Guinea Jubilee returns Friday, Saturday (9/27/2023) - The 42nd annual Guinea Jubilee will be held Friday and Saturday in and around the Abingdon Ruritan Club festival grounds, Bena. The jubilee kicks off at 3 p.m. Friday with… …
Pace elected president of international organization (9/27/2023) - Sandy Pace of Gloucester, a longtime member of the York River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons, has achieved an honor that very few can claim—she has been elected… …
GHS homecoming court (9/27/2023) - Gloucester High School will celebrate its homecoming with a parade this evening, a football game Friday night against the visiting Menchville Monarchs and a dance Saturday night. This year’s homecoming… …
Wading through (9/27/2023) - Mike and Chrissie Stafford of Hayes, take a stroll through water washing across the parking lot at Gloucester Point beach on Saturday during high tide at around 4 p.m. Tropical… …Supervisors approve spending of 1st wave of opioid funds (9/27/2023) - The Gloucester Board of Supervisors recently approved the spending of the first wave of funding from the opioid settlement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals that saw the county receive an initial payment… …
Thanking first responders (9/27/2023) - The Smile Group, a family and cosmetic dentistry practice with locations in Mathews, West Point, Williamsburg, Chesapeake, Kiln Creek and Virginia Beach, recently marked the anniversary of 9/11 by donating… …
Patriot Day (9/27/2023) - Boy Scout Troop 113 celebrated Patriot Day on Sept. 11 by waving flags and homemade signs at passing cars out front of Abingdon Episcopal Church, White Marsh. The Scouts did… …VIMS assesses living shoreline (9/27/2023) - Werowocomoco, an archaeological site located on the north side of the York River in Gloucester, has experienced nearly 100 feet of lost shoreline since the 1930s due to erosion and… …
Vote Yes for Gloucester holds event for bond referendum (9/27/2023) - A group of more than 80 Gloucester citizens came together last week to learn more about and express support for the bond referendum on the Nov. 7 ballot. Residents of… …
Gleaning Baptist receives pantry makeover (9/27/2023) - Gleaning Baptist Church, Harcum, unveiled its new food pantry Friday after being selected for the ninth annual Food Lion Feeds Great Pantry Makeover. According to Donna Tighe, Director of Development… …Registration underway for Christmas and Holiday Parade (9/27/2023) - Although it’s still September, the holidays will be here before you know it. In that spirit (the spirit of the season), registration is now underway for Gloucester’s 2023 Christmas and… …
Senior Living Health Fair to be held Oct. 12 (9/27/2023) - Sanders will hold its first Senior Living Health Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 12, at the Riverside Wellness and Fitness Center, Gloucester. The fair is… …
Grand marshal (9/27/2023) - Betty Lou Setterholm Sammons was named this year’s Guinea Jubilee grand marshal during the Sept. 10 Guinea Heritage Day program. This table was filled with photos of her, as well… …
Heritage Day crowd (9/27/2023) - A large crowd filled the Abingdon Ruritan Club building on Sept. 10 for Guinea Heritage Day, getting a chance to bid on Guinea cakes, pick up Guinea Jubilee merchandise and… …
First Morning Star (9/27/2023) - Photos, church programs and other memorabilia from First Morning Star Baptist Church adorns a table at the Abingdon Ruritan Club during the Sept. 10 Guinea Heritage Day program. First Morning… …
Union Baptist (9/27/2023) - Stop #3 on the Guinea Heritage Driving Tour is Union Baptist Church. This display at Guinea Heritage Day includes photographs and historical items from the church that first organized in… …
Buck’s Store display (9/27/2023) - Buck’s Store Museum is the first stop on the Guinea Heritage Driving Tour. It was also the first display table at Guinea Heritage Day, which was held on Sunday, Sept.… …
Guinea Jubilee merchandise (9/27/2023) - Although this year’s Guinea Jubilee T-shirt wasn’t ready in time for the Sept. 10 Guinea Heritage Day program, people lined up to purchase other memorabilia, as well as placing advance… …
Home Grown (9/27/2023) - Guinea Jubilee co-chairman Ryan Ashe unveiled the design for this year’s T-shirt at Guinea Heritage Day. The design includes a photo of a number of oyster cans and a pair… …
Student art winners (9/27/2023) - The Guinea Heritage Association recognized its 2023 Guinea Jubilee student art winners during Guinea Heritage Day on Sunday, Sept. 10, at the Abingdon Ruritan Club building, Bena. The winners are,… …
Tidbits of Time in Guinea (9/27/2023) - (Excerpted from the original, which can be found at Buck’s Store Museum in Bena.) Come walk with me down Memory Lane. The road is wide and well paved. We have… …
Who is Paul Brown? (9/27/2023) - Who is Paul Brown, who wrote the retrospective articles that appear in this section? Paul Lafayette Brown, born in Guinea, was a chronicler of the region and its families, said… …Guinea; a journey of the past, in my imagination (9/27/2023) - (Excerpted from the original, which can be found at Buck’s Store Museum in Bena. Paul Brown dedicated this work to the memory of his parents, Alton and Lela Brown.) In… …
From the files … (9/27/2023) - Conditions at Severn School, a school for white children, were described this way in the Gazette-Journal in September, 1948: “…Patrons offered their three-room school for comparison with any school in… …
Look out for others during Bicyclist, Pedestrian Awareness Month (9/27/2023) - As Bicyclist and Pedestrian Awareness Month approaches next week, every road user should be mindful of an alarming uptick in nationwide fatalities involving walkers and bikers, a release from the… …