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Legionnaires to hold breakfast Sunday (3/11/2026) - American Legion Post 75 will hold its monthly community breakfast Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the post building off Route 17 in Gloucester. The breakfast is $10…
record piankatank dinner Fireman’s dinner (3/11/2026) - Members of the Piankatank Community League got a chance to thank the area’s first responders, hosting the Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue’s semiannual meeting on March 2 with a community…
Property owners invited to sign up for VADeed Alert deed fraud alert program (3/11/2026) - Property owners are being encouraged by Mathews Clerk of Circuit Court Elizabeth Brown to enroll in VADeed Alert, a free, voluntary notification service to help Virginians protect their property from…
Gloucester PRT upcoming programs (3/4/2026) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism has a number of upcoming programs. BEST YEARS TRIPS: Gloucester PRT has a pair of Best Years Trips scheduled. On Thursday, March 26, the group…
Events March 5-12 (3/4/2026) - THURSDAY EQUALIZATION: The Gloucester County Board of Equalization will meet from 9-11 this morning, Thursday, March 5, in the Environmental Conference Room on the second floor of County Building Two,…
gloucester john clayton Reenactor to portray John Clayton on Sunday (3/4/2026) - The public is invited to a first-person presentation in Gloucester Court House on Sunday as reenactor Richard Cheatham becomes John Clayton, the world-renowned 18th century botanist from Gloucester whose work…
gloucester taste the legacy Taste the Legacy (3/4/2026) - Epsilon Eta Chapter of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority celebrated Black History Month in February with a journey through the history of African American food, music and storytelling during their Taste…
point clean gloucester day Clean Gloucester Day to be held March 21 (3/4/2026) - The 16th annual Spring Clean Gloucester Day will be held by Gloucester Clean Community on Saturday, March 21, throughout the county. Groups can select a spot to clean up or…
point ruritan flags Flag disposal (3/4/2026) - The Abingdon Ruritan Club Citizenship & Patriotism Committee met recently to fold American flags that had been discarded because they were torn or damaged. A total of 158 flags were…
record abingdon ruritans GCSO goody bags (3/4/2026) - Recently, the Abingdon Ruritan Club Public Service Committee stuffed 100 goody bags to take to the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office to be distributed to the men and women who protect…
business county main street meeting 1 Main Street businesses participate in informational meeting with county (3/4/2026) - Gloucester County invited Main Street businesses to an Information & Networking Meeting last Tuesday, Feb. 24, at the Gloucester Fine Arts Museum where county staff presented on upcoming happenings and…
Supervisors suspend licenses of five Gloucester vape shops for suspicion of narcotics sales (3/4/2026) - At the request of Sheriff Darrell Warren, the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors unanimously suspended the business licenses of five vape and tobacco shops within the county due to suspected…
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday (3/4/2026) - Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday and will remain in effect until Nov. 2. Timepieces should be set ahead one hour (“spring forward”) upon retiring Saturday night. Residents…
Aug. 4 party primary set for November general elections (3/4/2026) - Party nominations for all offices appearing on the November 2026 General Election ballot, which will include in Virginia a Senate race and Congressional elections, will be decided in an Aug.…
Gloucester Memory Café to meet March 11 (3/4/2026) - The Gloucester Memory Café will hold its next gathering on Wednesday, March 11, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Daffodil Gardens Community Room, located at 5954 Garden Grove Lane,…
Gloucester caregiver support group meets March 17 (3/4/2026) - Unpaid caregivers in Gloucester are invited to attend Bay Aging’s Gloucester Caregiver Support Group on Tuesday, March 17, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. The group meets in the Community Room…
Events Feb. 26-March 5 (2/25/2026) - FRIDAY SUPERVISORS: The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors will hold a Capital Improvement Plan Facilities Tour from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, beginning in the parking lot of County…
Gloucester Library announces March programs (2/25/2026) - The Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, has announced three upcoming programs for March. “A Forgotten Tragedy: Prisoners of War During the American Revolution” will be held on Sunday,…
Population up slightly in Gloucester, drops in Mathews (2/25/2026) - At the midpoint of the 2020s, the population of Gloucester County is estimated to have grown 0.6 percent from 38,711 in the 2020 census, to 38,933 as of July 1,…
point guinea dipping Guinea Dipping set for March 21 (2/25/2026) - The Gloucester Rowing Association, a 501(c)(3) organization, will host its seventh annual Guinea Dipping fundraiser from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, rain or shine, at the…
point vims upcoming programs VIMS to hold Discovery Lab program on seagrasses (2/25/2026) - The College of William and Mary’s Batten School and Virginia Institute of Marine Science has announced a number of upcoming programs for March. A Discovery Lab on seagrasses will be…
GMCC hosts Business of Caring breakfast (2/25/2026) - The Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic will host its Business of Caring breakfast on Thursday, March 12, at the Abingdon Ruritan Club building in Bena. This one-hour free event is by…
Walter Reed Post Acute offers free matinee screening at YRC (2/25/2026) - Walter Reed Post Acute will host an afternoon of education and entertainment on Wednesday, March 4, inviting the local community to YRC Cinemas, 2226 York Crossing Drive, Hayes, for a…
gloucester rudy ruritan top photo Thanks from Rudy Ruritan (2/25/2026) - Two events combined to make this year’s Valentine’s Day special for a number of people in Gloucester County. Henry Thompson is a Gloucester Ruritan who is recovering from cancer and…
gloucester legion auxiliary Valentine’s Day goodies (2/25/2026) - Members of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75, Gloucester, brought Valentine’s Day goodies earlier this month to Riverside Lifelong Health & Rehabilitation Mathews. Shown here are, from left, Olivia Powell, Fran…

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