Jackie and Bob Beyea to serve as grand marshals for this year’s Daffodil Festival (3/26/2025) - Jackie and Robert “Bob” Beyea of King and Queen have been selected as this year’s grand marshals for the Gloucester Daffodil Festival Parade, which is scheduled to step off from… …
Supporting archaeological work (3/26/2025) - Members of the Tidewater Virginia Historical Society Board recently presented a $1,000 donation to the Fairfield Foundation in support of its archaeological work at Gloucester’s historic Abingdon Church. Fairfield Foundation… …
NAACP holds Freedom Fund Banquet (3/26/2025) - The Gloucester Branch of the NAACP heard from a pair of speakers during its annual Freedom Fund Banquet and Awards, held on Saturday at the Fine Arts Museum of Gloucester.… …Park to host ‘Ghost Forest,’ ‘Pinch Pots’ programs (3/26/2025) - Machicomoco State Park, Hayes, has a couple of events planned for this weekend. From 6-7 p.m. Friday, the park will hold “Ghost Forest” at the interpretative area boardwalk. In this… …
GHA program to examine Guinea in the 1960s (3/26/2025) - Guinea Heritage Association’s Fourth Fridays program continues this Friday, March 28, with a “Pictorial View of Guinea in the 1960s.” The program will be held at Buck’s Store Museum, 8850… …VDOT survey looks at Route 17 south of C.H. (3/26/2025) - The public is invited to share its feedback on existing travel conditions on Route 17 between Short Lane and Featherbed Lane as part of a Virginia Department of Transportation study.… …
Friends of Machicomoco group completes trail project (3/26/2025) - The Friends of Machicomoco State Park announced the completion of an ambitious project to reclaim two miles of the park’s three-mile-long paved loop trail from more than a decade of… …Harmful Waste Collection Day to be held April 19 (3/26/2025) - Gloucester County’s Household Harmful Waste Collection Day will be held April 19 at Hayes Convenience Center, Guinea Road, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. At this collection, Gloucester residents can… …
Social workers’ appreciation (3/26/2025) - Several members of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75, Gloucester, stopped by the Gloucester Social Services office earlier this month to deliver a basket of goodies. March is Social Workers… …Machicomoco to hold Earth Day celebration (3/26/2025) - April is full of recreational opportunities at Machicomoco State Park, Hayes. If you’re eager to connect with recognized tribal nations in Virginia, learn about local environmental stewardship, or would like… …
Spring officially arrives today (3/19/2025) - After a long and very cold winter, spring is here at last. The moment of the vernal equinox is 5:01 a.m. today, Thursday, March 20. The sun will rise in… …
Steele recommends $88M budget, 4.3 cent tax increase (3/19/2025) - “This is by far the hardest budget I’ve had to put together.” The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors met Monday evening in the colonial courthouse to hear County Administrator Carol… …
Bena couple recalls a lifetime full of adventures (3/19/2025) - When Graham Blake ran out of his burning house in the middle of the night, he realized he had forgotten one important thing—his wife. It only took Graham a few… …Former White House official to speak tonight (3/19/2025) - The Piankatank Community League will meet at 6:30 tonight, March 20, at the league building in Harcum. Rich Yamomoto will speak about the White House where he spent seven years… …
Gloucester Library announces teen photo contest (3/19/2025) - Gloucester County Public Library has announced its teen photography contest for students in ninth through twelfth grades with the theme, “This is Gloucester.” Students are encouraged to submit their most… …
Gloucester library announces spring programs (3/19/2025) - Gloucester County Public Library has announced two of its upcoming spring programs, both scheduled to be held at its Main Street Center location. Master Naturalist Hurricane Thompson of the Gloucester… …
Birdwatching (3/19/2025) - The Middle Peninsula Bird Club visited the Gloucester Country Club Golf Course on Tuesday, March 4, identifying 29 species of birds and counting 177 birds. Sightings included a flock of… …GHA hosts sock burning at Bena on Friday (3/19/2025) - The Guinea Heritage Association will be holding its first-ever Burning of the Socks event on Friday night at Buck’s Store Museum, Bena, and the GHA will also announce a new… …
Fary family is topic of genealogists’ meeting (3/19/2025) - The Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia will meet at 10 a.m. Monday at Buck’s Store Museum in Bena. Daniel V. Fary, local historian, will present a program on the Fary… …
Crab pot season (3/19/2025) - Linda Tjossem of Hayes, was buying seafood at a local marina when she spotted Casey Charnick, above, preparing his crab pots for the 2025 season, which began Monday. He was… …
Top website (3/19/2025) - The Abingdon Ruritan Club’s website has been selected as the best in the Ruritan organization, which consists of about 900 clubs, club president Dean Marzocca announced at the March meeting.… …
‘Guinea Dipping’ raises $10K for GRA (3/19/2025) - About 40 rowers, coaches, rowing alumni and community supporters hopped into the cold waters of the York River Saturday in support of the Gloucester Rowing Association’s “Guinea Dipping” event at… …
GVFD battles Meandering Lane house fire; trash truck fire (3/12/2025) - A fire on Meandering Lane in the Burkes Mill Pond subdivision last Thursday caused extensive fire and smoke damage to the kitchen and smoke damage throughout the home. Gloucester Volunteer… …Rape Aggression Defense class offered in Gloucester (3/12/2025) - A free two-day Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) class is being offered by the Mid-Tidewater affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness from 1–5:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, March… …
Storm causes power outages, building damage (3/12/2025) - A storm that raged through Virginia last Wednesday left 60,000 Dominion Virginia Power customers across the state without power—6,800 of those customers on the Middle Peninsula. In Gloucester, one house… …