Glo-BEE (9/18/2024) - Gloucester County Government announced on Monday that local resident Alissa Tanner won the naming contest for its new Bee Mascot. The name she submitted—Glo-BEE—garnered the most votes, as it reflects… …
Gloucester’s wine festival returns under new name (9/18/2024) - The Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual wine festival from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Brent & Becky’s Bulbs. The one-day event will be operating… …
Hall, Marble honored with memorial garden (9/18/2024) - Sanders, a retirement community in Gloucester Court House, and Gloucester Rotary Club have teamed up to establish a memorial garden for lifelong Gloucester residents Robert “Bob” Marble and James Ellis… …Survey seeks input on Gloucester comp plan update (9/18/2024) - Gloucester County will be gathering public feedback from residents to assist with updating the county’s Comprehensive Plan through a random sample survey administered by Zencity. The survey, which is designed… …
Early voting begins Friday (9/18/2024) - Early voting in the Nov. 5 presidential election begins at 8:30 a.m. this Friday, Sept. 20, and the local voter registrars, Carla Faulkner in Mathews and Bobbi Morgan in Gloucester,… …
Fall begins Sunday (9/18/2024) - Fall begins at 8:44 a.m. Sunday, the moment of the autumnal equinox. From then until the spring equinox, each 24-hour period will have more darkness than daylight. …
Plant Extravaganza to be held Friday, Saturday at Moose Lodge (9/11/2024) - The Gloucester Master Gardeners 22nd annual Plant Extravaganza will be held on Friday and Saturday at the Gloucester Moose Lodge, 6565 Moose Drive. The Master Gardeners will have a variety… …
Legion breakfast on Sunday (9/11/2024) - American Legion Post 75, Gloucester, will hold its monthly community breakfast from 8-11:30 a.m. Sunday at the post home, 5849 American Legion Way. The breakfast is $12 for adults; $6… …
Never forget (9/11/2024) - As in years past, Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad, Inc., flew an American flag atop Station 1 in Gloucester Court House on Wednesday morning in memory of the lives… …
Shirley West Hogge named Guinea Grand Marshal (9/11/2024) - After 25 years of serving Guinea neighbors as a technology assistant at Achilles Elementary and as a community volunteer, and with a lifetime on the water, Shirley West Hogge was… …Gloucester planners recommend denial of event venue (9/11/2024) - The Gloucester County Planning Commission met last Thursday in the colonial courthouse where members unanimously voted to recommend denial of a proposed conditional use permit to establish an event venue… …
Historical interpreter tells tale of James Armistead Lafayette (9/11/2024) - Gloucester’s colonial courthouse was packed with history buffs on Sunday as actor/interpreter Stephen Seals slipped casually into the persona of James Armistead Lafayette, an enslaved African American who spied for… …
Bear donation (9/11/2024) - The Knights of Columbus Council 9428 of St. Therese Roman Catholic Church, Gloucester, donated 50 teddy bears to the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office last Thursday to be kept in patrol… …Left turns closed from Windsor Road to Route 14 (9/9/2024) - Left turns from Route 3 (Windsor Road) onto Route 14 eastbound to Mathews are being prohibited by the Virginia Department of Transportation starting Monday, Sept. 9, because of the work… …
Supporting GUEST (9/4/2024) - Members of the Exchange Club of Gloucester-Mathews spent Saturday helping the Gloucester United Emergency Shelter Team program. They worked at the GUEST house in Gloucester, trimming trees and bushes, power… …PCL to hold program on Care Clinic (9/4/2024) - The Piankatank Commu-nity League, Harcum, will hold a program on the Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic on Thursday, Sept. 19, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the league’s building. GMCC Director of Patient… …
GREA to hold fall luncheon Sept. 26 (9/4/2024) - The Gloucester Retired Educators Association will hold its catered fall luncheon at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26, at the DAV building, 6265 Professional Drive, Gloucester. The guest speaker will… …
School spirit on display (9/4/2024) - School spirit was on full display last week, with both Gloucester and Mathews hosting home football games. Above, Hannah Turnage of the Gloucester High School color guard team performs with… …
VMRC committee recommends no crab dredge season (9/4/2024) - A Virginia Marine Resources Commission committee has recommended that the state agency not open a crab dredge fishery this winter in Virginia waters. At its Aug. 20 meeting, the Crab… …Board approves revised zoning ordinance (9/4/2024) - Gloucester supervisors held a pair of public hearings at its meeting Tuesday night in the T.C. Walker Education Center Auditorium. The hearings were held to consider a revised zoning ordinance… …
Guinea Heritage Day to be held Sunday (9/4/2024) - Guinea Heritage Day, a celebration of all things Guinea, will be held Sunday afternoon at the Abingdon Ruritan Club, Bena. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. and the program begins at… …
Revolutionary War program Sunday (9/4/2024) - Actor/interpreter Stephen Seals of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation will take spectators back to the Revolutionary War era as he portrays James Armistead Lafayette, an enslaved African American who became a… …Gloucester Day to be observed Saturday (9/4/2024) - The third annual Gloucester Day, which will include a transatlantic live broadcast between Gloucester, Virginia, Gloucester Township, New Jersey, and Gloucester, United Kingdom, will be held on Saturday. The live… …
‘Sammy’s Job’ published by Guinea Heritage Association (9/4/2024) - Jerry Varner of the Historical Committee of the Guinea Heritage Association announced last week the publication of “Sammy’s Job.” “Sammy’s Job” is the fictional account of the adventures of Sammy,… …
Over The Edge (9/4/2024) - Dressed as Spider-man and a butterfly, Mimi and Martin Weatherwax, the children of Marsha Weatherwax of Hayes, rappelled 11 stories (150 feet) down the side of the Marriott City Center… …