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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A few tickets available for Abingdon Ruritan Club Seafood Festival on Oct. 15 (9/17/2025) - There are still a few tickets available for the Abingdon Ruritan Club’s fundraising Seafood Festival on Oct. 15. They will be available until Saturday, Sept. 27. No tickets will be…
Kiwanis Club accepting vendors for Christmas Bazaar (9/17/2025) - The Gloucester Kiwanis Club is accepting vendor sign-ups for its first Christmas Bazaar fundraiser, to be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 15 and…
other news vdot district engineer VDOT names new Fredericksburg District Engineer (9/17/2025) - The Virginia Department of Transportation has named Greg Henion, P.E., as its new Fredericksburg District Engineer.Henion has more than 32 years of transportation and engineering experience in public and private…
BOS receives FY25 financial report (9/17/2025) - The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors received the county’s preliminary unaudited financial report for fiscal year 2025, which was presented by Deputy County Administrator Maria Calloway. Most of the county’s…
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…
neighbors dragon run bridge Repair work underway (9/17/2025) - Route 17 northbound is reduced to a single lane at the bridge over Dragon Run at the Gloucester County and Middlesex County line for emergency repairs to fix damage caused…
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,…
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.…
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…
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.…
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…
gloucester bos hanson Shannon Hanson seeks York District seat (8/27/2025) - Shannon Hanson, 55, has announced her candidacy for the York District seat of the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors in the upcoming November election. A native of Gloucester, Hanson has…
gloucester bos andriulli Andriulli seeks Petsworth District seat (8/6/2025) - Angelo Andriulli, 66, has announced his candidacy for the Petsworth District seat of the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors in the upcoming November election. He is a U.S. Air Force…
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…
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 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…
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 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 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 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…

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