Water training exercise (6/26/2024) - Last Thursday, members of Abingdon Volunteer Fire and Rescue held a training program on Timberneck Creek, covering basic seamanship, line handling, and docking maneuvers. The training wrapped up with water… …Farm use placards mandatory July 1 (6/26/2024) - Farm use vehicles must be compliant before Monday with a law requiring unregistered farm use vehicles to display a state Department of Motor Vehicles issued permanent farm use placard. Placards… …
Bay Aging announces scholarship opportunity for GloucesterAdult Day Care (6/26/2024) - Bay Aging, a leading nonprofit Area Agency on Aging serving the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck, is offering scholarships for Gloucester Adult Day Care. GADC provides respite services for individuals… …
GMCC donation (6/18/2024) - The Abingdon Ruritan Club recently presented a $2,000 donation to the Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic. Club past president and memorial chairman Don Sandridge along with ARC and GMCC board member… …
Inaugural Abingdon Day celebration held (6/18/2024) - Abingdon Episcopal Church, White Marsh, held its inaugural Abingdon Day celebration on Saturday, welcoming approximately 400 guests onto the historic property, according to Michelle Pollock, senior warden and chair for… …
Bread for Life harvest (6/18/2024) - Gloucester Master Gardeners have been busy harvesting vegetables from the group’s demonstration garden at Woodville Park to donate to Bread for Life. Last week’s haul included beans, zucchini, and lettuce.… …
Kids Craft Market (6/18/2024) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism held a Kids Craft Market Saturday in the court circle for young people under age 18 to sell their creations. Above, from left, 12-year-olds Tatum… …BC United Outreach holds ‘I Am Enough’ seminar (6/18/2024) - The “I Am Enough” youth girl seminar, sponsored by BC United Outreach, was held last month at the Holly Knoll/Gloucester Institute, offering a day of empowerment and education for girls… …
Gloucester Banks celebrates centennial (6/18/2024) - Gloucester Banks, also known to locals as Little Richmond, is a close-knit community of 23 cottages in Gloucester Point. It celebrated its 100th anniversary this month. The community, located near… …
Dual party primary (6/18/2024) - Polls were open Tuesday in Gloucester, Mathews and throughout Virginia in Republican and Democratic primaries. Locally, voters were asked to choose between two Democratic candidates for the 1st Congressional District… …Summer starts today (6/18/2024) - Summer officially begins at 4:51 p.m. today, Thursday, June 20, bringing the longest period of daylight for the year. The night, if clear, will also be at its brightest, with… …
Abingdon Day (6/12/2024) - Terri and Tyler Byrne set up a sign to invite the public to Abingdon Day. This event feature bounce house rides, an archeological dig, 25 vendors, food and tours of… …Gloucester supervisors, planners discuss proposed zoning ordinance changes (6/12/2024) - Members of the Gloucester Board of Supervisors and the county’s Planning Commission met last Thursday, discussing proposed changes in the zoning ordinance and also engaging in a brief discussion about… …
Priest to deliver program on living shorelines (6/12/2024) - Bena resident Walter I. Priest III (“WIP” to some) will share his expertise in wetlands design and restoration in the Guinea Heritage Association’s next Fourth Friday program. The program will… …
Woodville School members visit Richmond museum exhibit (6/12/2024) - Members of the Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation’s Descendants Community Committee traveled to the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond earlier this month to visit the exhibit titled, “A… …
Juneteenth celebration next week at Holly Knoll (6/12/2024) - One of the most historic places in Virginia is providing the backdrop for 2024 Gloucester Juneteenth Celebration. The event will be held from 3-6 p.m. next Wednesday, June 19, at… …Dual-party primary to be held Tuesday (6/12/2024) - Voters will be able to head to the polls in Gloucester, Mathews and the rest of Virginia on Tuesday to cast their ballots in dual-party primaries to decide Democratic and… …
Closings next week for Juneteenth (6/12/2024) - All courts, county offices, school facilities, DMV customer service centers, libraries, and post offices in Gloucester and Mathews will be closed on Wednesday, June 19, in celebration of the Juneteenth… …
Early deadlines next week (6/12/2024) - Due to the closing of post offices for the observance of the Juneteenth holiday (Wednesday, June 19), each of the deadlines for next week’s issue of the Gazette-Journal will be… …
Get active with the GLOutdoors Challenge (6/12/2024) - Those looking for ways to get active this summer and further explore Gloucester County by themselves or with the whole family ought to give the new GLOutdoors Challenge a try.… …
Marine Science Day (6/5/2024) - The Virginia Institute of Marine Science held its annual Marine Science Day event on Saturday, opening up the doors of its Gloucester Point campus to let visitors get some hands-on… …Library to hold puzzle competition June 20 (6/5/2024) - Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, will hold its next Jigsaw Puzzle Showdown on June 20, beginning at 6 p.m. Teams of two to four will race to complete… …
Library to hold ’60s theme night June 13 (6/5/2024) - The Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, will hold a 1960s theme night, “Beach Blanket Bingo,” on Thursday, June 13, beginning at 6 p.m. Join the library for an… …
Abingdon Ruritans (6/5/2024) - Jean Duggan, Development Director of Bay Aging, gave a presentation on Medicare fraud to members of the Abingdon Ruritan Club on May 20 at the club in Bena. Duggan, at… …
Reality Store (6/5/2024) - The Abingdon Ruritan Club’s Social Development Committee, led by David and Abby Bowles, organized participate in Friday’s Reality Store event at Page Middle School. The middle school students purchased real… …