Marching Blue Devils (10/30/2024) - The Marching Blue Devils completed its final judged performance this past Saturday at the VBODA State Assessment in York County. The band received an overall Excellent Rating (II) with Superior… …
Godspeed visits Mathews (10/30/2024) - Jamestown Settlement’s Godspeed, a re-creation of one of the three vessels that brought America’s first permanent English colonists to Virginia in 1607, stopped overnight at Williams Wharf in Mathews on… …
Mathews dispatchers put in a team effort following Sept. 29 accident (10/30/2024) - Mathews County Sheriff April Edwards, at the Oct. 17 meeting of the Mathews County Board of Supervisors, recognized her 911 dispatchers for their performance on Sept. 29, when one of… …
Volunteer ‘Learn to Fish Training Day’held at Williams Wharf (10/30/2024) - On the blustery and chilly morning of October 16, the Mathews Land Conservancy held a Saltwater Learn to Fish Training Day at Williams Wharf Landing. Alex McCrickard and Scott Herrmann… …
Site visit (10/30/2024) - A crew with Verizon contractor Sites Unlimited, Inc., met with Mathews officials on Tuesday for an initial site visit to the Mathews-owned communications tower at Fire Station 2 Bohannon. They… …
Election Day Tuesday: Large numbers of early voters in two counties (10/30/2024) - More than 22 percent of eligible voters in Gloucester have already cast their ballots ahead of Tuesday’s 2024 presidential election, while in Mathews, nearly 40 percent have already voted either… …
Howl-A-Palooza (10/30/2024) - Liliana and Layla Fogler of Mathews, take their pick of the Halloween candy handed out on Saturday at Doodlebugs Consignments during Mathews Main Street’s Howl-A-Palooza, when Mathews businesses welcomed children… …
Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic Heroes Awards presented at Oktoberfest (10/30/2024) - The Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic’s eighth annual Oktoberfest was held on Sunday, Oct. 6, at the Ware River Yacht Club. Guests enjoyed traditional German food, drink and music as they… …Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday (10/30/2024) - Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday. Residents should set their timepieces back one hour upon retiring Saturday night. They will thus arise on Eastern Standard Time on Sunday… …
Mathews TRIAD wins state award (10/30/2024) - Mathews County TRIAD was presented with the Jim Gilmore Award for TRIAD Excellence during the 2024 Virginia TRIAD conference, held on Oct. 10 and 11 in Williamsburg. The award was… …
Traffic pattern at Rt. 14/Windsor Road to change Monday (10/23/2024) - Beginning Monday, there will be a new traffic pattern at the intersection of Route 14 and Windsor Road in Mathews. According to a press release from the Virginia Department of… …Board approves changes to short-term vacation rental ordinance (10/23/2024) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors held three public hearings during its board meeting on Thursday, Oct. 17, approving changes to the language governing short-term vacation rentals and adopting a… …
Mathews supervisors ask DHR to rescind highway marker (10/23/2024) - Mathews supervisors have adopted a resolution asking the Virginia Department of Historic Resources to rescind its recent approval of a highway marker recognizing the early 20th century exodus of black… …
Mathews Library’s dictionary project celebrates 20th anniversary (10/23/2024) - Mathews Memorial Library visited Mathews Elementary School on Oct. 15, again handing out personal dictionaries to third grade students and marking the 20th anniversary of the library’s Dictionary Program. Carol… …
Motivational speaker to address assemblies at MHS, THMS (10/23/2024) - Dr. John “Push” Gaines will visit Mathews next week to talk with students and the community about defying the odds to overcome adversity and gain success and fulfillment in life.… …
7th in the nation (10/23/2024) - Robert Minor of Gwynn’s Island placed seventh in the U.S. National Oyster Shucking Championship Contest, which was held last weekend during the St. Mary’s Oyster Festival in Maryland. Minor is… …WMCL to hold Fall Festival Saturday (10/23/2024) - The annual Fall Festival of the West Mathews Community League will be held from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at the league building in Bohannon: the historic Peninsula School at 4905… …
Events Oct. 24-31 (10/23/2024) - Thursday TOWN HALL: The Mathews County School Board will hold its Town Hall meeting at 6 o’clock tonight, Thursday, Oct. 24, in the Brooks Auditorium at Thomas Hunter Middle School.… …
Drug take-back events this Saturday (10/23/2024) - A number of National Prescription Drug Take Back Month and Drug Take Bay Day events for disposing of expired and unused medications will be taking place from 10 a.m. to… …
VDEM announces federal emergency preparedness grants (10/23/2024) - Gloucester County is set to receive $13,644 and Mathews County will get $7,500, part of more than $2.6 million in Virginia Department of Emergency Management grant funding for its Emergency… …
Volunteer drivers needed (10/23/2024) - Mathews Meals on Wheels is in need of volunteer drivers who are willing to give up two hours once a month to deliver meals to Mathews seniors who are homebound.… …
Gwynn’s Island man circumnavigates the globe (10/16/2024) - Klas Abrahamsson of Gwynn’s Island completed a lifelong dream this year—a dream to circumnavigate the globe.The 62-year-old native Swede took part in Clipper Round the World, a biennial challenge organized… …
Homecoming royalty (10/16/2024) - The kings and queens of Gloucester and Mathews high schools were crowned at roughly the same time on Friday night during halftime celebrations of the two schools’ homecoming games. Above,… …
May Faire planned for two days in 2025 (10/16/2024) - Organizers for next year’s two-day May Faire event (May 2 and 3, 2025) have announced plans for “A Rural Life: Country Stores, Post Offices and Wharfs.” Building upon the success… …
Dads Supporting Dads (10/16/2024) - The Exchange Club of Gloucester-Mathews created a new group called Dads Supporting Dads. The group’s first meeting was held last Thursday at American Legion Post 75, Gloucester, and it was… …