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point bench Garden Club donates benches to Machicomoco (9/17/2025) - The Garden Club of Gloucester and Mathews celebrated its first of many planned installations of benches and legacy trees to county and state parks in the community recently at Machicomoco… …
point GHA Artist print signing (9/17/2025) - Join the Guinea Heritage Association on Saturday for the 2025 Artist print signing at Buck’s Store Museum, Bena. This year’s painting was done by Beverley Rainey who painted the first… …
Fall begins Monday (9/17/2025) - Fall begins at 2:19 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22. This moment of the autumnal equinox represents the division of a day into equal periods of daylight and darkness. From now until… …
Early voting begins tomorrow across Virginia (9/17/2025) - In-person early voting begins Friday for the November general election, featuring the races for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general, two local House of Delegates’ seats, as well as a… …
IMG_7844 NAACP holds candidate forum (9/17/2025) - The Gloucester Branch of the NAACP held a candidate forum last Thursday night in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium for local offices impacting Gloucester County. Each candidate was asked… …
Rachael Burnette to speak to genealogical group Monday (9/17/2025) - The Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia will meet at 10 a.m. Monday in the Community Room of the Gloucester Library, Main Street Center. The program will feature Rachael Booker Burnette… …
Events Sept. 18-25 (9/17/2025) - Thursday SOCIAL SERVICES: The Gloucester Social Services Board will meet at 7:30 this morning, Thursday, Sept. 18, in the Department of Social Services conference room, 6641 Short Lane, Gloucester. SUPERVISORS:… …
Gloucester library to holdcraft class on Sept. 18 (9/10/2025) - The Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, will hold a clothes pin decor craft at 2 p.m. next Thursday, Sept. 18. Participants will use a tin can and clothes… …
gloucester library healthy living Healthy living (9/10/2025) - Glenn Sturm provided his first presentation for the Nutrition and Healthy Living series, sponsored by the Gloucester Extension office, last Thursday at Gloucester County Public Library’s Main Street Center location.… …
gloucester calloway deputy Maria Calloway named deputy county administrator (9/10/2025) - Gloucester County Administrator Carol Steele recently appointed Chief Financial Officer Maria Calloway to serve as the county’s deputy administrator, taking effect on Sept. 1. Calloway fills the position left vacant… …
gloucester day Gloucester Day (9/10/2025) - Gloucesters from around the world celebrated their heritage on Saturday via an online exchange, which was held at noon here in Gloucester, Virginia (specifically at historic Abingdon Episcopal Church, White… …
Gloucester Democrats to hold seafood dinner next week (9/10/2025) - The Gloucester County Democratic Committee will host its annual Seafood Dinner and Fundraiser from 5-8 p.m. next Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Abingdon Ruritan Club, 8784 Guinea Road, Hayes. The… …
point 9-11 climb 9/11 stair climb (9/10/2025) - On Saturday, members of Abingdon Volunteer Fire and Rescue and family members attended the annual 9/11 memorial stair climb at the Richmond Raceway to honor the 300+ first responders who… …
gloucester gmhs new foster coordinator Norman named foster care coordinator at GMHS (9/10/2025) - “I’ve been fostering for 10 years now.” Earlier this summer, Chrissie Norman accepted the role of foster care coordinator at the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society. Though she is new to the… …
Widows group to meet Tuesday (9/10/2025) - The Widows Ministry of Gloucester and Mathews, Virginia, will hold its monthly membership meeting at noon Tuesday at Tabernacle of Faith Church, 7028 Woodsville Road, Hayes. Members gather to have… …
Free prostate screening on Monday (9/10/2025) - Riverside Urology Specialists in Gloucester will be holding a free prostate screening event from 1-3 p.m. Monday in honor of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Free screenings are by appointment only.… …
events genealogy Dennis Richmond - 2025 Genealogy group to meet Saturday (9/10/2025) - The Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society will hold a virtual meeting at 11 a.m. Saturday. Dennis Richmond Jr. will speak on the topic, “Almost to the Revolution: Rediscovering… …
Gloucester PRT programs offered (9/10/2025) - THE FULL HIKE: Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism is sponsoring The Full Hike, an approximately nine-mile trek from one end of Beaverdam Park to the other, starting at 9 a.m.… …
PCL to hold candidate forum Sept. 18 (9/10/2025) - Candidates for Gloucester’s at-large and Petsworth districts for board of supervisors and school board will be held on Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Piankatank Community League, 11888 Harcum Road, Gloucester,… …
Widows Ministry to meet on Sept. 16 (9/3/2025) - The Widows Ministry of Gloucester and Mathews, Virginia, will hold its monthly membership meeting at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 16 at Tabernacle of Faith Church, 7028 Woodsville Road, Hayes. Members… …
Events Sept. 4-11 (9/3/2025) - THURSDAY LIBRARY BOARD: The Mathews Memorial Library Board of Trustees will meet at 9:30 this morning, Thursday, Sept. 4, in the historic courthouse on Court Street. A special executive session… …
Gloucester NAACP to hold candidate forum Sept. 11 (9/3/2025) - With early voting just a couple of weeks away, the Gloucester Branch NAACP will hold a forum to give voters a chance to see where the local candidates stand on… …
gloucester bio blitz BioBlitz designed to increase awareness of variety of life around us (9/3/2025) - Gloucester County, Bee City Committee and Clean Community have partnered to hold a BioBlitz that began in August and will run until Sept. 30. “For those who aren’t sure what… …
VIMS study finds coastal wetlands generate $90 million annually (9/3/2025) - A new study led by William & Mary’s Batten School and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science shows that tidal marshes, including both natural wetlands and man-made living shorelines, generate… …
point catch the king Catch the King 2025 to be held Oct. 10-12 (9/3/2025) - Wetlands Watch announced that Catch the King 2025, a community science effort inviting residents to map how far flooding reaches during the year’s highest tides, will be held Oct. 10-12.… …

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