Letter: HITW being raked over the coals (2/22/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: My husband and I fell in love with Mathews years ago. One reason was the variety of great restaurants, including Southwind and The White Dog. We were thrilled… …
Letter: This is not a personal issue (2/22/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Regarding the Hole in the Wall restaurant on Gwynn’s Island, two letters to the editor last week directed a host of insults at two members of the Mathews… …
Letter: Truth and consequences (2/22/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: These are the facts, not fiction: Our president, the Pentagon and our military allowed a Chinese spy balloon to enter our air space and hover over our strategic… …
Letter: How would you feel? (2/22/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: This letter is in response to the Feb. 16 article in the Gazette-Journal on Page Middle School students learning about history from Rev. Warren at First Morning Star… …
Editorial: Know your members of Congress (2/15/2023) - The 118th Congress had a somewhat inauspicious beginning, taking most of a week and 15 ballots before House Republicans were finally able to elect their speaker. While this does create… …
Letter: Barrack to retire as sheriff (2/15/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: It’s been an honor and a privilege to be the Sheriff of Mathews County since 2012 and being a career law officer starting when I was 19 years… …
Letter: Let’s think before we act (2/15/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Abraham Lincoln said, “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” The Mathews County Board of Supervisors is attempting to escape the responsibilities it has… …
Letter: Find the stillness in the midst of chaos (2/15/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: It’s not all syrup and pancakes … Shrove Tuesday—Fat Tuesday—Mardi Gras is upon us! Many churches and community organizations (including my own) will be serving up pancakes and… …
Letter: When a simple ‘Thank You’ isn’t enough (2/15/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: How do you say “Thank You” in an ever-changing environment, when it deserves more than these simple words? A year ago my husband, Chuck, sustained a broken neck… …
Letter: Disappointed (2/15/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I attended the Mathews County School Board and Board of Supervisors joint budget work session on Feb. 7. I hoped to learn more about the budget process and… …
Letter: Protecting our youth (2/15/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Whatever happened to reading, writing and arithmetic? This is what used to be taught in our schools. The place for children 3 years old and younger is at… …
Letter: Museum is succeeding and growing (2/15/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The Mathews Historical Museum is succeeding and growing, thanks to our members and volunteers. Therefore, we are having a wine and refreshment reception and lots of fun this… …
Letter: What kindness (2/15/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Thank you, Mathews community, for honoring our parking cones placed in front of the Mathews Historical Museum building on Thursday, Feb. 9, as we had a special event… …
Letter: Other causes? (2/15/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The article by Karl Blankenship in the Feb. 2 issue of the paper (“The heat is on: Warming water threatens aquatic life in Chesapeake Bay,” page 7A) begins… …
Editorial: Know your school board members: it’s a big job to fill (2/8/2023) - This may prove to be a pivotal year for the school divisions in Gloucester and Mathews counties. School boards in both counties have the same daunting task facing them in… …Letter: Are the adults really in charge? (2/8/2023) - The ongoing disaster that is the Biden administration continues to demonstrate that Americans were lied to during the 2020 presidential election when we were promised that adults would be in… …
Letter: Raising questions (2/8/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: When lives hang in the balance, where a secret few have begun to play god with the lives of others, the words of Edmond Burke come to mind:… …
Letter: Asks for a tax refund (2/8/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I am banned from all government buildings in Gloucester County because I say the government of men that are living in all nations under heaven have arrested, judged,… …
Letter: Friendship by God (2/8/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: On the glorious day of January 31, 2021, at Newington Baptist Church, Pastor Jim was taking prayer requests. I looked over to the door and this young man… …
Letter: Is this who we want to represent us? (2/8/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: On Thursday Feb. 2, we met Sen. Lynwood Lewis for the first time in eight years. We have been trying to meet him every year. Some years we… …
Editorial: Know your supervisors (2/1/2023) - This is a big year for local government. Specifically, a majority of seats on the two county boards of supervisors will be up for election this November—four of the seven… …
Letter: Eve of destruction (2/1/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I attend church on Sundays, hoping to acquire some much-needed salvation. We are blessed to have a pastor who delivers thought-provoking sermons. This past Sunday, a portion of… …
Letter: Perhaps it’s time to cancel this tax (2/1/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: In his letter, Mr. Davis (“Social Insecurity,” Jan. 19 Readers Write) did a very good job of explaining why Social Security does not work. An analysis from the… …
Editorial: Know your legislators (1/25/2023) - The Virginia General Assembly is well underway in its “short” session which convened Jan. 11 and is due to adjourn on Feb. 28. A mass of legislation will work its… …
Editorial: Update (1/25/2023) - Last week we reported that Del. Timothy V. Anderson of Virginia Beach had introduced a bill to stop for two years the harvest of menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay. By… …
