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… …
Offices close Tuesday for Election Day (10/30/2024) - All courts and DMV customer service centers in Gloucester and Mathews will be closed on Tuesday, Nov. 5, for Election Day. All county offices will be closed except for the… …
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… …
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… …
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… …
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… …
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… …
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… …
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… …
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… …
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.… …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… …
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… …
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.… …
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… …
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… …
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.… …
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… …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… …
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… …
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… …Flu vaccine clinics planned for Warsaw, Hartfield (10/16/2024) - The Three Rivers Health District has partnered with two Middle Peninsula localities to offer free drive-thru influenza vaccine clinics this month to people ages 16 and older. They will take… …
Special closed session today on Hole in the Wall litigation (10/16/2024) - Mathews County Board of Supervisors’ chair Janice Phillips has called a special meeting to hold a closed session at 4 o’clock today, Thursday, Oct. 17, in the historic courthouse on… …
Donations sought for Mathews Christmas Store (10/16/2024) - The all-volunteer Mathews County Christmas Store is seeking donations for the annual holiday event that provides a holiday shopping experience for over 680 county residents in need. Everyone who participates… …
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… …