Freedom Fund Banquet (10/9/2024) - The Mathews Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) celebrated its 80th anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 5, with a Freedom Fund Banquet at the Church… …Revolutionary War talk next week at arts center (10/9/2024) - Phillip Hamilton, author of a number of books and journal articles dealing with America’s founding era, will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, at the Cobbs Creek Arts Center.… …
MHS homecoming court (10/9/2024) - Mathews High School will hold its homecoming on Friday; and for the first time in several years, the celebration will include a football game, with the return of the Blue… …Boards to address long-term school needs (10/9/2024) - A discussion of issues heading into the upcoming 2024-2025 Mathews County Public Schools’ budget cycle eventually took on a wider focus. Members of the board of supervisors and school board… …
Local residents mobilize for hurricane relief (10/9/2024) - After Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina, it didn’t take long for local individuals, churches and businesses to jump into action and start working on relief efforts. Dozens of people have… …Offices close Monday for holiday (10/9/2024) - 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/Yorktown Victory Day. Gloucester schools will… …
Mathews High School senior a National Merit Commended Student (10/9/2024) - Jaxon McDonald, a senior at Mathews High School, has been recognized as a Commended Student by the National Merit Scholarship Program.The commendation was presented to McDonald by MHS principal Dr.… …
Free rides to the polls (10/9/2024) - “I really want to vote. I just don’t have a ride to the polls.” Well, Bay Transit has taken that excuse off the list. On Tuesday, Nov. 5, Election Day,… …
60th reunion (10/9/2024) - The Thomas Hunter High School Class of 1964 held a 60th class reunion earlier this month. Class members Grace Cooke, Frank White, Charles Kelley, Loretta Smith and Doris Foster, from… …
Bette Dillehay is one tough cookie (10/2/2024) - As most everyone in Mathews County knows, Mathews Memorial Library Director Bette Dillehay is one tough cookie. A tiny woman with “tall energy,” Dillehay is notoriously hardworking and demanding of… …Concerns expressed about condition of Mathews tennis court (10/2/2024) - Mathews supervisors heard from a number of people at its Sept. 19 board meeting who are concerned about the condition of the county’s tennis courts, which were installed at least… …
Democratic nominee Leslie Mehta (10/2/2024) - Leslie Mehta is the Democratic Party candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives’ 1st Congressional District. She is challenging longtime Republican incumbent Rob Wittman. Speaking with the Gazette-Journal in Mathews… …Quilt show and sale opens Saturday (10/2/2024) - An exhibit of 30 quilts from the same family opens this Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Mathews Museum, located at 200 Main Street in Mathews Court House. “Threads of Our… …
Republican nominee Rob Wittman (10/2/2024) - Rep. Rob Wittman of Montross, a Republican, is seeking his ninth full term as Virginia’s 1st Congressional District representative. He is being challenged by Democrat Leslie Mehta of Chesterfield. Stopping… …
Thomas James Store (10/2/2024) - Work continues on preserving the Thomas James Store (circa 1820), located behind Sibley’s General Store in downtown Mathews. Elevated in July, the store has undergone repairs to its floor beams… …
DAR recognition (10/2/2024) - The Cricket Hill Virginia Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution had a special service for POW/MIA Recognition Day during the group’s September meeting. Participating in the service were,… …$5,000 grant to fund two LOVEworks signs in Mathews (10/2/2024) - The Mathews VA250 Committee has received a $5,000 grant to work with the Bay School Community Arts Center on the installation of two LOVEworks signs in the county. The impact… …
The Haunting of the Hudgins House (10/2/2024) - The Haunting of Hudgins House in Mathews is an eerie tale that dates back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Hudgins House is a Mathews County Historical Landmark… …
Married 1930s luminaries at rest in Christ Church cemetery (10/2/2024) - Two starring figures of the 1930s … one of the silver screen, and one of the blue skies … rest side-by-side under the same headstone at Christ Episcopal Church in… …
Reminiscing about growing up on Callis Wharf (10/2/2024) - Growing up on Gwynn’s Island in the 1950s had its charms. I was a bike ride or a few steps away from several beaches, afternoon football games, adventures in the… …Helping Hands (9/25/2024) - Dan Reno, left, president of the Mathews Ruritan Club, recently presented Jan Mohr, president of Hands Across Mathews with a $300 check in honor of the organization’s good work in… …
Single-handing a sailboat around an Atlantic hurricane (9/25/2024) - Jim Bateman of Mathews and Fairfax didn’t intend to sail his 2012 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 509 charter sailboat during a hurricane, and he wasn’t particularly worried that he was flirting… …Work day set at Canine Companions estate (9/25/2024) - Mathews County Canine Companions will have a work day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the organization’s new facility at Eastbrooke Estate on John Clayton… …
65 units collected at Mathews blood drive (9/25/2024) - The American Red Cross Mathews community blood drive, held on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at the Piankatank Ruritan Club, Hudgins, resulted in the collection of 65 units, according to Red Cross… …
Genealogy workshops at library next month (9/25/2024) - October is National Family History Month, and Mathews Memorial Library is presenting a free four-part workshop series to help individuals effectively research and compile their family history. The workshops will… …