Events July 24-31 (7/23/2025) - THURSDAY KING’S DAUGHTERS AND SONS: The Chesapeake Bay Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons will meet at noon today in the fellowship hall of New Point Friends Church. Amy… …
Sign up for backpacking event (7/23/2025) - Machicomoco State Park will host “Let’s Go Backpacking” on Saturday, Aug. 16. Participants will learn backpacking essentials from Virginia State Parks expert adventure staff, the Let’s Go Team. To register,… …
Regional initiative seeks to boost health care workforce development (7/23/2025) - A new regional partnership designed to strengthen health care workforce development throughout the Fredericksburg area, Northern Neck and the Middle Peninsula was rolled out recently. This is part of a… …
Supporting Union’s food pantry (7/23/2025) - Abingdon Ruritan Club supports the community in many ways, including its support of the Union Baptist Church Food Pantry. Here, ARC past president Mary Lou Privott, from left, presents a… …
Betty Ambrose has taught generations of children to swim (7/23/2025) - Asking someone how they learned to swim is likely to yield several responses. Some people may recall how their parents gently pulled them into the water, patiently encouraging tiny kicks… …
Woodville Park donation (7/23/2025) - Abingdon Ruritan Club, Bena, gave a $1,000 to Gloucester Parks, Recreation & Tourism so improvements can be made to Woodville Park. Here, club member Julie Woolley, at left, presents the… …
Giving Garden donation (7/23/2025) - Abingdon Ruritan Club is doing its part to fight cancer. For example, there is a small hut located adjacent to the back parking lot at the club in Bena. Club… …
Dogs with jobs: Long-haul pupper (7/23/2025) - With a wag and a smile, dogs simply make the working world better. In this series, we explore the lives of local dogs who go to work with their people.… …
Appreciation plaque (7/23/2025) - Gloucester County Board of Supervisors Chair Kevin Smith, right, presents Ken Evans with a plaque during the board’s July 15 meeting, recognizing his nearly 11 years of service on the… …
Health resource fair to include screenings (7/23/2025) - The Gloucester NAACP Health Fair will be hosting prostate and breast cancer screenings on Saturday, Aug. 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, Main Street.… …Wittman to meet with Gloucester leadership Friday (7/23/2025) - Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Montross) is meeting with various Gloucester County community leaders on Friday at Gloucester Emergency Management, 7478 Justice Drive, beginning at 3:30 p.m. These leaders include representatives from… …
Kiwanis Club seeks new members (7/23/2025) - The Kiwanis Club of Gloucester is seeking new members to help with its numerous volunteer causes in the community. “I wanted to make a difference with youth in the community,”… …Five-year sentence set for firearms offense (7/23/2025) - A Gloucester man was sentenced Thursday in U.S. Eastern District Court of Virginia to five years in prison for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.… …
MPCC Car Show (7/17/2025) - More than 100 cars took part in Saturday’s Middle Peninsula Classic Cruisers’ annual Collector Car Appreciation Day Car Show at the Main Street Center, Gloucester. Voting was done by the… …Events July 17-24 (7/16/2025) - Thursday SOCIAL SERVICES: The Gloucester County Board of Social Services will meet at 7:30 a.m. today, Thursday, July 17, in the Social Services Conference Room, 6641 Short Lane. SUPERVISORS: The… …
Legion breakfast Sunday in Gloucester (7/16/2025) - American Legion Post 75, Gloucester, will hold its monthly community breakfast from 8-11:30 a.m. Sunday. The breakfast is $12 for adults; $6 for children aged 5-10 (children under 4 eat… …
Moth-ers Night Out to be held July 25 (7/16/2025) - The Middle Peninsula chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists and Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism are sponsoring a moth event, “Moth-ers Night Out” at the Beaverdam Park Picnic Shelter, Fary’s… …
Supporting the ReStore (7/16/2025) - Habitat for Humanity of Gloucester-Mathews’ ReStore got a boost recently with a $1,500 donation from the Abingdon Ruritan Club. Danny Privott, 2017 National Ruritan President and current Chaplain for ARC,… …
Little England talk (7/16/2025) - The Guinea Heritage Association hosted a talk on Sunday at Buck’s Store Museum in Bena with Linda Grow (at podium) speaking about Little England. Grow and her husband David were… …
Wonders of the Water children’s program offered at Buck’s Store (7/16/2025) - Guinea Heritage Association will be offering its Wonders of the Water program at Buck’s Store Museum from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, July 26. The program is free and… … Guinea Heritage (7/16/2025) - Abingdon Ruritan Club, in its ongoing partnership with the Guinea Heritage Association, recently made a donation to the organization, established in 1995 to celebrate the people and traditions of a… …American Cancer Society benefit show to be held Aug. 2 (7/16/2025) - Sugar Plum Events is holding a benefit show for the American Cancer Society from 6-10 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Abingdon Ruritan Club, Bena. The show will feature… …
Living history program (7/16/2025) - Brothers Ben (11) and Sam (13) Adams, from left, spent Saturday afternoon in front of the Gloucester Museum of History on Main Street, performing period music from the War of… …
NARFE meeting (7/16/2025) - Gloucester County School Board member Leonne Arsenovic was guest speaker at Tuesday’s meeting of Chapter 1757 of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) at Damon’s. Arsenovic is shown… …
Helping first responders (7/16/2025) - Each year, the Abingdon Ruritan Club shows its support for the county’s first responders with donations to Abingdon Volunteer Fire and Rescue and Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue. Above, Gloucester… …