Free riparian buffers offered to Virginia landowners (5/22/2024) - The Virginia Department of Forestry has announced a new program that provides landowners with free, flexible riparian forest buffer installation, plus one year of maintenance. The Riparian Forests for Landowners… …
Bags for benches (5/22/2024) - Gloucester Ruritan Club member Barbara Bauer, above, assisted by Ruritan Zone 4 Governor Don Sandridge, bagged 142.5 pounds of plastic bags. Barbara delivered the bags to Food Lion to be… …Gloucester library to celebrate renovation, summer reading (5/22/2024) - Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 1, to introduce its newly renovated facility. Tours will be available… …
DMV offers new motorcycle license pilot program (5/22/2024) - May is Motorcycle Safety Month, and the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles is making it easier for experienced motorcyclists to get the proper endorsement on their driver’s license and brush… …
Legionnaires to hold benefitpoker run on June 1 (5/22/2024) - American Legion Riders Chapter #75 will hold its Ridedown The Need for Veterans Poker Run on Saturday, June 1. The poker run is part of the group’s mission in service… …
Rabies clinic scheduled for Saturday (5/15/2024) - Gloucester County Animal Control will hold a rabies vaccine clinic—for dogs only—from 1-3 p.m. Saturday in the Gloucester High School parking lot. Visitors will be able to drive up to… …
Library to remain closed until May 22 (5/15/2024) - Gloucester Library, Main Street Center, will remain closed until Wednesday, May 22, as construction crews will need extra time to complete the current portion of the renovations inside that building,… …
Upsy Daisy to hold yard sale Saturday (5/15/2024) - Upsy Daisy Creative Reuse Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit located at 3261 George Washington Memorial Highway, Hayes, will hold a yard sale in the field adjacent to its parking lot on… …
Kid’s Craft Market Saturday in Gloucester court circle (5/15/2024) - Young artisans will take center stage this weekend, with Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism holding the Kid’s Craft Market on Saturday. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., children ages 18… …
GHA to hold two art programs (5/15/2024) - In May and June, the Guinea Heritage Association will be offering two programs focusing on art at the Buck’s Store Museum, Bena. Coloring book The first is the May introduction… …NPS grant to support Woodville Rosenwald School oral history project (5/15/2024) - The Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation has received a $23,000 from the National Park Service, the group announced last week. The foundation’s Oral History and artifact Collection Project is one of… …
VIMS to hold ‘Scientist Walks Into Bar,’ After Hours lecture and Marine Science Day (5/15/2024) - The Virginia Institute of Marine Science has several upcoming events planned. VIMS will host its next installment of “A Scientist Walks Into a Bar: Graduate Student Edition” from 6:30-8 tonight,… …
Knott appointed to Marine Products Board (5/15/2024) - Daniel Knott of Gloucester, was appointed last week to the Virginia Marine Products Board, among a list of appointments announced on May 10 by Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Knott, a retired… …
Shade sail (5/15/2024) - The Gloucester Rotary Club built 14 park benches to go around trails at Machicomoco State Park, Hayes, along with a shade sail and two picnic benches. Rotarian Nancy Dykeman, Chief… …
Local family history to be presented at Gloucester Genealogical Society meeting (5/15/2024) - The Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia will meet on Monday, June 3, in Gloucester Library’s community room, beginning at 10 a.m. The public is invited. The program, “History & Genealogy… …Legionnaires to hold community breakfast Sunday (5/15/2024) - American Legion Post 75, Gloucester, will hold its monthly community breakfast fundraiser from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday at the post headquarters off Route 17, south of Gloucester Court House.… …
History program recounts final days of Civil War (5/15/2024) - In a first-person history program later this month, author and National Park Service historian Patrick Schroeder will portray former sheriff and Appomattox County clerk George Peers, who will recount the… …
Ware River Circle officers (5/15/2024) - The Ware River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons held the induction of its 2024 officers on May 7 at Grace on Main, Gloucester. Shown here are, from left,… …
Sen. Kaine visit (5/15/2024) - More than 100 constituents came out Saturday morning to the Fine Arts Museum of Gloucester to hear from U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine. For more than an hour at the meet-and-greet… …Chesapeake Bay Program working toward meeting pollution goals (5/15/2024) - The six states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and Washington, D.C., continue to chip away at pollution entering the bay. The Chesapeake Bay Program announced last Thursday that the seven… …
Police Unity Tour (5/15/2024) - The annual Police Unity Tour, an event held to raise awareness of law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty and to raise funds for… …Public asked to report sick, dead birds (5/15/2024) - The public is encouraged to report sick or dead birds to help prevent the spread of avian flu. The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources recently has seen an uptick in… …
Last week’s traffic victim IDed (5/8/2024) - The victim of a vehicular crash that occurred Monday, April 29, in upper Gloucester has been identified as Percy Lockley Jr., 61, of Topping. His identity was not released by… …
Registration open for well water testing (5/8/2024) - Registration is now open for the Lower Middle Peninsula Well Water Clinic, offered by Virginia Cooperative Extension. Sample kits will cost $70 this year, but limited scholarship funds are available… …
Legislators meet with DeJoy over mail delay issue (5/8/2024) - U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Montross) and Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond) met April 29 with U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to discuss… …