Beautiful weather prevails for this year’s Garden Week tour (4/22/2026) - Beautiful weather and gracious hosts marked this year’s Historic Garden Week Gloucester-Mathews Tour, held on Saturday at four homes and various other sites in Gloucester. Tour co-chairs Katherine Mazzocco and… …
‘Yes’ vote narrowly wins statewide redistricting referendum (4/22/2026) - By a narrow margin Tuesday, Virginia voters approved a referendum to amend the state’s constitution to allow for a one-time mid-decade redistricting of the state’s 11 Congressional seats ahead of… …Mathews board takes comments on real estate and meals tax proposal (4/22/2026) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors, meeting last Thursday, April 16, conducted a public hearing on the FY2027 budget. The members heard few complaints from the public about either the… …
YMCA recognizes volunteer, teen of the year (4/22/2026) - The YMCA of the Virginia Peninsulas recognized its 2025 Mathews Family YMCA Volunteers of the Year and Teen Volunteer of the Year during a Community Impact Dinner held on April 16 at the… …
This year’s May Faire to celebrate nation’s semiquincentennial (4/22/2026) - Mathews May Faire takes place on Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3 with this year’s theme being “Mathews Museum Celebrates VA250,” according to a release. May Faire is a… …
Events April 23-April 30 (4/22/2026) - THURSDAY KING’S DAUGHTERS: The Chesapeake Bay Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons will meet at noon today, Thursday, April 23, in the fellowship hall of New Point Friends Church.… …
Transition from three to two schools begins to take shape (4/22/2026) - Beginning Monday, the public will see the first changes as Mathews County Public Schools transitions from three schools into two. Starting this fall, Mathews Elementary School will become a preK-7… …
Mathews Memory Café to meet April 28 (4/15/2026) - The Mathews Memory Café will meet on Tuesday, April 28, from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Mathews Active Lifestyle Center, located at 10494 Buckley Hall Road. This friendly, informal… …
Mathews man sentenced following wild hunting spree (4/15/2026) - A wild hunting spree that sporadically occurred over eight months in 2024 has resulted in jail time and fines for one Mathews man and the arrest of another, who failed… …
Yard sale to benefit school arts programs (4/15/2026) - The Mathews County Woman’s Club’s annual Spring Indoor Yard Sale will be held on Saturday, April 25 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the clubhouse at 1947 New Point… …
Events April 16-23 (4/15/2026) - THURSDAY SOCIAL SERVICES: The Gloucester County Social Services Board will meet at 7:30 this morning, Thursday, April 16, in the Social Services conference room, 6641 Short Lane, Gloucester. SUPERVISORS: The… …
Paws for Reading next week at Mathews Library (4/15/2026) - Children are invited to drop by Mathews Memorial Library from 3-5 p.m. next Thursday, April 23, and participate in a new program, Paws for Reading. A therapy dog named Canto… …
Mathews Y to host Healthy Kids Day Saturday (4/15/2026) - Families across Mathews, Middlesex, and Gloucester counties are invited to enjoy a funfilled morning at Healthy Kids Day 2026, hosted by the Mathews Family YMCA from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.… …
Mathews to begin spring clean week Saturday (4/15/2026) - The Mathews County Visitor & Information Center is expanding its annual spring clean-up week to span a full week, beginning this Saturday and lasting until April 25 to allow residents,… …
DeRemer joins MCF board (4/15/2026) - The Mathews Community Foundation announced recently the addition of Craig DeRemer of Gwynn to its board of directors. With a background as a trained psychologist and anthropologist, DeRemer brings a… …Mathews planners recommend against adoption of CIP (4/15/2026) - Mathews planners expressed their disapproval of the county’s proposed FY2027 capital improvement plan during Tuesday night’s meeting of the Mathews Planning Commission, unanimously voting to recommend against adoption of the… …
Mathews BOS to hold budget hearing tonight (4/15/2026) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors will have four public hearings during its regular monthly meeting at 6 o’clock tonight, April 16, in the historic courthouse on Court Street. The… …
Opening pitch (4/15/2026) - Emmett Dye of the Susan T-ball squad had the honor of throwing out the first pitch of the Mathews Little League season at a brief ceremony Saturday morning at one… …Garden Week returns Saturday (4/15/2026) - Garden Week, a hardy springtime perennial in Virginia, returns Saturday with a tour of four homes sponsored by the Garden Club of Gloucester and Mathews. Garden Week is a project… …
Redistricting special election Tuesday (4/15/2026) - Early in-person voting ends Saturday for the statewide special election on the proposed constitutional amendment to redraw Virginia’s congressional district boundaries. Registrar offices in Gloucester, Mathews and the rest of… …
School enrollment on steady decline over decade (4/15/2026) - Public school enrollment in the Gloucester and Mathews counties has dropped in a steady line for the past 10 years. This experience is repeated statewide, according to a recent study… …
Cobbs Creek man in the midst of restoring two 1930s Plymouths (4/8/2026) - Randy Krahn doesn’t consider himself a purist when it comes to old cars. Krahn found himself the owner through family of a 1935 Plymouth PJ 4-door sedan a couple of… …
Work progressing on new MVFD Station 1 (4/8/2026) - Work is proceeding apace on Mathews Volunteer Fire Department’s new Station 1, to be located in the former Mathews Boys and Girls Club on Church Street. The front part of… …
Newlywed cottage saved decades later (4/8/2026) - When Bette Dillehay was a newlywed some decades ago, she and her late husband Rob lived in a small cottage at Iron Point on the banks of the Piankatank River… …Pound Cake Contest returns to May Faire; new category (4/8/2026) - The annual Pound Cake Contest is part of May Faire again in 2026. The two-day May Faire festival, sponsored by the Mathews Museum, is on Saturday, May 2 and Sunday,… …