Clean Gloucester Day (3/25/2026) - Tiffany Bates and her two sons, Ryan, 6, and Mason, 3, from left, participated in the 16th annual Spring Clean Gloucester Day by picking up litter along Main Street Saturday… …
NARFE officers (3/25/2026) - Middle Peninsula Chapter 1757 of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association inducted officers for the coming year at a program on March 17, with NARFE Virginia Area 1… …
Colorectal cancer on the rise locally (3/25/2026) - March is colorectal cancer awareness month, an umbrella term that encompasses both colon and rectal cancers, a disease that is showing a sharp impact on the local area. Hampton Roads… …
Toll removal (3/25/2026) - Work is beginning to remove the toll booth plaza at the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge by the Virginia Department of Transportation. The tolls came off in August. All work… …
Poland’s Supermarket: Gloucester landmark remembered after fire (3/25/2026) - On the morning of Feb. 7, the Abingdon Volunteer Fire Department responded to a commercial fire on Route 17 at Gloucester Point. The building, mostly recently an auction house, was… …
In a daffodil daze, Camps to serve as this year’s grand marshals (3/25/2026) - The Gloucester County Daffodil Festival parade will be led by Jim and Susan Camp of Ordinary, and is scheduled to step off from Main Street Center at 10 o’clock Saturday… …
Election signs (3/25/2026) - With voting underway at Gloucester’s Central Absentee Precinct, the county has designated an area, shown above, where campaign signs may be placed. The site, in the parking lot behind county… …
Daffodil poster (3/25/2026) - The unveiling of this year’s winning Daffodil Festival poster was held at a reception on March 14 at the Fine Arts Museum of Gloucester. Artist Abbey Turner, above, is this… …
Queen’s Tea (3/25/2026) - This year’s Daffodil Festival Princesses and Little Miss contestants enjoyed an afternoon of elegance and tradition at the March 15 Queen’s Tea at Warner Hall. Taking part were, bottom row… …
The Thomas family grew and shipped daffodils in Gloucester for decades (3/25/2026) - (Editor’s note: Bill Thomas of Gloucester wrote this history in 2023 for the Gloucester Daffodil Club.) I was asked to write a brief history of my family’s involvement with growing… …
Driving tour (3/25/2026) - Be sure to check out this year’s Daffodil Driving Tour. This visual self-guided tour is sponsored by Gloucester Parks, Recreation & Tourism and organized by the Gloucester Daffodil Club. The… …
Parking and shuttle info for the festival (3/25/2026) - Shuttles will be available throughout the Gloucester Daffodil Festival as there will be limited parking on Main Street. Riding the shuttle costs $5 per person and it will be accessible… …Beer Garden returns (3/25/2026) - Gloucester Main Street’s Beer Garden returns to the Sanders Retirement Village lawn for this weekend’s Gloucester Daffodil Festival. Friday from 4-8 p.m. marks the first-Local’s Night, while Saturday from 11… …
Events: March 19-26 (3/18/2026) - THURSDAY SOCIAL SERVICES: The Gloucester Social Services Board will meet at 7:30 this morning, Thursday, March 19, in the Department of Social Services conference room, 6641 Short Lane, Gloucester. SUPERVISORS:… …
Easter movie night Friday at Walter Reed Post Acute Center (3/18/2026) - An Easter movie night event, a fundraiser to benefit the residents of Walter Reed Post Acute Center (formerly the Walter Reed Nursing & Rehabilitation Center), will be held on Friday… …
Gloucester Library to hold Easter craft April 2 (3/18/2026) - Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, will have an Easter bunny crafting session using terra-cotta pots on April 2, beginning at 11 a.m. Registration is now open. For adults… …
Hayes woman seeks liver donor (3/18/2026) - A Hayes woman has learned she needs a liver transplant and is reaching out to the public to find a suitable donor who can share part of their own liver… …
Supporting Gloucester schools (3/18/2026) - Peasley Middle School sixth grader Ian Ross, at right, runs for Botetourt Elementary School during the 15th annual Gloucester County Public Schools Educational Foundation 8K and 3K run/walk Saturday morning… …Gloucester supervisors vote on advertised tax rate (3/18/2026) - The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors voted by a 5-2 margin Tuesday evening to advertise the real estate tax rate at $0.637 per $100 of assessed value, an increase of… …
VIMS establishes new center to advance coastal resilience efforts (3/18/2026) - A new Center of Excellence in Environmental Forecasting has been established at the College of William & Mary’s Batten School of Coastal & Marine Science & Virginia Institute of Marine… …Gloucester Point named one of the ‘Friendliest Neighborhoods in Virginia’ (3/18/2026) - Gloucester Point was listed among the top five communities in the state making the rankings of Nextdoor’s “Friendliest Neighborhoods in Virginia,” according to a release from the San Francisco-based company.… …
Memorial Pavers (3/18/2026) - The Guinea Heritage Association invites people to purchase a Memorial Paver in honor/memory of a loved waterman/woman. The stones will be placed around the new Watermen’s Memorial, located outside the… …Harmful Waste Collection Day to be held April 18 (3/18/2026) - Gloucester County will hold its Residential Household Harmful Waste Collection Day from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, at the Hayes Convenience Center located on Guinea Road.… …
Spring begins Friday (3/18/2026) - Spring begins Friday at the moment of the vernal equinox, 10:45 a.m. From then until the fall equinox, each 24-hour period will have more daylight than darkness. …
Sail Beyond Cancer (3/18/2026) - At the Gloucester Rotary Club’s March 12 meeting, Kim Lawver, executive director of Sail Beyond Cancer Virginia, shared information about the nonprofit and its mission to “Honor those challenged by cancer by… …