Letters to Santa (11/20/2024) - The Mathews Museum (located at 200 Main Street), acting on behalf of Santa Claus, has installed a special mail box at its front door. Letters deposited from now to Christmas… …
Rotary project to rehab New Point observation deck proceeding (11/20/2024) - The Mathews Rotary Club is seeing a project it’s been working on for four years finally come to fruition—reconstruction of the over 200-foot-long walkway and observation deck at the New… …
96th birthday (11/13/2024) - Last week, the Mathews Active Lifestyle Center honored Adelle Bayton with party as she celebrated her 96th birthday. New participants ages 60 and older are welcome to join. The center… …Early deadlines for Thanksgiving (11/13/2024) - The Gazette-Journal will print our Thanksgiving issue (Nov. 28) one day early, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, rather than the traditional Wednesday. This should allow complete distribution of the paper by… …
Boards go ahead with RFP for school space needs (11/13/2024) - Members of the Mathews County School Board and Board of Supervisors sat down Saturday morning for a joint work session to consider the long-term capital needs for the school division,… …
Gwynn’s Island kicks off holiday season (11/13/2024) - Gwynn’s Island is kicking off the holiday season with two special events, a barbecue dinner at the civic league and a family Christmas event at the museum. The Gwynn’s Island… …
Veterans Day dinner held at Post 83 (11/13/2024) - American Legion Post 83 Mathews held its annual Veterans Day Dinner and Awards Program on Monday, Nov. 11, at the post home on Route 198 in Mathews. After welcoming remarks… …
Christmas Blessing Fund sets $20,000 goal; Tom Robinson named honorary chair (11/13/2024) - Solicitation letters for this year’s Mathews Ruritan Club Christmas Blessing Fund will be mailed out early next month for this year’s fund drive, according to chairman Charles H. “Sonny” Richardson,… …
Museum visit (11/13/2024) - Members of the Central Village Homemakers recently toured the Mathews Museum on Main Street, Mathews. Museum tour guides were Bonnie Betz, Nancy Twigg, Tom Robinson and Ray Hunley. The group… …187 take part in Catch the King community science event (11/13/2024) - One hundred and eighty-seven volunteers across coastal Virginia, including 18 on the Middle Peninsula, collected more than 22,800 GPS high-water marks with the Sea Level Rise apps to report the… …
Ocean Products topic of upcoming museum talk (11/13/2024) - As Ocean Products Research celebrates its 60th anniversary, Sawyer Hutson—the Mathews County company’s new president and grandson of company founder Robert C. “Bobby” Hutson—will be the guest speaker at a… …
Ocean Products celebrates 60th anniversary (11/13/2024) - Robert C. “Bobby” Hutson designed a groundbreaking piece of equipment in 1963 for military helicopters engaged in war zones in Vietnam. The device has been used ever since for quickly… …
Bay Aging program completes 47 weatherization projects in 2023 (11/13/2024) - Members of Bay Aging’s Weatherization Team are hard at work across the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula, making a difference in the lives of local residents by providing essential repairs… …Toys for Tots collections underway at Gloucester and Mathews sites (11/6/2024) - Thirty-three collection boxes have been placed in businesses and other locations throughout Gloucester, and another 15 in Mathews, for those wishing to donate to the annual Toys for Tots drive.… …
Local voters side with Trump, Cao, Wittman (11/6/2024) - Voter turnout was strong in Gloucester and Mathews counties, but fell short of 2020 levels, as residents went to the polls Tuesday (and voted both early in person and by… …Veterans Day closings next week (11/6/2024) - All post offices, courts, county offices, libraries, and DMV customer service centers in Gloucester and Mathews will be closed on Monday, Nov 11, in observance of the Veterans Day holiday.… …
Observances Sunday, Monday for Veterans Day (11/6/2024) - Veterans Day programs will be held in Gloucester and Mathews counties on Sunday and Monday, beginning with a service hosted by Middle Peninsula Detachment #1317 of the Marine Corps League.… …
MHS students of the month (11/6/2024) - Mathews High School’s students of the month for October are pictured below. Pictured from left are eighth grader Jameson Segalini, freshman Delaney Boatman, sophomore Vanessa Boyd, junior Billy Henry and… …
Dinner and a Show at MHS (11/6/2024) - This Friday, the Mathews High School Music Department will host its third annual Dinner and a Show fundraiser. The event includes a spaghetti dinner and entertainment by the MHS Jazz… …No action taken following closed meeting (11/6/2024) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors held a special closed session meeting at the historic courthouse on Saturday morning to discuss personnel matters. No action was taken after the closed… …
MLC to hold program on predator-prey interactions in bay (11/6/2024) - The Mathews Land Conservancy will hold a free, one-hour presentation on “Predator-Prey Interaction in the Chesapeake Bay.” The program will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at… …
‘Lighthouse Keepers of Mathews’ topic of Nov. 14 talk (11/6/2024) - The Mathews County Historical Society, in partnership with the Mathews Memorial Library, will host a lecture by historian Benjamin H. Trask on “Lighthouse Keepers of Mathews County” at 7 p.m.… …Pam Muffelman to give talk on Williams Wharf at library meeting (11/6/2024) - Friends of the Mathews Memorial Library will hold its fall general membership meeting at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, in the Cooke Conference Room at the library, 251 Main… …
‘The Art of the Quilter’ (11/6/2024) - A Colonial Williamsburg curator, Neal Hurst, center, spoke on “The Art of the Quilter” during a First Friday lecture last week at the Mathews Museum. He is shown with Nancy… …
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… …