Student Art Contest winners (8/28/2024) - On Saturday, Aug. 24, Barbara Priest presented the winners of the Guinea Jubilee Student Art Contest with a certificate of achievement and a gift bag with candy at Buck’s Store… …
Songbird Trail opens to the public (8/28/2024) - Machicomoco State Park, Hayes, opened its new trail to the public on Monday. The Songbird Trail was made in partnership with the Middle Peninsula Master Naturalists and is located at… …Applications due by Sept. 6 for free beehive lottery (8/28/2024) - Applications will be accepted through Friday, Sept. 6, for the state program that provides Virginia residents free equipment for assembling new beehives. Recipients are selected by lot at random from… …
Birthday at the Birthplace to be held Sept. 14 (8/28/2024) - Happy 173rd birthday, Dr. Walter Reed! The Fairfield Foundation is holding a special event on Saturday, Sept. 14, at Walter Reed Birthplace to celebrate the Gloucester County native best known… …
NARFE talk (8/28/2024) - Sherry West, animal adoption volunteer with the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society, was the guest speaker at the Aug. 20 luncheon meeting of Chapter 1757 of the National Active and Retired Federal… …Democrats to open office in Gloucester Saturday (8/28/2024) - The Democratic Committees of Gloucester, Mathews and Middlesex counties will officially open their shared office from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at 6882A Main Street, Main Street Center, Gloucester. The… …
Bay Aging expanding mission, income base (8/28/2024) - Over the past 12 years, Bay Aging, a Gloucester-based nonprofit organization that provides services for seniors and other vulnerable populations, has worked to develop income sources that don’t rely on… …
Local family to thank community in welcome-home celebration (8/28/2024) - Mathews native Taylor Jacobs and her family, including infant daughter Waverly, are back home in Gloucester after living in the Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia for eight months, and they’re… …Offices close for Labor Day (8/28/2024) - All post offices, courts, county offices and DMV customer service centers in Gloucester and Mathews will be closed Monday in observance of the Labor Day holiday. Schools in the two… …
New art studio/living space to open in Gloucester (8/28/2024) - A new art studio/living space in Gloucester Court House will open next month. Kay Van Dyke will be opening ARTWORK in the Village in September in the building on Main… …
Oktoberfest to be held at Sanders Oct. 5 (8/28/2024) - For many years Sanders, a retirement community in Gloucester courthouse, has held an Oktoberfest celebration for its residents and their families. This year, however, the community is going a bit… …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… …
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… …
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… …
GHS care closet (8/21/2024) - The congregation of Severn Church, Naxera, collected a cargo van full of items to help stock the Care Closet at Gloucester High School for the coming school year. This closet… …
B.C. United holds back to school event (8/21/2024) - B.C United Outreach, a local nonprofit organization, held its annual Back to School Community Block Party and Resource Fair on Saturday at the Abingdon Ruritan Club in Guinea. The event… …Gloucester Training School, T.C. Walker School reunion to be held Sept. 21 (8/21/2024) - Former students of Gloucester Training School and Thomas C. Walker School through 1969 and their guests are invited to attend a reunion on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 5 to 10… …
Point library to hold First Friday Fun (8/21/2024) - Gloucester County Public Library will hold First Friday Fun events at the Point Branch on Sept. 6, Oct. 4, Nov. 1 and Dec. 6 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. each session. Enjoy… …
Participants sought for upcoming Touch a Truck event (8/21/2024) - Participant registration is now open for Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism’s upcoming Touch a Truck event, which will be held on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.… …
Widows group meets Saturday (8/21/2024) - The Widows of Gloucester and Mathews County, Virginia, will hold a “meet, greet and talk session” from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Tabernacle of Faith Church, 7028 Woodsville Road,… …
Lunch and Learn webinar scheduled for Sept. 19 (8/21/2024) - Gloucester County Economic Development is co-sponsoring a free Lunch and Learn Series webinar next month to help home-based businesses with their tax prep questions. Cheryl Jackson, senior stakeholder with the… …
Community Builders Award (8/21/2024) - On Friday, Aug. 16, Botetourt Masonic Lodge #7 A.F. & A.M. presented Arlene Armentor the Community Builders Award at Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic’s 14th annual Golf Tournament in recognition of… …2 local residents appointed to state boards (8/21/2024) - Two Gloucester County residents were among those appointed to various state boards and administration positions, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday. Christopher Sopko of Gloucester, operations manager for Sea Farms, Inc.,… …
Coming Events (8/14/2024) - THURSDAY SOCIAL SERVICES: The Gloucester Social Services Board will meet at 7:30 this morning, Thursday, Aug. 15, at 6641 Short Lane, Gloucester. SUPERVISORS: The Mathews County Board of Supervisors will… …
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… …