaza at the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge by the Virginia Department of Transportation. The tolls came off in August. All work… …
Poland’s Supermarket: Gloucester landmark remembered after fire (3/25/2026) - On the morning of Feb. 7, the Abingdon Volunteer Fire Department responded to a commercial fire on Route 17 at Gloucester Point. The building, mostly recently an auction house, was… …
In a daffodil daze, Camps to serve as this year’s grand marshals (3/25/2026) - The Gloucester County Daffodil Festival parade will be led by Jim and Susan Camp of Ordinary, and is scheduled to step off from Main Street Center at 10 o’clock Saturday… …
Election signs (3/25/2026) - With voting underway at Gloucester’s Central Absentee Precinct, the county has designated an area, shown above, where campaign signs may be placed. The site, in the parking lot behind county… …
Daffodil poster (3/25/2026) - The unveiling of this year’s winning Daffodil Festival poster was held at a reception on March 14 at the Fine Arts Museum of Gloucester. Artist Abbey Turner, above, is this… …
Queen’s Tea (3/25/2026) - This year’s Daffodil Festival Princesses and Little Miss contestants enjoyed an afternoon of elegance and tradition at the March 15 Queen’s Tea at Warner Hall. Taking part were, bottom row… …