Mathews Christmas Store announces this year’s needs (10/4/2023) - The Mathews County Christmas Store has announced its needs for this year’s store, which will offer brand-new items at no cost to over 650 community residents in need during the… …
Ruritans, NAACP to hold candidate forums (10/4/2023) - The Piankatank Ruritan Club in Hudgins will host a forum from 6:30-9 o’clock tonight for school board, sheriff, commissioner of the revenue, and commonwealth’s attorney. This follows last week’s Ruritan… …
Hearing Tuesday on event venue permit (10/4/2023) - The Mathews County Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors will hold a joint public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the historic courthouse to consider an application for a conditional… …
Lions Club donation (10/4/2023) - Mathews Lions Club treasurer Bob Doremus presents a $500 donation from the club to the Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic. GMCC executive director Arlene Armentor is shown here accepting the check. …Boating safety class to be held Oct. 21 at MVRS building (10/4/2023) - A free boating safety class will be offered from 8:30 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Mathews Volunteer Rescue Squad on Cricket Hill Road in Hudgins. Experienced… …
Zoe Camp earns her Eagle Scout badge for Keeble cemetery restoration (10/4/2023) - Zoe Camp, a Mathews resident and Mathews High School senior, did restoration work on Gwynn’s Island’s Keeble Cemetery this summer as the final project to earn her Eagle Scout designation… …Museum to host tea, fashion show (10/4/2023) - Visitors at the Mathews Historical Museum will explore the “Underside of History” in an afternoon tea and fashion show, to be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, in the… …
Mathews lighthouse keepers to be honored Saturday (10/4/2023) - Six Mathews County lighthouse keepers will be honored Saturday in ceremonies at three cemeteries, conducted by the U.S. Lighthouse Society and its Chesapeake Chapter. A USLHS marker will be unveiled… …
Offices close Monday for holiday (10/4/2023) - All post offices, courts, county offices, libraries, and DMV customer service centers in Gloucester and Mathews will be closed Monday in observance of Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Mathews County schools… …
Gwynn’s Island Historic District added to Virginia Landmarks Register (9/27/2023) - After years of planning, preparation, and work on the part of local organizations and residents, the Gwynn’s Island Historic District was named last week to the Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia’s… …
Buy Boat Rendezvous (9/27/2023) - Despite the looming threat of a tropical storm, the 2023 Chesapeake Bay Buy Boat Rendezvous still found its way to Hudgins Horn Harbor Marina on Friday for the last leg… …Covid vaccines beginning to become available locally (9/27/2023) - The newest COVID-19 vaccine is now being made available across the U.S., but it is in limited supply. Brenden Rivenbark of Three Rivers Health District said the district has not… …
Survey aims to combat digital divide among Virginia communities (9/27/2023) - The Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development Office of Broadband recently announced the launch of a statewide survey to gather data that will help develop the Virginia Digital Opportunity… …
Citation catches reported (9/27/2023) - Bailey Hudgins of Glouces-ter, trolling offshore in Norfolk Canyon on Sept. 8, caught and released a blue marlin, sailfish and white marlin. These catches qualified him for three citations in… …
Maritime Heritage Day Saturday (9/27/2023) - A Maritime Heritage Day Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday to celebrate Mathews County’s long, rich relationship with the sea. The festival is sponsored by… …
Mathews board to ask court to amend Eubank court order (9/27/2023) - Mathews supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday night to petition Mathews Circuit Court to amend the court order that required that Mark and Candy Eubank remove parts of their waterfront cottage on… …
Mathews School Board contenders take part in forums (9/27/2023) - All six contenders running for the three open seats on the Mathews County School Board took part in last Wednesday’s PATH candidate forum, fielding a range of questions covering everything… …
A budding artist (9/27/2023) - Macy Johnson graduated from Mathews High School this year with the goal to go to college to be a photojournalist. She said she loved her journalism classes with MHS teacher… …
A narrow path (9/27/2023) - Bo Baker, at left, of Hayes, took his dog “Lucy” for a run on Gloucester Point beach on Saturday in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Ophelia, and Lucy made several… …
HAM donation (9/27/2023) - The Mathews County Democratic Committee donated $1,000 to Hands Across Mathews to assist with its current need to replenish supplies. A check in that amount was delivered to HAM president… …
Ophelia aftermath (9/27/2023) - After all the hoopla surrounding the approach of Tropical Storm Ophelia, she was a fairly tame storm, causing flooding during high tides on Saturday afternoon, as shown here at the… …
Mathews blood drive nets 68 units (9/27/2023) - The Sept. 12 Mathews community blood drive resulted in the collection of 68 units, according to American Red Cross volunteer Nan Cross. Sixty-five potential donors attended the drive, which was… …Museum to exhibit recreated school room (9/27/2023) - A new exhibit recreating a school room of the mid-20th century opens Saturday, Oct. 7 at the Mathews Historical Museum, 200 Main Street. Hours are 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The model… …
Thrifty Spot wins $500 grant drawing (9/27/2023) - The Thrifty Spot was the winner of the $500 grant drawing held by the Mathews Community Foundation during Mathews Market Days. In the drawing, people got the opportunity to name… …
Look out for others during Bicyclist, Pedestrian Awareness Month (9/27/2023) - As Bicyclist and Pedestrian Awareness Month approaches next week, every road user should be mindful of an alarming uptick in nationwide fatalities involving walkers and bikers, a release from the… …