GHS renovation ahead of schedule (8/21/2024) - Students starting school Monday at Gloucester High School can expect to enter a newly renovated ‘D’ hall, now called 300 hall, as renovation efforts for the school have now moved… …School Calendars 2024-2025 (8/21/2024) - School officials in Gloucester and Mathews counties have announced the following calendars for the upcoming school year. Gloucester Aug. 26, First day of schoolAug. 30 and Sept. 2, Labor Day… …
Gloucester, Mathews students head back to school Monday (8/21/2024) - Set those alarm clocks, fill up that water bottle and get ready to put your learning caps on, because students start the 2024-2025 academic year on Monday in Gloucester and… …
Gen. Lafayette in Gloucester (8/14/2024) - More than 100 people packed Gloucester’s colonial courthouse Sunday afternoon to hear actor/interpreter Mark Schneider of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation as he enthralled the audience portraying Revolutionary War hero the… …
Eagle vs. Tropical Storm Debby (8/14/2024) - An eagle came to an osprey nest near the Timberneck Creek home of Larry and Meg Sherertz of Hayes on Thursday morning with his breakfast fish, soaking wet and looking… …
Cook Foundation celebrates 25th anniversary (8/14/2024) - The Cook Foundation, a Gloucester organization dedicated to supporting the arts, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month with a visual exhibit in the Fine Arts Museum of Gloucester, 6894… …
Gloucester site ‘living lab’ for coastal resilience (8/14/2024) - A bold vision for a thriving industry built around providing solutions for flooding and sea level rise was unveiled Monday during an event at the Captain Sinclair Recreation Center at… …
Bread for Life donation (8/14/2024) - Monique Raposa, executive director of the Bread for Life Community Pantry, at left, accepts a $1,000 donation presented by Abby Bowles, Social Development Committee chair of the Abingdon Ruritan Club.… …
DAR district meeting (8/14/2024) - Members of the Augustine Warner Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution took part in Saturday’s Virginia DAR District II meeting at Manakin Presbyterian Church in Midlothian. DAR state regent Laurie… …Gloucester Democrats to hold program on Project 2025 (8/14/2024) - The Gloucester County Democratic Committee will host an informational presentation on Project 2025 from 2:30-4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24, in the community room of Gloucester Library, Main Street Center.… …
All GCPS students to receive free meals (8/14/2024) - According to Central Food Service, free breakfast and lunch will be provided to all Gloucester County Public Schools students for the 2024-2025 school year. This is made possible through the… …
Happy Birthday Visitation (8/14/2024) - American Legion Riders Chapter 75, Gloucester, provided a Happy Birthday Visitation for Ira “Neil” Everett, who turned 90 last month. Also celebrating this special event were his siblings, mostly from… …VDOT moves ahead with Woods Cross Roads improvements (8/14/2024) - The Virginia Department of Transportation is moving ahead with plans for its redesign of the Route 17/Route 610 (Davenport Road/Woods Cross Road) intersection, with the final design to be presented… …
Stuff the Bus (8/14/2024) - The Gloucester County Public Schools Transportation team collaborates annually with the Gloucester Moose Lodge to collect donations from the community to provide essential school supplies for students in need. This… …
Farm Bureau awards $7K in scholarships (8/14/2024) - The Gloucester-Mathews Farm Bureau Board of Directors recently awarded $7,000 in scholarships to seven local students. Presentations were made on Aug. 6 at Petsworth Baptist Church. The $1,000 recipients were… …Supporting Guinea Heritage (8/14/2024) - Abby Bowles, Social Development Committee chair of the Abington Ruritan Club, at right, recently presented a $1,000 donation check to Ginny Snowden, left, and president Rose Marie Smith of the… …
Union Baptist food pantry (8/14/2024) - Dave and Abby Bowles, Social Development Committee chairs of the Abingdon Ruritan Club, presented a $1,000 donation check to Audrey Berry and Sarah Joann Anderson of Union Baptist Church, from… …VIMS hosting tours of Point campus (8/14/2024) - Throughout August, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science is hosting several behind-the-scenes tours of its Gloucester Point campus, revealing the local and global impact of its research. These 90-minute tours… …
Widows’ group meets Aug. 24 (8/14/2024) - Widows of Gloucester and Mathews counties will meet from 10 a.m. until noon on Saturday, Aug. 24, at the Tabernacle of Faith Church, 7028 Woodsville Road, Hayes. Attire is casual.… …
Concert on the Green (8/14/2024) - The Courthouse Community Orchestra will perform in the next Concert on the Green, which will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21, on Gloucester’s court green in the… …
Salvation Army gift (8/14/2024) - Abby Bowles of the Abington Ruritan Club, at left, presents a $500 donation from the club to Stephanie Todd, social worker for the Salvation Army at Hayes. The Salvation Army… …Legionnaires to hold breakfast Sunday (8/14/2024) - American Legion Post 75, Gloucester, will hold its monthly community breakfast Sunday from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.The breakfast, featuring biscuits, eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, sausage gravy, fruit, coffee and… …
VIMS receives $224,491 grant for wetlands project (8/14/2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $2.4 million to projects that will help protect, manage and restore wetlands in the mid-Atlantic region, including a $224,491 grant to the Virginia Institute… …
What’s buzzing at Brent and Becky’s? Saturday is National Honey Bee Day (8/14/2024) - National Honey Bee Day will be celebrated from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Brent and Becky’s Bulbs in Gloucester.The Colonial Beekeepers Association will be at the business to demonstrate how… …
Supporting Bay Aging (8/14/2024) - Abingdon Ruritan Club representative Don Sandridge, second from right, presented Bay Aging on behalf of the club with donations totaling $4,000: $2,000 for Gloucester Meals on Wheels, $1,000 for the… …