Campground employee tests positive (5/6/2020) - Sun RV Resorts informed Mathews County Monday that an employee working at New Point RV Resort had tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. The employee has been quarantined from the… …
Mathews supervisors approve request for additional cafeteria funds (5/6/2020) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors took about 30 minutes Tuesday evening to approve the school board’s request to appropriate an additional $168,844 to the division’s cafeteria fund to cover… …
Nine hearings on Mathews Wetlands Board agenda (5/6/2020) - The Mathews County Wetlands Zoning Board was scheduled to hold public hearings on nine requests for proposed projects at its meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday night. The meeting can be… …
Market Days poster contest theme is ‘Strength in Community’ (5/6/2020) - The 46th annual Mathews Market Days has announced that the theme for its official poster contest is “Strength in Community: Maintaining Strong Bonds through Tough Times.” “This has been a… …
MCVIC sponsors DIY community cleanup (5/6/2020) - The Mathews Visitor Center bi-annually hosts its community cleanups, during which residents gather to pick up trash along the roadways of Mathews. This year’s spring cleanup was canceled to prevent… …
HRSD to keep rates at current levels (5/6/2020) - The Hampton Roads Sanitation District Commission’s FY 2021 budget is holding wastewater rates at current levels through June 30, 2021. A planned 9 percent regional wastewater rate increase that would… …
Visit through window ‘better than any medicine’ (4/30/2020) - The effects of this pandemic are far reaching, and perhaps the most heartbreaking are the stories of those who are isolated from their loved ones and may not know exactly… …
People delaying emergency care in age of coronavirus (4/29/2020) - Hospitals and urgent care facilities across the country have seen a significant and troubling decrease in non-coronavirus related patients since March. “Nationally, according to data from the Urgent Care Association,… …Mathews adopts $28.71M budget (4/29/2020) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday adopted a $28.71 million FY2021 budget as presented by County Administrator Mindy Conner. The vote was 4-1, with supervisor Paul Hudgins dissenting.… …
Mathews blood drive exceeds goal (4/29/2020) - The April 21 American Red Cross blood drive at the Piankatank Ruritan Club building in Hudgins exceeded its goal, with 69 units collected, according to volunteer Nan Cross. The drive’s… …
Mathews Rotary Club holds its first online meeting (4/29/2020) - County supervisors, school boards and other governmental bodies aren’t the only ones confronted with unique challenges of getting together to handle business in the midst of this current pandemic. The… …
COVID-19 cases increase slightly locally (4/29/2020) - The number of COVID-19 cases in Gloucester and Mathews counties increased slightly this past week, with Gloucester adding two more cases, for a total of 23, and Mathews adding one,… …
YMCAs to hold food drive Tuesday (4/29/2020) - In partnership with the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank, YMCAs in Gloucester and Mathews are helping to combat food shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic by having food drives in both counties… …
Dominion grant to support GMCC telemedicine initiative (4/29/2020) - Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, a Community Health Partner of the Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic, has provided a $2,600 grant to the clinic through its COVID-19 relief funding effort. The funds… …
Let us know how you’re doing (4/29/2020) - When Gloucester and Mathews joined the rest of the nation in the COVID-19 shutdown, the Gazette-Journal started to wonder how people were coping with the sudden changes in their lives.… …
Resident attends Navy ship commissioning (4/29/2020) - New Point resident Lynda Lancaster-Loyd and friends attended the commissioning of the USS Hershel “Woody” Williams on March 7 in Norfolk. The ship is an Expeditionary Mobile Base, or ESB-4,… …COVID-19 cases stand at 21 in Gloucester; 3 in Mathews (4/22/2020) - The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Gloucester and Mathews counties increased by one each—for a total of 21 in Gloucester and three in Mathews—compared to last Wednesday, according… …
Mathews supervisors to hold budget work session; regular meeting Tuesday (4/22/2020) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors will hold two electronic meetings on Tuesday. The first, a budget work session, will be held at 1 p.m. The second, the regular monthly… …
Drive-by birthday (4/22/2020) - The Cardinal neighborhood turned out in full force on Sunday to celebrate the 98th birthday of Maggie DeVita of Hicks Wharf Road. With social distancing concerns, the neighbors found a… …
Fourth book in historic homes series to be released soon (4/22/2020) - The fourth book in the series Historic Homes and Properties of Mathews County, Virginia Pre-Civil War is ready to be launched once restrictions are lifted, announced Reed Lawson, president of… …G.I. Festival joins list of cancellations (4/22/2020) - The 2020 Gwynn’s Island Festival has been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, festival chair Jan Bassett has announced. She noted that the festival, traditionally held the last Saturday in… …
Blood drive Tuesday in Mathews, today in Gloucester (4/15/2020) - Several appointment slots remain open for the upcoming American Red Cross blood drive, to be held on Tuesday at the Piankatank Ruritan Club in Hudgins. The drive will run from… …
Mathews tax rates to remain unchanged (4/15/2020) - Following technical glitches that forced Monday’s public hearing to be continued to the following night, the Mathews County Board of Supervisors approved keeping its tax rates the same for the… …