Election Day is Tuesday; many already voted (10/28/2020) - The final stretch is here. Voters head to the polls in less than a week to cast their ballots in the 2020 election—although many have already done so in Gloucester… …
Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday (10/28/2020) - 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 for Election Day (10/28/2020) - All courts, county offices, schools, libraries, and DMV customer service centers in Gloucester and Mathews will be closed Tuesday for Election Day. Post offices, ABC stores, and waste facilities in… …
Supervisors walk out in protest at meeting (10/28/2020) - Tensions were high during Tuesday’s meeting of the Mathews County Board of Supervisors, as one supervisor questioned the validity of the meeting and ended up walking out, along with a… …




Fire Prevention Day (10/28/2020) - The Mathews Volunteer Fire Department held its Fire Prevention Day at Moughons Ace hardware on Saturday, Oct. 17, with the firefighters giving advice about fire safety, how to equip the… …
Nov. 15 deadline to sign up for Toys for Tots distribution (10/28/2020) - Applications from families who wish to receive gifts through the Toys for Tots must be received no later than Nov. 15, according to Jodey Clements, coordinator of the Gloucester-Mathews-Middlesex Toys… …
Halloween events Saturday in Mathews (10/28/2020) - The Mathews Historical Museum at 198 Main Street will hold a Halloween celebration at the museum from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. Events will include a children’s costume contest, with winners… …

Keepers of the light (10/28/2020) - Descendants of New Point Comfort Lighthouse Lightkeeper Charles Franklin Sadler, in photo above, attended a ceremony in his honor at Smithers Memorial Cemetery at Hudgins on Oct. 3. They are,… …

No BZA meeting in November (10/28/2020) - There will be no meeting of the Mathews County Board of Zoning Appeals in November. No cases have been filed. …

After dramatic rise, new cases slow down locally (10/21/2020) - After a sharp rise in local COVID-19 cases last week, the ongoing increase slowed down this week, with 24 new cases in Gloucester, for a total of 337, and five… …

CircleUp to hold virtual town hall Sunday (10/21/2020) - The members of CircleUp Middle Peninsula will hold a virtual town hall meeting on Sunday with Democratic 1st Congressional District candidate Qasim Rashid, starting at 7 p.m. The NAACP groups… …
Planners vote to recommend CUP (10/21/2020) - Following a public hearing Tuesday night, the Mathews County Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of a conditional use permit. The applicant, Kevin Hunter, requested the CUP to live temporarily… …
MVFD to hold Trunk and Treat on Oct. 31 (10/21/2020) - On Halloween night, Saturday, Oct. 31, the Mathews Volunteer Fire Department will hold its first Trunk and Treat event at Station 1 in Mathews Court House. The event will be… …
Pumpkin Pandemonium underway at library (10/21/2020) - Pumpkins are now available at Mathews Memorial Library for Mathews Main Street’s annual pumpkin decorating activity, Pumpkin Pandemonium. Main Street Committee Chair and Library Director Bette Dillehay said the free… …

WMCL Fall Festival Saturday in Bohannon (10/21/2020) - The West Mathews Community League will hold its seventh annual Fall Festival from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday at the league building in Bohannon. Organizers ask that those attending… …
In-person voting to be held next two Saturdays (10/21/2020) - Early in-person voting in the 2020 election has been going on for over a month now, and for those who haven’t been able to make it to the registrar’s office… …