Confederate President and Mrs. Davis to be portrayed (3/13/2024) - The Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia will meet at 10 a.m. Monday, March 25, at the Buck’s Store Museum at Bena. Living history interpreter Sam Winkler of Roanoke, and Cookie… …
Gloucester launches Youth Needs Survey (3/13/2024) - Gloucester County has launched a Youth Needs Survey using its Zencity citizen engagement tool. The survey, which will help local leaders gauge citizen interest in need-driven community-wide youth programming, will… …
Main Street sculpture is being restored (3/13/2024) - The Cook Foundation and Gloucester Arts Festival have announced that a local treasure, known locally by “Fred” and other pet names, is currently being restored and was temporarily removed. The… …
Best Years Club to visit Smithfield (3/13/2024) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation & Tourism has announced a trip of the Best Years Club to Smithfield on Saturday, April 13, to attend the Second Saturday Pickers Market there. Participants will… …
Few surprises, low turnout in Tuesday’s primary (3/6/2024) - Virginia’s double primary presidential election, held on Tuesday, yielded few surprises. Those voting in the Republican race largely supported former president Donald Trump, giving him 63.31 percent of the vote,… …
Supervisors advance county budget (3/6/2024) - Gloucester’s FY 2025 budget was unveiled this week at Monday’s meeting of the county’s board of supervisors, an approximately $85.4 million county general fund budget that does not include a… …
All About Pets contest tops 139 entries (3/6/2024) - The Gazette-Journal’s All About Pets photo contest (Section C in this week’s paper) reached new heights this year with 139 entries collected since the contest was first announced on Feb.… …
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday (3/6/2024) - Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday and will remain in effect until Nov. 3. Timepieces should be set ahead one hour (“spring forward”) upon retiring Saturday night. Residents… …
Page descendant to speak to DAR Saturday (3/6/2024) - The Augustine Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet on Saturday at the parish house at Abingdon Episcopal Church, Ordinary, at 2 p.m. and will host speaker… …
Spring garden tours to resume at Brent and Becky’s Bulbs (3/6/2024) - It’s March, and spring garden tours resume next week at Brent and Becky’s Bulbs, Gloucester. Tours are $10 and reservations are required. Those attending will stroll through the business’s trial… …
Bay Aging receives state grant to address homelessness (3/6/2024) - Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development have reaffirmed their commitment to addressing the problem of homelessness in Virginia by awarding a $12 million boost… …
Let’s go fly a kite (3/6/2024) - The Richmond Air Force put on a show at Abingdon Park in Hayes to celebrate Kite Day on Sunday. The wind picked up right before the event, which provided the… …
Spring Break Parks Passport Camp to be held April 2-4 (3/6/2024) - Spring break is almost here, and Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism has something fun to do that week. A Spring Break Parks Passport Camp will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday… …
Work on Rt. 17/Guinea Road intersection begins Monday (3/6/2024) - Construction on a Virginia Department of Transportation project to improve safety at the intersection of Route 17 and Route 216 (Guinea Road) in lower Gloucester County will begin Monday. The… …
Preserving family treasures (3/6/2024) - Bessida Cauthorne White of the Middle Peninsula African American Genealogical and Historical Society of Virginia gave a talk to the Guinea Heritage Association and guests on Feb. 23 on collecting… …
Survey available to share opinions on future zoning regs (3/6/2024) - Gloucester Department of Planning and Zoning has released an online survey to gather public opinion on future potential zoning regulations. The survey will close March 31 and the results will… …
Legion, Riders to hold Poker Run June 1 (3/6/2024) - American Legion Post 75 and Riders Chapter 75 in Gloucester will hold the first Ridedown-The-Need Poker Run on Saturday, June 1 (rain date June 22) and the organizers are looking… …
Best Years Trips to Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival, Smithfield Pickers Market (3/6/2024) - A pair of Best Years Trips is being planned in the coming weeks by Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism. Saturday is the deadline to sign up for a March 16… …
Ospreys returning to lower bay (2/28/2024) - Ospreys are returning to the lower Chesapeake Bay with sightings made in Gloucester County at John’s Point Landing and at Machicomoco State Park, the Osprey Watch Alliance announced. The next… …
Brewing oyster stout (2/28/2024) - Members of the Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association (TOGA) and the Colonial Ale Smiths and Keggers (CASK) got together Sunday at the Hayes home of Jay and Joe Crandell to brew… …
Polar Plunge (2/28/2024) - Local Knights of Columbus Council 9428 (Church of St. Therese) raised $400 on Saturday morning with a Special Olympics Polar Plunge event at Gloucester Point beach. The funds go to… …
Beach clean-up (2/28/2024) - U.S. Army Aviation Warrant Officers assigned to the Warrant Officer Training Division 128th Aviation Brigade on Joint Base Langley-Eustis conducted clean-up operations at Gloucester Point Beach last Wednesday, Feb. 21.… …
Rosewell opens for season March 29 (2/28/2024) - The Rosewell Ruins and Visitor Center in Gloucester will reopen for the 2024 season on Friday, March 29. The ruins, managed by the Fairfield Foundation, are open to the public… …
Harmful Waste Collection Day to be held April 20 (2/28/2024) - Gloucester County’s Residential Household Harmful Waste Collection Day will be held from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 20 at the Hayes Convenience Center on Guinea Road. This… …
Museum receives grant to update second-floor gallery (2/28/2024) - The Gloucester Museum of History received a $50,000 grant from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture’s Commonwealth History Fund to develop “new and dynamic exhibits in the museum’s second… …