Lodge Foundation donation (4/24/2024) - The Botetourt Lodge #7, AF & AM Foundation, recently donated $2,500 to the Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic as the clinic’s newest Community Health Partner. This gift will benefit patient care… …
Spring Community Cleanup (4/17/2024) - The Mathews Rotary Club members participated in MCVIC’s annual road cleanup on Saturday. The crew of 11, as in years past, cleaned the entire length of Church Street from Route… …Hearing tonight on county budget (4/17/2024) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on the proposed $39.77 million FY2025 county budget at 6 o’clock tonight, Thursday, April 18, in the historic courthouse.… …
‘Then and Now’ aerial photo display part of May Faire (4/17/2024) - Local aerial photographers David and Linda Grow of Bena will be at the historic Mathews Courthouse at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, May 4, to present “Mathews from the Air—Then and Now,”… …
Opening Day (4/17/2024) - Mathews County Little League kicked off the 2024 season Saturday morning with an Opening Day ceremony at the ballfields in Hudgins. Above, Charlie Crittenden, who has been an integral part… …
Exchange Club to hold meet and greet Sunday (4/17/2024) - The Exchange Club of Gloucester-Mathews, which was chartered just over a year ago, already has 32 members. The community service club will hold a meet and greet Sunday afternoon at… …Keep Virginia Beautiful accepting grant proposals (4/17/2024) - Keep Virginia Beautiful, Inc., is accepting grant application proposals from groups all across the state who want to make a difference in their community. Applications for Green Grants are being… …
Welcome to Historic Garden Week 2024 (4/17/2024) - As the nation’s only statewide house and garden tour, approximately 30 tours are showcased each spring during Historic Garden Week, featuring over 200 private and public sites. Highlighted properties change… …
Fine Arts Museum (4/17/2024) - The Fine Arts Museum of Gloucester will also be on the tour docket for Saturday. The museum is currently showing the works of the late Kacey Carneal, a self-taught folk… …Volunteers help make Garden Week a success (4/17/2024) - Behind the scenes and greeting visitors to the Garden Tour are dozens of volunteers, giving their time to help make each year’s event successful. Margaret Singleton is chair of the… …
Historic Garden Week highlights horticulture (4/17/2024) - Much more than a fundraiser, Historic Garden Week is a cherished springtime tradition for both Garden Club of Virginia members, who come together to produce the fundraiser, and for the… …
Mathews NAACP membership drive underway (4/10/2024) - The Mathews Branch of the NAACP, Unit 7090, is holding its annual membership drive through June.The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s mission is to secure the political,… …
Roscher to address aeronautical group (4/10/2024) - Retired U.S. Coast Guard veteran Tim Roscher of Mathews will be the guest speaker at the next luncheon meeting of the Northern Neck-Middle Peninsula Chapter of the Virginia Aeronautical Historical… …
County-owned pier in Hallieford to be replaced (4/10/2024) - The county-owned pier at the end of Old Matthews Lane in the Hallieford area of Mathews is scheduled for replacement in May, and boat owners are being told to remove… …
Tompkins Cottage docents (4/10/2024) - New and returning docents gathered at Tompkins Cottage on Saturday, the opening day of the 2024 season for the Mathews County historical site. Shown here are, seated from left, Diane… …Mathews Maritime Museum reopens April 19 (4/10/2024) - The Mathews Maritime Museum will open for the summer season on Friday, April 19, and Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is located at 482 Main… …
Viewing the eclipse (4/10/2024) - While it didn’t reach totality locally, Monday’s solar eclipse was still an eagerly viewed event in Gloucester and Mathews counties, where coverage was about 80 percent of totality. Popular viewing… …
Dredging project begins in Mathews (4/3/2024) - Long-awaited dredging of the channel on the east side of Mathews County’s Milford Haven, known as Hole in the Wall, was slated to begin this week, along with a restoration… …
Book of Golden Deeds (4/3/2024) - The Exchange Club of Gloucester-Mathews celebrated its one-year anniversary with a dinner at Southwind Pizza in Mathews on March 20, awarding Dan Knott of Knott Alone-Hold Fast with a Book… …
Mush Love (4/3/2024) - Christian Brown of Mush Love, a start-up mushroom farm in Mathews, gave a talk on March 25 to members of the Mathews Historical Museum about plans for beginning a mushroom… …Mathews board receives financial review from Davenport (4/3/2024) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors heard a presentation from a representative of its financial advisor, Davenport and Company, during the board’s March 21 meeting. Accompanied by a slide presentation,… …
Rotary, THMS raise money for South Sudan well (4/3/2024) - The Mathews Rotary Club is teaming up with Thomas Hunter Middle School students to raise money to drill a well in South Sudan and call attention to the need for… …Crabs get temporary taste of freedom (4/3/2024) - There was a flurry of activity at North Star Mart on March 22 as employees and neighbors jumped in to help a crabber catch a thousand or more crabs that… …
Gone in 60 seconds (4/3/2024) - The annual Mathews Community Easter Egg Hunt was held on Saturday morning, with brightly colored, candy-filled eggs scattered throughout the court green. Not much longer than a minute later, all… …
Fly a kite (4/3/2024) - Kitesurfers take advantage of windy weather in late March to go where the wind takes them near Haven Beach in Mathews. …