Events April 9-16 (4/8/2026) - SATURDAY GRAND OPENING: Quiet Pine Market will have a grand opening from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday at 1805 Potato Neck Road, Port Haywood. FARMERS’ MARKET: The Mathews… …
Tree removed at MHS (4/8/2026) - A tree that stood in front of Mathews High School was removed on Tuesday in preparation for an upcoming VDOT project that will provide a crosswalk on Buckley Hall Road… …
Little Free Library (4/8/2026) - Jennifer Clark of Cardinal recently started little free library at her home. Jen’s Little Free Library (Charter #220501) is located at 3536 East River Road and has books available for… …G.I. Museum open for season (4/8/2026) - The Gwynn’s Island Museum opened for the season on Friday, offering visitors a chance to explore the history, ancestry and archaeology of the island. The museum houses a large collection… …
Mathews board votes to hold off funding plan for employees (4/8/2026) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors met last Thursday, April 2 to resume a closed session continued from March 24 on legal matters pertaining to Hole in the Wall Waterfront… …
Cobbs Creek resident sees first-hand the result of ICE arrests (4/8/2026) - A little over a mile from the U.S./Mexico border checkpoint at the Paso del Norte International Bridge in El Paso, Texas, is Annunciation House, a center that provides hospitality, advocacy… …
Easter Egg Hunt (4/8/2026) - The Mathews Community Easter Egg Hunt was held on Saturday morning on the Mathews Court Green. Children lined up for the 11 a.m. to find as many of the 5,000… …Pound Cake Contest returns to May Faire; new category (4/8/2026) - The annual Pound Cake Contest is part of May Faire again in 2026. The two-day May Faire festival, sponsored by the Mathews Museum, is on Saturday, May 2 and Sunday,… …
Newlywed cottage saved decades later (4/8/2026) - When Bette Dillehay was a newlywed some decades ago, she and her late husband Rob lived in a small cottage at Iron Point on the banks of the Piankatank River… …
Work progressing on new MVFD Station 1 (4/8/2026) - Work is proceeding apace on Mathews Volunteer Fire Department’s new Station 1, to be located in the former Mathews Boys and Girls Club on Church Street. The front part of… …
Cobbs Creek man in the midst of restoring two 1930s Plymouths (4/8/2026) - Randy Krahn doesn’t consider himself a purist when it comes to old cars. Krahn found himself the owner through family of a 1935 Plymouth PJ 4-door sedan a couple of… …Mathews schools to hold Town Hall April 14 (4/1/2026) - The Mathews County School Board will hold a Town Hall meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 14, in the J. Murray Brooks Auditorium at Thomas Hunter Middle School. The… …
Events April 2-9 (4/1/2026) - THURSDAY SUPERVISORS: The Mathews Board of Supervisors will reconvene its March 24 meeting at 11 o’clock this morning, Thursday, April 2, in the historic courthouse in order to go into… …
Easter Egg Hunt Saturday in Mathews (4/1/2026) - The Mathews Community Easter Egg Hunt will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, rain or shine, on the Mathews Court Green. The free event, open to children aged 3-10, is… …
Kingston Housing Initiative (4/1/2026) - Bank of America Senior Vice President George Thorn, third from left, has announced the donation of $75,000 from the Anne Mullen Orrell Trust to the Kingston Housing Initiative to assist… …Cormier pleads guilty to double homicide (4/1/2026) - Carol Paul Cormier pleaded guilty last week in Mathews Circuit Court to the July 2025 murder of 54-year-old Chad Wayne Ashford and 56-year-old Audrey Elaine Hudgins, receiving 48 years, five… …
Flotilla 66 prepares ‘cook out’for active-duty members (4/1/2026) - Despite the uncertainty with government funding for the U.S. Coast Guard, Mathews Flotilla 66 stepped up to show Coast Guard Station Milford Haven active-duty members that they care for their… …Mathews Museum plan underway for May Faire (4/1/2026) - As the nation approaches its 250th birthday, the Mathews Museum is planning its annual May Faire, May 2 and 3, described as “a hands-on weekend of history, heritage and hometown… …
New sign (4/1/2026) - Mathews Museum volunteer Jimmy Dukes fabricated stainless steel letters for new signage at the museum and installed them recently. The museum had put off having a sign made because of… …
15 students earn Boat Virginia certificates (4/1/2026) - U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 66, Mathews, presented a boating safety class on Saturday, March 28, at the Mathews Volunteer Rescue Squad in Hudgins. Fifteen students received their lifetime Boating… …Mathews supervisors issue subpoenas in HITW suit (4/1/2026) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors has issued subpoenas for the production of records to three government agencies in regard to the suit filed by Hole in the Wall Waterfront… …
Cormier pleads guilty to double homicide (3/26/2026) - Carol Paul Cormier pleaded guilty yesterday in Mathews Circuit Court to the July 2025 murder of 54-year-old Chad Wayne Ashford and 56-year-old Audrey Elaine Hudgins, receiving 48 years, five months… …
Events March 26-April 2 (3/25/2026) - THURSDAY KING’S DAUGHTERS: The Chesapeake Bay Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons will meet at noon today, March 26, in the fellowship hall of New Point Friends Church. SUPERVISORS:… …
BOS trims county’s share of school funding to $8.5M (3/25/2026) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors, in a budget workshop Tuesday, voted 3-2 to have County Administrator Ramona Wilson revise the proposed budget to reduce the county’s share of funding… …
Mathews EDA to serve as conduit for $12M in bonds (3/25/2026) - The Mathews Economic Development Authority, meeting in a joint session with county supervisors on Monday, voted unanimously to serve as the conduit for $12 million in bonds approved by supervisors… …