Wittman, while unseated, wins G-M; Locally, Beck, Reagan win, Mathews sales tax loses (11/4/2026) - While a blue wave has swept over much of the nation, and Democratic challenger Shannon Taylor has unseated Republican incumbent Rob Wittman in Virginia’s 1st Congressional District overall, voters in… …Grand prize is $250 in cake contest (11/4/2026) - A baker will win the $250 grand prize in the Gazette-Journal Cake-O-Rama this holiday season. Recipes are being taken through Friday for the contest, which is accepting entries in three… …
Offices close for Veterans Day (11/4/2026) - All post offices, courts, county offices, DMV customer service centers, and libraries in Gloucester and Mathews will be closed on Wednesday, Nov. 11, in recognition of Veterans Day. Schools, waste… …
Bakers honored for work in lighthouse preservation (11/4/2026) - Longtime Mathews resident Dennis Baker now lives in a retirement home in Richmond, but that doesn’t mean the Mathews community has forgotten him, or his late wife, Brenda. The Mathews… …
Road cleanup (11/4/2026) - The Mathews County Republican Committee is doing its part to keep Mathews County clean and beautiful as part of its mission to perform community outreach. On Saturday, Oct. 24, members… …
Ghost Walks draw crowds in Mathews (11/4/2026) - For three nights over the past weekend, Mathews Court House was the scene of a foggy landscape, replete with eerie lights, splashing waters, and ghostly apparitions, as the Mathews Museum… …Events Nov. 5-12 (11/4/2026) - THURSDAY PARKS & REC: The Mathews Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission will meet at 5 o’clock this afternoon, Thursday, Nov. 5, in the historic courthouse on Court Street. PLANNERS: The… …
Mathews Legionnaires to hold Veterans Day dinner next week (11/4/2026) - American Legion Post 83, Mathews, will hold its annual Veterans Day dinner on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the post headquarters in Hudgins. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., dinner at… …
Lions clubs fundraiser Saturday (11/4/2026) - The Gloucester and Mathews Lions clubs are holding a shrimp dinner for two fundraising event. For $40, people will receive two pounds of steamed shrimp with corn, coleslaw and a… …
Co-op to meet Monday in Mathews (11/4/2026) - The Farmers & Fishermens Cooperative will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Virginia Cooperative Extension office, 10494 Buckley Hall Road, Mathews. The meeting is open to the public. The… …
Mathews storefront being renovated into a fresh food, open-air market (10/28/2026) - Mathews residents Jeff and Rachel Sterne bought a small commercial building on Mathews Main Street in July and have been renovating it for use as a fresh food and open-air… …Election Day is Tuesday (10/28/2026) - Voters in Gloucester and Mathews counties, and across the state and country, will head to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots in this year’s Congressional midterm elections. Aside… …
Mobjack Rowing Association seeks rezoning of Bohannon property (10/28/2026) - The Mobjack Rowing Association is seeking to rezone an 11.29-acre parcel from residential to business that it owns in Bohannon. It will be used for training. The matter will come… …
Enter your recipe in G-J Cake-O-Rama contest (10/28/2026) - The upcoming Cake-O-Rama contest being sponsored by the Gazette-Journal will have a grand-prize award of $250, the newspaper has announced. Competition is in three categories: pound cakes, layer cakes, and… …
Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday (10/28/2026) - Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1. Residents should set their timepieces back one hour upon retiring Saturday night. They will thus arise on Eastern Standard Time… …
Big seller (10/28/2026) - Danette and Rick Machen, from left, picked up two quarts of clam chowder on Saturday during the annual Fall Festival of the West Mathews Community League. Serving them are league… …
10 years’ service (10/28/2026) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors recognized communications officer Heather Thomas for 10 years of dedicated service to the Mathews County Sheriff’s Office during the Oct. 15 meeting. Shown here,… …Events Oct. 29-Nov. 5 (10/28/2026) - THURSDAY HAUNTED GHOST WALK: The Mathews Museum will hold a Haunted Ghost Walk, with tours leaving every 30 minutes from 7-8:30 tonight, Friday and Saturday at 200 Main Street Mathews.… …
Mathews Archives completes digitation of general store ledgers (10/28/2026) - Mathews Archives has completed the latest digitization project featuring 13 notable general store account books and ledgers, making approximately 5,000 pages of historic business records accessible online. The project was… …Mathews road cleanup to be held Nov. 7 (10/28/2026) - The Mathews Community Fall roadside cleanup is scheduled to take place from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 7. Twice a year, in spring and fall, the Mathews County… …
Mathews Commonwealth’s Attorney candidates take part in forum (10/28/2026) - Mathews Commonwealth’s Attorney candidates Christopher Paul Reagan and J. Grant Spears participated in a forum sponsored by the Mathews Branch of the NAACP last Wednesday at the Cobbs Creek Arts… …Box lunch fundraiser to benefit Mathews Meals on Wheels (10/28/2026) - Mathews County Meals on Wheels will hold a box lunch fundraiser on Wednesday, Nov. 4, with pick up at Salem Church, 1099 Salem Church Road, Mathews, from 10:30 a.m. to… …
Protect yourself and others this cold and flu season (10/28/2026) - Throughout the cold weather months, influenza, COVID-19, the common cold and other respiratory conditions come out in full force. When people are supposed to be getting lost in corn mazes… …Motorola rep discusses benefits of Mathews joining radio system (10/28/2026) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors, meeting on Oct. 15, heard a special presentation from Motorola Design Team Presale Director Mike McGannon regarding the benefits of Mathews joining the Peninsula… …