Best Years Trips to Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival, Smithfield Pickers Market (3/6/2024) - A pair of Best Years Trips is being planned in the coming weeks by Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism. Saturday is the deadline to sign up for a March 16… …
Ospreys returning to lower bay (2/28/2024) - Ospreys are returning to the lower Chesapeake Bay with sightings made in Gloucester County at John’s Point Landing and at Machicomoco State Park, the Osprey Watch Alliance announced. The next… …
Brewing oyster stout (2/28/2024) - Members of the Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association (TOGA) and the Colonial Ale Smiths and Keggers (CASK) got together Sunday at the Hayes home of Jay and Joe Crandell to brew… …
Polar Plunge (2/28/2024) - Local Knights of Columbus Council 9428 (Church of St. Therese) raised $400 on Saturday morning with a Special Olympics Polar Plunge event at Gloucester Point beach. The funds go to… …
Beach clean-up (2/28/2024) - U.S. Army Aviation Warrant Officers assigned to the Warrant Officer Training Division 128th Aviation Brigade on Joint Base Langley-Eustis conducted clean-up operations at Gloucester Point Beach last Wednesday, Feb. 21.… …Rosewell opens for season March 29 (2/28/2024) - The Rosewell Ruins and Visitor Center in Gloucester will reopen for the 2024 season on Friday, March 29. The ruins, managed by the Fairfield Foundation, are open to the public… …
Harmful Waste Collection Day to be held April 20 (2/28/2024) - Gloucester County’s Residential Household Harmful Waste Collection Day will be held from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 20 at the Hayes Convenience Center on Guinea Road. This… …
Museum receives grant to update second-floor gallery (2/28/2024) - The Gloucester Museum of History received a $50,000 grant from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture’s Commonwealth History Fund to develop “new and dynamic exhibits in the museum’s second… …Vendors sought for Kids Craft Market (2/28/2024) - A Kids Craft Market will be held from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, in Gloucester’s court circle. Youth ages 18 and under are invited to rent a booth… …
Open house held for Woodville School (2/28/2024) - A ribbon cutting and open house was held on Saturday for members of the Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation and invited guests to celebrate Woodville School receiving its official occupancy permit… …
Scott recognized with R.R. Moton Legacy Award (2/28/2024) - Black representation in government was on display at The Gloucester Institute’s Sunday Dinner program at Holly Knoll on the historic Moton Conference Center campus in Cappahosic. Don L. Scott Jr.… …
Checking in on our legislators in Richmond (2/28/2024) - The Gazette-Journal went to Richmond on Monday to drop in on legislators who represent Gloucester and Mathews in Virginia’s General Assembly. Representing Senate District 26 is Sen. Ryan T. McDougle… …Gloucester PRT sponsors Spring Break Passport Camp (2/28/2024) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism is sponsoring a Spring Break Parks Passport Camp on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, April 2, 3 and 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each… …
VIMS to participate in VLM’s Career Day Saturday (2/28/2024) - The Virginia Institute of Marine Science will be participating at the Virginia Living Museum’s first STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Career Day from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday… …
Gloucester supervisors to meet Monday, Tuesday (2/28/2024) - The Gloucester Board of Supervisors will hold a pair of meetings on Monday and Tuesday, with both beginning at 6 p.m. in the colonial courthouse. On Monday, the board will… …
Library to hold two programs in March (2/28/2024) - Gloucester County Public Library will hold programs on growing herbs and preparing for retirement in March at its Main Street Center location.Master Gardeners will present on growing herbs on March… …
LifeSkills Training grant awarded regionally (2/28/2024) - The Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck Community Services Board’s Prevention, Health and Wellness Division has been awarded a $159,000 three-year grant from the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth Foundation starting July 1,… …
Two Best Years Trips offered (2/28/2024) - A pair of Best Years Trips will be held in the coming weeks, with the deadline to sign up fast approaching, according to the Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department.… …
50 -year Masonic veteran (2/21/2024) - Members of Achilles Lodge No. 281 AF&AM celebrated the 50th anniversary of Carol Evans Brown, who joined Masonry at that lodge on Jan. 22, 1974. The evening included a dinner… …
Hunters for the Hungry (2/21/2024) - Abingdon Ruritan Club president Rick Scott and past president Mary Lou Privott are shown with a Certificate of Appreciation which was presented to the club at the recent Ruritan National… …
Life membership (2/21/2024) - At the February meeting of the Middle Peninsula Amateur Radio Club Dr. David Justus was presented with a life membership. Justus has been a dedicated member of the club, showing… …
GMCC spring gala combines old favorites and new (2/21/2024) - The Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic’s spring fund-raising gala returns this year with a nod to the organization’s Casino Nights of years past. The second annual Derby de Mayo, GMCC’s largest… …Kite flying show at Abingdon Park March 3 (2/21/2024) - The Richmond Air Force Kite Club will put on a kite flying show at Abingdon Park on Sunday, March 3, beginning at 11 a.m. This event is sponsored by Gloucester… …
Valentine’s Day treats (2/21/2024) - Several members of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75, Gloucester, made deliveries on Feb. 13 for Valentine’s Day. Auxiliary members crafted handmade cards and filled goodie bags with treats for… …
Gloucester man helps clean up his community (2/21/2024) - Sheldon Linger of Gloucester, is a volunteer for Gloucester’s Clean Community and Adopt-a-Highway programs and has been working since the start of the year to clean up his community. During… …