Glimpses of Guinea Jubilee (9/21/2022) - The Guinea Jubilee is back this year, giving locals and tourists alike much to look forward to for this highly-anticipated festival. Before celebrating this weekend, take a look at our… …
Guinea Jubilee merchandise (9/21/2022) - Guinea Jubilee T-shirts were big sellers during the Guinea Heritage Day celebration—and are sure to be so again this weekend at the Guinea Jubilee. Here, Barbara Priest helps Jackson Miller,… …
Guinea Heritage Day crowd (9/21/2022) - A large crowd turned out on Sunday, Sept. 11 at the Abingdon Ruritan Club building for Guinea Heritage Day, which included the announcement of this year’s Guinea Jubilee grand marshal,… …
Survey of older Virginians underway (9/21/2022) - The Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services has contracted with Polco to seek the public’s insight on the Community Assessment Survey for Older Adults. The survey will be used… …
Operation Crash Reduction in effect this weekend (10/7/2022) - Statistically, October is the most dangerous month on Virginia roadways. To promote safe driving and reduce crashes, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles is joining with Virginia State Police and… …
Gloucester Wine Festival returns Saturday (9/14/2022) - The Gloucester Chamber of Commerce will hold its 11th Gloucester Wine Festival on Saturday, resuming after COVID-19 for the first time since 2019. If the event hadn’t been sidelined by… …
Wright named Deputy County Administrator (9/14/2022) - Gloucester County announced this week the hiring of a new Deputy County Administrator. Steve Wright, who has more than 19 years of public sector experience, including a stint as a… …
Jackie Bonniville named Guinea Jubilee grand marshal (9/14/2022) - Lifelong Guinea waterman Jackie Bonniville was supposed to be the 2021 Guinea Jubilee grand marshal, but a rise in Covid cases caused the rather sudden cancellation of that year’s festival.… …
Singspiration Sunday at First Morning Star Baptist (9/14/2022) - To properly kick-off Guinea Jubilee week, a Singspiration will be presented on Sunday afternoon at First Morning Star Baptist Church, Bena.The program, which will be held from 4-6 p.m., is… …
Wineglass craft to be held at library Oct. 4 (9/14/2022) - Gloucester Library, Point Branch, will hold a free craft event for adults 18 and older at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Participants will create a personalized pumpkin wineglass. Registration… …
Gloucester board to hold work session Tuesday (9/14/2022) - The Gloucester Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to amend the FY2023 budget during its work session Tuesday at the colonial courthouse. Also during the work session, which… …
Volunteers sought for Clean Gloucester Day on Oct. 1 (9/14/2022) - Volunteers are being sought for the Gloucester Clean Community Committee’s fall Clean Gloucester Day, which will be held from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 1. During the spring… …
Master Center to hold ribbon cutting tonight (9/14/2022) - The Master Center for Addiction Medicine will hold a ribbon cutting at its new office on Gloucester Main Street at 5:30 tonight, Thursday, Sept. 15. The Master Center had been… …
Supervisors amend inoperable motor vehicle ordinance (9/14/2022) - The Gloucester Board of Supervisors voted unanimously at its Sept. 6 meeting to amend the county ordinance regarding inoperable motor vehicles on property zoned for residential or commercial uses. The… …
Happy birthday, Walter Reed (9/14/2022) - A celebration of Walter Reed’s 171st birthday, sponsored by The Fairfield Foundation, was held on Saturday at Reed’s birthplace in the Belroi area of Gloucester. Born on Sept. 13, 1851,… …
DAV chapter holds 9/11 observance (9/14/2022) - Disabled American Veterans Chapter 58 of Gloucester held a 9/11 remembrance and flag-raising ceremony Sunday. The ceremony’s guest speaker was Francis Mitchell, Department Commander of the Virginia DAV. In his… …
Oral History Workshop to be held Sept. 24 (9/14/2022) - The Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation will sponsor an Oral History Workshop from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 24, at The First United Baptist Church, 6188 George Washington Memorial… …
44YO man faces charges involving Gloucester juvenile (9/14/2022) - A 44-year-old Alabama man was taken into custody Tuesday by Prince George County Police following an incident involving a report of a missing 17-year-old female from a residence in northern… …
Robert Kelly to give talk on Gloucester to Norfolk Historical Society (9/7/2022) - Robert Kelly, director of the Gloucester Museum of History, will address the Norfolk Historical Society at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, in the MacArthur Memorial Visitor Center, Norfolk. His topic… …
Miss Guinea Jubilee, grand marshal to be unveiled this weekend (9/7/2022) - The Guinea Jubilee grand marshal will be named and Miss Guinea Jubilee will be crowned at a pair of events this weekend at the Abingdon Ruritan Club building, Bena. The… …
Cowen’s artwork to be sold as museum benefit (9/7/2022) - Artworks donated by the family of the late Harriet Cowen of Bena are now displayed for sale at Buck’s Store Museum at Bena. Cowen’s family donated hundreds of items to… …
Helping the Homeless (9/7/2022) - The Augustine Warner Chapter DAR held a drawing for a Labor Day picnic to serve 12. The winner, in turn, donated the prize to The Helping The Homeless Ministry for… …
Planners review walkability study (9/7/2022) - The Gloucester Planning Commission met last Thursday night in the colonial courthouse to discuss a study that shows the ability for the public to walk and bicycle in the county.… …
Exhibit marks half century of Girl Scouting at Burke’s Mill Pond (9/7/2022) - A new exhibit has opened in the Gloucester Museum of History celebrating 50 years of Girl Scouting at Burke’s Mill Pond. Museum Coordinator Robert Kelly said the exhibit was inspired… …
Road cleanup (9/7/2022) - Volunteers from the Gloucester Ruritan Club participated in the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Adopt-A-Highway program by cleaning up a designated section of Farys Mill Road. Among those taking part in… …