Community Thanksgiving meals next week (11/19/2025) - Thanksgiving is only a week away and churches in Gloucester and Mathews counties invite the public to share in the celebration. Abingdon Episcopal Church will open its doors once again… …Early deadlines for Thanksgiving (11/19/2025) - The Gazette-Journal will print our Thanksgiving issue (Nov. 27) one day early, on Tuesday, Nov. 25, rather than the traditional Wednesday afternoon. This should allow complete distribution of the paper… …
Closings next week for Thanksgiving (11/19/2025) - All post offices, ABC stores, and waste facilities in Gloucester and Mathews will be closed next Thursday, Nov. 27, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Courts, county offices, and DMV… …
Honoring veterans (11/19/2025) - Members of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75, Gloucester, stopped by Riverside Sanders on Veterans Day to take part in a program to honor veterans living at the Gloucester retirement community.… …
Veteran salute (11/19/2025) - Tyler Sigmon of Hayes, was one of several members of the Langley Youth Bowling League who honored veterans at a program at the Langley Lanes Bowling Center on the Hampton… …Library to hold children’s navigation program Nov. 29 (11/12/2025) - Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, will hold the program, “Learning to Navigate the Great Outdoors,” at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 29, for children in second to fifth… …
Events Nov. 13-20 (11/12/2025) - THURSDAY TOURISM: The Gloucester Tourism Advisory Committee will meet at 4 o’clock today, Thursday, Nov. 13, at the Museum of History, 6539 Main Street. UTILITIES: The Gloucester Utilities Advisory Committee… …
Morning Glory Church marks138 years (11/12/2025) - Morning Glory Baptist Church at Woods Cross Roads will mark its 138th anniversary on Sunday. The day will include a sermon at the 11 a.m. Holy Communion service by Pastor… …
Legionnaires to hold breakfast Sunday (11/12/2025) - American Legion Post 75, Gloucester, will hold its monthly community breakfast Sunday from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The breakfast, featuring biscuits, eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, sausage gravy, coffee and… …
Gloucester 4-H continues pet food drive (11/12/2025) - The Gloucester Animal Science 4-H Club continues its pet food and supply drive for Gloucester County Animal Control and other local animal rescue organizations. The club will be accepting donations… …
GCFL to hold annual meeting next week (11/12/2025) - The Gloucester County Friends of the Library will hold its annual meeting at noon Tuesday in the community room of Gloucester County Public Library’s Main Street Center location. Everyone is… …
GURA holds Veterans Day program (11/12/2025) - The Gloucester Union Relief Association of Missionary Baptist organized a Veterans Day program, “A Salute to Our Veterans,” held Tuesday morning at First Morning Star Baptist Church in Bena. “All… …
Legion holds Veterans Day program in Gloucester (11/12/2025) - American Legion Gloucester Post 75 held a Veterans Day program at the Gloucester County Veterans’ Memorial Wall on Sunday to honor veterans of all wars fought by the United States.… …Extended wait times expected during bridge openings (11/12/2025) - Drivers crossing the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge can expect increased delays during bridge openings, the Virginia Department of Transportation announced last week. VDOT alerted motorists and maritime traffic of… …
Planners recommend denial of townhome rezoning (11/12/2025) - The Gloucester County Planning Commission unanimously voted last Thursday to recommend denial of a rezoning application that would allow 120 townhouse units on nearly 30 acres of land between Tidemill… …
Touch a Truck (11/12/2025) - Friends Kaylee Strader and Thomas Hunter of Gloucester, accompanied by Thomas’s father Brandon Hunter, tried out the driver’s seat of a McCormick Farmall tractor owned by Buck Richardson of Gloucester… …Shellfish aquaculture surpassespre-pandemic levels (11/12/2025) - The market for farmed shellfish in Virginia has grown dramatically in the past five years, according to the latest industry report from William & Mary’s Batten School of Coastal &… …
Memorial dedication Sunday at Buck’s Store (11/12/2025) - The Guinea Heritage Association will dedicate its new Watermen’s Memorial at 3 p.m. Sunday at Buck’s Store Museum in Bena. The memorial was created to honor the men and women… …
Appreciation letter (11/12/2025) - The Gloucester Rowing Association presented the Abingdon Ruritan Club a letter of appreciation at the club’s Oct. 20 meeting. The Abingdon Club has been a supporter of GRA for over… …Gloucester Democrats will not meet in November (11/12/2025) - The Gloucester County Democratic Committee will not meet in November. “We are all taking a well-deserved break after the work we put into the 2025 election,” said GCDC secretary Sarajane… …
Kiwanis Club to hold Christmas Bazaar this weekend (11/12/2025) - The Gloucester Kiwanis Club will have a Christmas Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Boys & Girls Club, 7066 Hayes Shopping Center, Hayes. Handmade… …
Rick n Roast (11/12/2025) - Brothers Ben and Sam Adams of York, Pennsylvania, play the drums and fife, respectively, during Sunday’s Fairfield Foundation’s Rick n Roast at the Rosewell Ruins in Gloucester. The event involved… …Gloucester supervisors hold two public hearings (11/12/2025) - Due to recent state legislation, the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to approve the consolidation of two chapters in the county code that govern stormwater management (chapter 6)… …
Ant’s GANG trophy (11/12/2025) - James and Savannah Calloway were the winners of the Ant’s GANG trophy at Saturday’s Middle Peninsula Classic Cruisers’ Shop With A Cop car show, which was held at Main Street… …
Porsche Fun Run (11/12/2025) - The First Settlers Region Porsche Club held a Fun Run on Saturday, Nov. 1. The two-hour jaunt started in West Point and ended in Ware Neck. “Tourmeister” Ed Merry, with… …