Slight increase in local condemned waters (7/10/2024) - A total of 6,800 acres in local waters are partially or completely closed to shellfish harvesting, according to the annual report compiled by the Gazette-Journal. This marks a slight increase… …Planners to hold zoning ordinance hearing tonight (7/10/2024) - The Gloucester County Planning Commission is holding a public hearing on the proposed zoning ordinance update at 7 o’clock tonight, Thursday, July 11, in the colonial courthouse. Every property owner… …
1774 Gloucester County Resolves Sunday (7/10/2024) - At 2 p.m. Sunday, the Gloucester colonial courthouse will play host to the 1774 Gloucester County Resolves, marking the 250th anniversary of one of the more significant local events in… …
Gloucester supervisors to meet Tuesday (7/10/2024) - The Gloucester Board of Supervisors will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the colonial courthouse. On the agenda is a resolution supporting four proposed SMART SCALE projects from the Virginia… …
VDOT meeting next week on Woods Cross Roads proposal (7/10/2024) - The intersection of Route 17 and Woods Cross Road, which is located in the northern part of Gloucester, has been a subject of concern over the years. The Virginia Department… …
School Briefs (7/10/2024) - Elianna Tirado of Gloucester, Addy Silberhorn of Gloucester Point, and Hayes Burton of Port Haywood, were named to the dean’s list at Hollins University for the spring 2024 semester. To… …
Gloucester Library to hold Comix Con Aug. 3 (7/10/2024) - The Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, will hold its seventh annual Comix Con from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3. This year’s event will celebrate… …
GMHS encourages participation in summer reading program (7/10/2024) - The Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society is again holding its summer reading program for all ages, “Rescue Readers,” with this year’s theme centered on pirates. “It’s always Rescue Readers, but the theme… …P.E.O. meeting (7/10/2024) - P.E.O. Chapter BW held its June meeting at the newly renovated Woodville Rosenwald School in Gloucester. After the meeting, members took a tour through the school led by Bambi Thompson.… …
Harris honored as GREA ‘Retired Educator of the Year’ (7/10/2024) - Wyllona E. Harris was named the 2024 Retired Educator of the Year on June 27 by the Gloucester Retired Educators Association (GREA). She was honored recently during a luncheon at… …
Donation (7/10/2024) - The Piankatank Community League, Harcum, donated $250 to the Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation on July 6. PCL vice chair Mary Olekszyk is shown here presenting the donation to foundation president… …
Honoring vets (7/10/2024) - Members of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75 delivered goodie bags filled with treats and handmade cards to veterans in care for Independence Day. Deliveries were made to Sanders, Walter… …Honor rolls announced (7/10/2024) - Gloucester High School Gloucester High School recently released its honor rolls for the fourth quarter of the 2023-2024 school year. Students receiving all As during the marking period were: Seniors—Jacob… …
Jigsaw champs (7/10/2024) - Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, held its Jigsaw Puzzle Showdown on June 20. Team members Melody Beshel, Beth Hogge, Tori Bridges and Julia Webb, clockwise from left, won… …School board celebrates student summer work (7/10/2024) - The Gloucester County School Board met Tuesday night in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium to cover an array of agenda topics, including listening to students talk about their academic… …
11-year-old Gloucester girl qualifies for AAU Junior Olympics (7/10/2024) - An 11-year-old Gloucester County girl earned a spot in the 2024 AAU Junior Olympics following her performance in the AAU Region 5 Qualifier on June 26-29 at Todd Stadium in… …
BC United to hold Back to School Block Party Aug. 17 (7/10/2024) - BC United Outreach will hold its second annual Back to School Block Party and Resource Fair from 2-6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 17 at the Abingdon Ruritan Club building, Bena.… …
Williams Wharf hosts ‘Row the Chesapeake’ Saturday (7/10/2024) - Two rowers will make their way across the Chesapeake Bay on Saturday in specially designed rowing shells, ending in Mathews County, to highlight public recreational opportunities of the local waterways.… …
Abingdon Ruritan scholarship (7/10/2024) - The Abingdon Ruritan Club welcomed Charles Somervell III to its July 8 meeting, introducing members to the 2024 Gloucester High School graduate, recipient of this year’s scholarship, as well as… …87 take part in second annual Timberneck 5K (7/10/2024) - On June 22, the Peninsula Track Club held the second annual Timberneck 5K at Machicomoco State Park, Hayes. Proceeds from the race benefit the Fairfield Foundation to support the restoration… …
Motorhome fire (7/10/2024) - Last Thursday around 11:35 p.m., members of Abingdon Volunteer Fire and Rescue responded to a motorhome fire on Glass Road. The first crews to arrive confirmed a fully involved motorhome,… …
Guinea youth art classes (7/10/2024) - Thanks to a grant from the Gloucester Community Foundation, children 9-12 years old participated in free art classes offered by the Guinea Heritage Association. Taught at Buck’s Store Museum by… …Car show Saturday in Gloucester (7/10/2024) - The Middle Peninsula Classic Cruisers will hold its Collector Car Appreciation Day Car Show from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the Main Street Center parking lot, Gloucester, weather… …
Three books of Gloucester history donated to library (7/10/2024) - The Gloucester Museum of History donated three of its recent publications to the Gloucester Library. The publications donated were “Gloucester County Survey Book 1 1817-1852 Plats,” “Lawyer Walker of Gloucester”… …
Flag retirement (7/10/2024) - Gloucester Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8252 conducted a flag retirement ceremony prior to its Independence Day Celebration on Saturday. The event was hosted by Post Chaplain Jon Sawyer and… …