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Supervisors express frustration with slow rollout of broadband (10/9/2024) - Gloucester supervisors expressed frustration with the rollout of the Open Broadband project designed to provide underserved homes in the county with access to broadband services during the board’s Oct. 1…
point achilles reunion Achilles Elementary gathering (10/9/2024) - Twenty-three former staff members of Achilles Elementary gathered last Thursday, Oct. 3 for lunch at Nick’s Spaghetti & Steak House to share memories and rekindle old and new friendships. The…
Legacy for Gloucester Citizens to celebrate 2 community leaders (10/9/2024) - The Legacy for Gloucester Citizens will honor the contributions of two distinguished community leaders—the late Rev. Frederick Risdon Miles Carter and Marion Randall—at a special celebration at 5 p.m. Saturday.…
point catch the king Residents invited to participate in community science project (10/9/2024) - The Norfolk-based environmental nonprofit, Wetlands Watch, is seeking volunteers from Oct. 17-20 for its annual partnered community science project, Catch the King. This program invites participants in your own community…
gloucester fire open house GVFR Open House (10/9/2024) - Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad, Inc., held an open house Sunday at Station 1 on Main Street. People got a chance to come out to see the apparatus, take…
gloucester ruritans Plastic bags to park benches (10/9/2024) - Gloucester Ruritan Club members bagged 286.2 pounds of plastic bags since Aug. 31. Members Paul and Barbara Bauer, assisted by Ruritan Zone 4 Governor Don Sandridge (not pictured), delivered the…
Fairfield to hold House Party, candlelight tours of Rosewell (10/9/2024) - The Fairfield Foundation has a pair of upcoming events, starting with Saturday’s annual Historic House Party fundraiser at “Exchange,” 8711 Exchange Lane, Gloucester. From 5-7 p.m., Fairfield staff and the…
Peninsula Campaign topic of talk next week (10/9/2024) - Local author and historian Jeff Toalson will give a talk on the lower Virginia Peninsula from Fort Monroe to Richmond during the opening year of the Civil War on Wednesday,…
1a ghs homecoming GHS homecoming parade tonight (10/9/2024) - The Gloucester High School homecoming parade will step off this evening, Thursday, Oct. 10, from Main Street Center at 5:15, traveling along Main Street until it reaches Botetourt Elementary School.…
1a alzheimers walk 1 Local Walk to End Alzheimer’s raises $65,000 … so far (10/9/2024) - A sea of people dressed in purple descended upon Gloucester Court House on Saturday morning with a single goal in mind—putting an end to a terrible, deadly disease that touches…
general local hurricane helene relief efforts 1 Local residents mobilize for hurricane relief (10/9/2024) - After Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina, it didn’t take long for local individuals, churches and businesses to jump into action and start working on relief efforts. Dozens of people have…
Offices close Monday for holiday (10/9/2024) - All post offices, courts, county offices, libraries, and DMV customer service centers in Gloucester and Mathews will be closed Monday in observance of Columbus Day/Yorktown Victory Day. Gloucester schools will…
Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue to begin insurance-only billing (10/9/2024) - Faced with new regulations that require rescue squads to purchase their own drugs rather than having the hospital provide them, Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad has made the difficult…
other news ride to polls Free rides to the polls (10/9/2024) - “I really want to vote. I just don’t have a ride to the polls.” Well, Bay Transit has taken that excuse off the list. On Tuesday, Nov. 5, Election Day,…
point comet gazing Comet gazing (10/2/2024) - Stargazer Mike Cunningham spotted Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) slightly before sunrise on Sunday while camping out for a shot at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science at Gloucester Point. This was…
point Friends of Machicomoco State Park Music in the Park Tom Euler Trio entertains at park event (10/2/2024) - Friends of Machicomoco State Park held its first Music in the Park event in partnership with Virginia State Parks on Saturday, Sept. 21, at Machicomoco State Park, Hayes. The Tom…
Battle of Hook memorial to be dedicated Oct. 18 (10/2/2024) - A memorial to the French soldiers who fought and died for American independence at the 1781 Battle of the Hook will be dedicated on the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 18…
point tidal flooding Tidal flooding (10/2/2024) - Although the area didn’t experience the flooding that devastated much of the Carolinas and other places as a result of Hurricane Helene, the area did experience some minor tidal flooding…
Harmful Waste Collection to be held Oct. 19 (10/2/2024) - Gloucester County’s Household Harmful Waste Collection Day will be held on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Hayes Convenience Center, located on Guinea Road. At this…
Democrats’ dinner was sold out; Northam speaks (10/2/2024) - The Gloucester County Democratic Committee’s revived seafood dinner fundraiser on Sept. 12 was sold out, a release said. Former Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam was the keynote speaker at the dinner,…
Weather a mixed bag for Jubilee (10/2/2024) - The weather for this year’s Guinea Jubilee was a mixed bag, with rain and mud on opening day Friday, and a bright, hot sun on Saturday. Melissa Ashe, the Jubilee’s…
Walk to End Alzheimer’s Saturday in Gloucester (10/2/2024) - The 2024 Walk to End Alzheimer’s-Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck will be held on Saturday, starting from Botetourt Elementary School, 6361 Main Street, Gloucester. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m., the…
election leslie mehta Democratic nominee Leslie Mehta (10/2/2024) - Leslie Mehta is the Democratic Party candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives’ 1st Congressional District. She is challenging longtime Republican incumbent Rob Wittman. Speaking with the Gazette-Journal in Mathews…
election rob wittman profile Republican nominee Rob Wittman (10/2/2024) - Rep. Rob Wittman of Montross, a Republican, is seeking his ninth full term as Virginia’s 1st Congressional District representative. He is being challenged by Democrat Leslie Mehta of Chesterfield. Stopping…
gloucester fire and rescue 3 Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue to hold open house Sunday (10/2/2024) - An open house will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad Station 1 on Main Street. The occasion will mark the beginning…

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