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mathews supes recognition bowen Retirement (12/27/2023) - Mathews Commonwealth’s Attorney Tom Bowen, at left, who is also an incoming supervisor, was recognized for his three terms of service to the county during the board of superivsors meeting…
Supervisors special closed meeting held Wednesday (12/27/2023) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors held a special closed meeting on the afternoon of Wednesday, Dec. 27, a meeting that was called late last week. Results of this meeting…
1 ice storm028 25 years ago, an epic ice storm struck region (12/27/2023) - No warm mellow glow from Christmas shone over Gloucester and Mathews counties in the last week of December, 1998. Instead, residents shivered in the aftermath of an epic ice storm…
New Year’s closings announced (12/27/2023) - All post offices, courts, county offices, DMV customer service centers, and waste facilities in Gloucester and Mathews will be closed on Monday, Jan. 1 in observance of the New Year’s…
tillage (3) Holiday lights (12/27/2023) - The lights of the season are still twinkling, at least for a little while, in Gloucester and Mathews counties. In top photo, the home of Tim and Alease Tillage on…
mathews kayaks Singing kayakers (12/27/2023) - Jan Towne of Onemo, center front, led a flotilla of lighted kayaks down Put-In Creek, from Mathews Court House to Town Point Landing and back, on Friday night. The group…
Online trainings offered (12/27/2023) - The Prevention, Health and Wellness Division of the Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck Community Services Board has a number of upcoming online trainings and classes. The ongoing Nurturing Parenting program is held…
mathews piankatank oyster reef completed 1 Phase 2 of Army Corps of Engineers’ oyster reef project completed (12/20/2023) - The latest U.S. Army Corps of Engineers oyster reef project in the Piankatank River wrapped up last week, adding 53 acres of protected reef to an already-existing 25-acre reef. Heather…
Winter Night Market held in Mathews (12/20/2023) - A Winter Night Market, organized by the Mathews Main Street Committee, was held on Dec. 8 in downtown Mathews. Shops stayed open late and there were holiday specials, holiday treats,…
DeWitt continues as WMCL president (12/20/2023) - The West Mathews Community League installed Al DeWitt as its president for 2024, continuing many years of service in the position. Other officers are Maurine Frank, vice president, Dave Machen,…
Christmas Blessing Fund on its way to $20,000 goal (12/20/2023) - After two weeks, the 2023 Mathews Ruritan Club Christmas Blessing Fund is well on the way toward its goal of $20,000, honorary chairperson Amy Ashberry, announced. Donations of $4,130 have…
Caroling on Put-In Creek planned for Friday (12/20/2023) - Shawn and Jan Towne of Onemo and their friends will launch lighted kayaks Friday at the Put-In Creek kayak launch around 5:45 p.m., and proceed to paddle down the creek…
nazarene Through the ages (12/20/2023) - The Gwynn’s Island Church of the Nazarene, located on Cricket Hill Road between Hudgins and Gwynn’s Island, staged a Living Nativity, as it has done for years, on Tuesday night.…
mathews christmas letter richardson 1 ‘Christmas miracle’: Letter shows up after nearly 46 years (12/20/2023) - Sonny Richardson got a surprise last Thursday when the Mathews Post Office called and asked him to drop by. When he walked into the building, said Richardson, post office employee…
Mathews board doesn’t discuss monument issue (12/20/2023) - The Mathews Board of Supervisors held its last meeting of the year on Tuesday without taking a vote on the Confederate monument on the court green. There had been recent…
1a community spotlight hunter owens Hunter Owens: A musical odyssey (12/20/2023) - Currently a ninth grader at Mathews High School, Hunter Owens is a motivated leader. Music is his first love and it shows. His mom adds proudly he is also a…
Closings announced for Christmas holiday (12/20/2023) - A number of closings of offices and other public facilities were announced for the Christmas holiday. All courts in both counties will close at noon on Friday, Dec. 22, and…
Winter begins today (12/20/2023) - Winter begins at 10:27 p.m. today, Thursday, Dec. 21, the shortest day of the year. The sun will rise at 7:15 a.m. and set at 4:52 p.m. From now until…
mathews triad ho ho bingo 1 Ho Ho Bingo (12/20/2023) - Seventy-five Mathews County seniors had a fun-filled morning playing Ho Ho Bingo on Dec. 12, sponsored by Mathews County Triad. The games were called by David Watts, a volunteer who…
laurie wilbern envelope Santa flashback (12/20/2023) - Sue Keys of Hallieford was rummaging through her papers and found a vintage letter to Santa Claus that was penned some 63 years ago in great hopes by her sister…
mathews lighted cross ron dixon 1 Christmas cross (12/20/2023) - Ron Dixon installed this Christmas tree that fades into a cross in his yard at the corner of Twiggs Ferry Road and Wrenfield Lane in Cobbs Creek. The 16-foot-tall structure,…
Letters to Santa (12/20/2023) - Dear Santa, How are your elves? How are you and the reindeer? I would like a Nintendo Switch, a record player, the Up Lego set, a laser tag set, and…
Santa at the Mathews B&G Club (12/20/2023) - Following the Dec. 9 parade in Mathews, Santa Claus visited with children at the Mathews Boys and Girls Club. Among the youngsters he met were, top row from left, 9-year-old…
Help!!! (12/20/2023) - Not everybody is happy to see Santa Claus. There’s a look of terror in the eyes of Ellis Reeves of Gloucester, who will turn 2 in February, as he wasn’t…
Coming Events (12/13/2023) - SATURDAY GRINCHES GALLOP: The Mathews High School Athletic Booster Club will have a Grinches Gallop from 8-10 a.m. Saturday beginning and ending at Mathews High School. There are 5K and…

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