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Residents urged to prepare for hurricane season (6/8/2022) - It is only a week into hurricane season and the first named storm in the Atlantic has already come and gone. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts an above…
gloucester peeler pound crabs 9 Catching peeler crabs a family affair for Healys (6/8/2022) - Max Healy of Gloucester and his son, Mickey, started catching peeler crabs together when Mickey was a teenager, and they’ve been peeler crabbers together for more than 50 years. Max…
Covid cases down nationally, up in district (6/8/2022) - COVID-19 case rates decreased across the U.S. and in Virginia during the past week, with around 101,000 cases per day nationally and 2,859 cases per day in the state. In…
Foundation expands open space at Woodville School (6/8/2022) - Thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Virginia Outdoors Foundation and $8,000 in private donations, the Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation has purchased a 0.39-acre parcel adjacent to the Woodville School…
Chesapeake Bay crabs hit population low (6/8/2022) - The blue crab, the Chesapeake Bay’s most valuable catch and a closely watched proxy for the health of its underwater ecosystem, is less abundant now than at any other time…
gloucester library queens jubilee Queen’s Jubilee (6/8/2022) - Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee was the theme for Gloucester Library’s May 31 meeting of the Yum Yum Cookbook Club. The meeting, which was held at the library’s Main Street Center…
Peter Brewer & Friends to play Saturday at GBC (6/1/2022) - Peter Brewer & Friends will be playing at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Gloucester Brewing Company. This performance is free and open to the public. Brewer (saxophone), a 1985 graduate…
Library lease on board’s agenda (6/1/2022) - The Gloucester Board of Supervisors will vote on a resolution to enter into a lease for the Main Street Library when it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the colonial…
Meeting today on historic property addition (6/1/2022) - The Gloucester County Historical Committee will hold a special meeting at 10:30 today, Thursday, June 2, at the Gloucester Museum of History, 6539 Main Street. The meeting is being held…
Summer reading kicks off (6/1/2022) - Gloucester Library will hold its Summer Reading Kick-Off event Saturday from 4-6 p.m. at the Main Street Center location. Families are invited to stop by the library to register for…
Hearing tonight on Rick’s Country Store parcel (6/1/2022) - The Gloucester Planning Commission will meet at 7 o’clock tonight in the colonial courthouse for a public hearing to consider the proposed rezoning of a parcel of land on Hickory…
gloucester kiwanis club Kiwanis fundraiser (6/1/2022) - The Gloucester Kiwanis Club raised approximately $1,700 in a spaghetti dinner fundraiser held on May 20 at the Courthouse Restaurant. Money from the event will help the organization with its…
gloucester emily barbee award Horticulture Award of Merit (6/1/2022) - Emily Barbee, right, longstanding member of the Garden Club of Gloucester and Mathews, was presented the Horticulture Award of Merit by president Julie Stone, left, at the club’s annual picnic…
1a memorial day mathews firing Services held Sunday to honor America’s war dead (6/1/2022) - American Legion posts in Mathews and Gloucester took time out on Sunday afternoon to honor America’s military and its war dead in Memorial Day weekend observances. The first of the…
Lewis “Bucky” Burruss at his home in Guinea Leadership and integrity: Cornerstones of one man’s life (6/1/2022) - It’s been a long, storied career for Lt. Col. Lewis H. “Bucky” Burruss (U.S. Army-ret.), both in the military and as an author. He spent his formative years in Gloucester,…
COVID-19 case rates stabilize (6/1/2022) - COVID-19 cases stabilized across the U.S. over the weekend, with the nation averaging about 109,000 new cases per day, according to a press release from Dr. Richard Williams, medical director…
point emergency landing Emergency landing (6/1/2022) - A small aircraft made an emergency landing last Thursday at 5:19 p.m. in a field off the 3500 block of Providence Road in Gloucester. There were no injuries. Sgt. Michelle…
point flag retirement Flag retirement (6/1/2022) - The Abingdon Ruritan Club held a flag retirement ceremony Memorial Day weekend. The service included the Pledge of Allegiance followed by individual placement of the flags in the fire pit…
VSP holds memorial service; Dermyer among honored (6/1/2022) - Virginia State Police held a memorial service last week to honor public safety professionals who have lost their lives in service. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the May 25 program…
100th birthday (6/1/2022) - Helen T. Verbyla of Gloucester, celebrated her 100th birthday last Thursday. She was born on May 26, 1922 in Laflin, Pennsylvania, to Stanley and Theodora Montville, and worked in a…
Genealogist offers tips on identifying old photographs (5/25/2022) - The Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia and the Guinea Heritage Association hosted a joint meeting on Monday at Buck’s Store and Museum in Bena. This meeting featured Newport News-based genealogist…
Ruritan Sunday (5/25/2022) - Members of the Abingdon Ruritan Club took part in Ruritan Sunday at Abingdon Episcopal Church, a day of worship in honor of those “thousands of dedicated persons who have given…
Memorial Day BBQ (5/25/2022) - The Guinea Heritage Association will have freshly cooked and pulled BBQ by the pound for Memorial Day weekend. Pint containers of BBQ will be available for $10 at the Buck’s…
75 seafood festivals (5/25/2022) - The Abingdon Ruritan Club held its Spring Seafood Festival last Wednesday at the club in Bena. Honored at the event were L.T. Wells, longtime member of the Abingdon Ruritans, and…
VIMS professors honored with Plumeri Awards (5/25/2022) - Professors Eric Hilton and Juliette Smith of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science at Gloucester Point have been selected as recipients of Plumeri Awards for Faculty Excellence at the College…

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