Events Aug. 21-28 (8/20/2025) - THURSDAY SOCIAL SERVICES: The Gloucester Social Services Board will meet at 7:30 this morning, Thursday, Aug. 21, in the Social Services conference room, 6641 Short Lane, Gloucester. SUPERVISORS: The Mathews… …
End of summer concerts (8/20/2025) - Mathews Memorial Library is ending the summer with back-to-back concerts, one tonight and the other on Friday, both sponsored by Friends of the Mathews Memorial Library. The Virginia Symphony Brass… …
Mathews Museum reopens Sept. 5 (8/20/2025) - The Mathews Museum will host a new show, “The Art of the Quilt,” when it reopens Friday, Sept., after two months of renovation. The show is sponsored by the Mathews… …
Beattie runs for Mathews BOS seat (8/20/2025) - Patrick Beattie, 54, of Dutton, has announced his candidacy for a seat on the Mathews County Board of Supervisors. He is running as an independent. Beattie also ran for the… …
Walsh seeks seat on Mathews board (8/20/2025) - David Walsh, 57, of Bohannon, has announced his candidacy for a seat on the Mathews County Board of Supervisors. He is running as an independent. A Mathews native and Mathews… …
Daniel speaks about Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (8/20/2025) - As Mathews County Public Schools gears up for another academic year, Superintendent of Schools Dr. David S. Daniel provided an update on the division’s ongoing Multi-Tiered Systems of Support efforts… …Gloucester, Mathews students head back to school Monday (8/20/2025) - School buses will be rolling and students will be back in classrooms as the 2025-2026 school year begins Monday in public schools across Virginia, including Gloucester and Mathews. In Gloucester… …
Events Aug. 14-21 (8/13/2025) - FRIDAY PARTY AT THE WHARF: The Tin Can Fish Band will perform from 5-9 p.m. Friday at Williams Wharf Landing, 1039 Williams Wharf Road, Mathews. Food trucks and cash bar… …
The world is their oyster; TOGA helps people cultivate bivalves (8/13/2025) - Oysters are often thought of as a popular food dish, or associated with the lucky find of a pearl. Often overlooked is that a single oyster can filter up to… …
Russell Reed brings pre-colonial history to life (8/13/2025) - If you have ever wondered what it was like to live in 17th century North America, then Russell Reed is your man. He has spent the last 15 years of… …Planners hold off on G.I. park request (8/13/2025) - The Mathews County Planning Commission tabled a request Tuesday night from the board of supervisors that they determine if placing a park on county-owned waterfront property at the end of… …
Mathews YMCA Preschool set to open Aug. 25 (8/13/2025) - An open house for the Mathews YMCA Preschool, now enrolling students, was held over four days this week, from Monday through Thursday, Aug. 11-14, in advance of the school’s opening… …
‘A Voyage through Time’ (8/13/2025) - Children who participated in Mathews Memorial Library’s summer program “A Voyage through Time” shared some of their experiences with invited guests who visited them on Friday, Aug. 1. The program… …VA250 Committee working to present ‘Crickets’ in 2026 (8/13/2025) - Plans are underway to mount a production of the musical “Crickets on a Hill” next summer, as part of America’s 250th celebration. First performed for the bicentennial in 1976 and… …
Valenta named to state nursing board (8/13/2025) - Dolores Valenta of Moon, a retired Licensed Practical Nurse, was named last week by Gov. Glenn Youngkin to a four-year term on the Virginia Board of Nursing. The 14-member board… …
Events Aug. 7-14 (8/6/2025) - THURSDAY LIBRARY BOARD: The Mathews Memorial Library Board of Trustees will have a special meeting at 5:30 tonight, Thursday, Aug. 7, in the historic courthouse on Court Street. PLANNERS: The… …
Mathews planners to meet Tuesday; hearing on park idea (8/6/2025) - The Mathews County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Mathews High School Media Center, 9889 Buckley Hall Road, Mathews. The hearing will be… …
Finney, Tripp awarded Toddsbury President’s Cup (8/6/2025) - The Garden Club of Gloucester and Mathews held its 97th annual meeting and awards ceremony in June. Each year, the club awards the Toddsbury President’s Cup to one or two… …Mathews celebrates National Farmers’ Market Week Saturday (8/6/2025) - Mathews Farmers’ Market is celebrating National Farmers Market Week with a variety of activities from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. A special performance from 10 a.m. to noon by… …
Little Miss Mathews Pageant Sunday at MHS (8/6/2025) - The Little Miss Mathews Pageant will return to Mathews this year under the auspices of Mathews Market Days and the Court House Players theater group. It will be held beginning… …
HITW owners refile suit against Mathews supervisors (8/6/2025) - In the wake of the Mathews County Board of Supervisors’ July 10 eviction of Hole in the Wall Waterfront Grill from county-owned property on Gwynn’s Island, owners of the restaurant… …
Hole in the Wall restaurant issue dominates yet another BOS meeting (8/6/2025) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors met last Thursday to continue its July 17 regular monthly meeting, and the hot topic was once again the Hole in the Wall Waterfront… …
National Night Out (8/6/2025) - Tuesday’s National Night Out event, hosted by the Mathews County Sheriff’s Office, was a big success, with huge crowds filling the Mathews High School football field to listen to the… …
Ever-glowing (8/6/2025) - The sun sets behind New Point Lighthouse, now in its 210th year marking the entrance to Mobjack Bay. Pam Howlett of Dutton took this photo on July 5 as the… …
National Night Out Tuesday at MHS (7/30/2025) - National Night Out, a free-for-everybody, fun-for-all event, will be held from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday in the football stadium at Mathews High School, 9889 Buckley Hall Road, Mathews. Sponsored by the… …