Letter: America in crisis (6/11/2020) - Editor, Gazette Journal: As we battle a global pandemic and face a national crisis from rioters and looters, we would all be wise to remember how important our educational system… …
Letter: Wishes for health, and justice (6/11/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: As many of our seniors, I too have been in a stay-at-home mode since March 12 (except for moving to a little house in Mathews Court House area).… …
Letter: Renewing hope for racial justice (6/11/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Over the past few days I have participated in four marches for racial justice—two in Gloucester, one in Middlesex, and one in Mathews. Each had its own personality,… …
Letter: A prayer for all of us (6/11/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: With the recent time we have just endured with fires and chaos engulfing our great cities, I would like to offer this prayer for us all. May we… …
Letter: GMCC online auction a success (6/11/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The Casino Night Planning Committee and the Board of Directors wish to express our deep-felt thanks to all those that supported the GMCC Casino Night Online Auction: Safer… …
Editorial: Heal our headache (6/3/2020) - This year 2020 has been one big migraine headache. No “normal” aspect of life has escaped the pain. Our normal political back-and-forth? Tagged with impeachment, tawdry facts, acquittal and a… …
Editorial: The Class of COVID-19 (6/3/2020) - This Sunday afternoon, Mathews High School seniors will don their caps and gowns to receive their diplomas. Beginning Monday, June 15, Gloucester High School students will be doing the same.… …
Letter: Pastors call for healing, unity (6/3/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: We the undersigned pastors of our community stand united to share a message with you, our fellow citizens. We are deeply moved and concerned by the division caused… …
Letter: We are called to be like that shepherd (6/3/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: As Christians, we follow a man who was suffocated on a cross at the hands of an unjust system. He told a story about a shepherd who left… …
Letter: In spite of this, I have faith (6/3/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: This letter goes out from me as a citizen, and not as a member of the Board of Supervisors. I am disgusted at what I have seen. My… …
Letter: Hold our seniors close in your hearts (6/3/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Well, it is finally here … graduation for an extra special class that is so dear to me, the MHS Class of 2020. I remember kindergarten when I… …
Letter: Why have a mail-in vote? (6/3/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Vote by mail! Why didn’t our grandparents and theirs think of this? Surely they were just as busy in their quaint, simple way. Why didn’t they make the… …
Letter: Come to Williams Wharf (6/3/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: As we all cope with COVID-19, I invite the public to enjoy relief at Williams Wharf—the primary property of the Mathews Land Conservancy. Using safety measures, visitors are… …
Editorial: Not news (5/27/2020) - It is not news that hurricane season officially begins Monday. It’s not news that Tropical Storm Arthur jumped in early and brushed the coast last week. On Wednesday morning, Tropical… …
Editorial: Remembering polio (5/27/2020) - More than one person has told us or written to us that the quest to stop COVID-19 reminds them of the days that polio stalked the land, causing dread whenever… …
Letter: Mother, May I? (5/27/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: We played it as kids. Whether it was “Simon Says,” “Mother, May I?” or any game where we had to ask permission to do things, or we were… …
Letter: Transparency? (5/27/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I am writing this with regards to our relatively recent terminology where politics is concerned. The term “transparency” has become a sort of byline in the last decade… …
Editorial: Proceed with caution (5/13/2020) - Virginia begins to reopen its businesses on Friday, in a very limited way, in a manner that will satisfy very few.Enter at your own risk. You are on your own.… …
Letter: Traffic study needed for event facility (5/20/2020) - Editor, Gazette Journal: At the recent public hearing between the Gloucester Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors concerning CUP20-01, Under the Stars Event Venue (“Farm”), Mr. Winebarger and Mr. Chriscoe… …
Letter: We need a plan (5/20/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: In my attempt to properly dispose of my late husband’s diabetic and other unused medical supplies (including both sharps and meds), I discovered that there is no apparent… …
Letter: Stay active and healthy (5/20/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I was caught by the ironic juxtaposition of your front page coverage of COVID-19, reported by Sherry Hamilton, and Elsa Verbyla’s story of yellow fever in 1855, the… …
Letter: Common sense is dead (5/20/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Polio was still a very real threat when I was a child. People continued to live their lives, not knowing who might get it. That was back in… …
Letter: An unexpected act of kindness (5/20/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: On what began as a rainy and dreary Monday, a most heartwarming and much appreciated event happened in our store to brighten the day. Three wonderful ladies from… …
Editorial: What remains? (5/20/2020) - With all of the craziness of the past couple months, let us not forget that this coming Monday is Memorial Day. Almost all that this holiday conjures up in the… …
Letter: What we know about COVID-19 (5/13/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal:There are many things that we do not yet know about the COVID-19 virus. But there are things that we do know: It is very contagious.It can be fatal.It… …