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Gloucester PRT sponsors Spring Break Passport Camp (2/28/2024) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism is sponsoring a Spring Break Parks Passport Camp on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, April 2, 3 and 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each…
VIMS to participate in VLM’s Career Day Saturday (2/28/2024) - The Virginia Institute of Marine Science will be participating at the Virginia Living Museum’s first STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Career Day from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday…
Gloucester supervisors to meet Monday, Tuesday (2/28/2024) - The Gloucester Board of Supervisors will hold a pair of meetings on Monday and Tuesday, with both beginning at 6 p.m. in the colonial courthouse. On Monday, the board will…
Library to hold two programs in March (2/28/2024) - Gloucester County Public Library will hold programs on growing herbs and preparing for retirement in March at its Main Street Center location.Master Gardeners will present on growing herbs on March…
LifeSkills Training grant awarded regionally (2/28/2024) - The Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck Community Services Board’s Prevention, Health and Wellness Division has been awarded a $159,000 three-year grant from the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth Foundation starting July 1,…
Two Best Years Trips offered (2/28/2024) - A pair of Best Years Trips will be held in the coming weeks, with the deadline to sign up fast approaching, according to the Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department.…
point achilles masons 50 -year Masonic veteran (2/21/2024) - Members of Achilles Lodge No. 281 AF&AM celebrated the 50th anniversary of Carol Evans Brown, who joined Masonry at that lodge on Jan. 22, 1974. The evening included a dinner…
point hunters for the hungry Hunters for the Hungry (2/21/2024) - Abingdon Ruritan Club president Rick Scott and past president Mary Lou Privott are shown with a Certificate of Appreciation which was presented to the club at the recent Ruritan National…
point MP radio 1 Life membership (2/21/2024) - At the February meeting of the Middle Peninsula Amateur Radio Club Dr. David Justus was presented with a life membership. Justus has been a dedicated member of the club, showing…
casino night GMCC spring gala combines old favorites and new (2/21/2024) - The Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic’s spring fund-raising gala returns this year with a nod to the organization’s Casino Nights of years past. The second annual Derby de Mayo, GMCC’s largest…
Kite flying show at Abingdon Park March 3 (2/21/2024) - The Richmond Air Force Kite Club will put on a kite flying show at Abingdon Park on Sunday, March 3, beginning at 11 a.m. This event is sponsored by Gloucester…
gloucester legion auxiliary Valentine’s Day treats (2/21/2024) - Several members of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75, Gloucester, made deliveries on Feb. 13 for Valentine’s Day. Auxiliary members crafted handmade cards and filled goodie bags with treats for…
gloucester linger clean Gloucester man helps clean up his community (2/21/2024) - Sheldon Linger of Gloucester, is a volunteer for Gloucester’s Clean Community and Adopt-a-Highway programs and has been working since the start of the year to clean up his community. During…
Broadwater Academy wins Blue Crab Bowl at VIMS (2/21/2024) - Students from Broadwater Academy in Exmore on Virginia’s Eastern Shore won this year’s Blue Crab Bowl, a regional ocean science academic competition that is part of the National Ocean Sciences…
Woodville School open house Sunday (2/21/2024) - An open house for the public will be held from 1-4 p.m. Sunday at the Woodville School on Route 17, Hayes, across from LightHouse Church. The Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation…
Gloucester BOS looks at reassessment process (2/21/2024) - Gloucester supervisors received an update on the county’s reassessment process during Tuesday’s meeting in the colonial courthouse, including discussion of moving from the present two-year cycle to conducting the reassessment…
1a eagles Shift change (2/21/2024) - It’s nesting time again for eagles. This pair was spotted last week by Mike Cunningham of Hayes, swapping egg warming duties in Yorktown Battlefield. “She’s in and he’s definitely out,”…
gloucester womans club canine companions Canine Companions presents to Gloucester Woman’s Club (2/21/2024) - Canine Companions, a national organization that trains service dogs and provides them free of charge to people with physical and cognitive disabilities, gave a presentation to the Gloucester Woman’s Club…
4 p.m. state burn law in effect (2/21/2024) - Beginning last week and continuing through April 30, Virginians are prohibited from outdoor burning before 4 p.m. when the fire is within 300 feet of the woods or dry grass.…
gloucester rudy bear Happy Valentine’s Day (2/21/2024) - Rudy Ruritan Bear of the Abingdon Ruritan Club, Bena, visited the Riverside Middle Peninsula Cancer Center in Gloucester on the campus of Riverside Walter Reed Hospital last Wednesday on Valentine’s…
community timberneck tea Tea at Timberneck returns March 16 (2/21/2024) - The Fairfield Foundation will hold its second annual Tea at Timberneck on Saturday, March 16, at Timberneck House, which is located within Machicomoco State Park, Hayes. From 2-4 p.m., Timberneck…
River County Quiltersto meet Tuesday (2/21/2024) - The River Country Quilters will meet Tuesday in the Fiddlers Crossing Community Center, Gloucester. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m., with the meeting to follow at 7. RCQ member Lee Taylor,…
Property owners encouraged to find, remove invasive plant species (2/14/2024) - The week of Feb. 26-March 3 is National Invasive Species Awareness Week and the Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society is encouraging local private land owners to…
gloucester menhaden Petition seeks moratorium on menhaden landings (2/14/2024) - A public petition for rulemaking regarding Atlantic menhaden was submitted by the Chesapeake Legal Alliance and the Southern Maryland Recreational Fishing Organization in December to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission.…
point woodville school All invited to ‘OPEN School HOUSE’ at Woodville on Feb. 25 (2/14/2024) - The Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation will welcome the public to an “OPEN School HOUSE” event from 1-4 p. m. on Sunday, Feb. 25, to celebrate a significant milestone in the…

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