Letter: For Forrest (10/12/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I am extremely pleased to support Lorraine Forrest for the position of school board member for Mathews County. As I think about the responsibilities for this position, it… …
Letter: Get to the point (10/12/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The Gazette-Journal is very good about allowing all kind of letters on a weekly basis. They have rules on length, content, etc. Why is it so hard for… …
Letter: Register, then vote (10/5/2022) - Every vote counts. This is one of those years when voter turnout tends to be light. The First District Congressional race is on the ballot in both Gloucester and Mathews,… …
Editorial: We have limits (10/5/2022) - Correspondents, we feel your passion. And we ask that you be mindful of our limitations, especially, the limitation of space. The Gazette-Journal is blessed to receive communications on every subject… …
Letter: Don’t take credit (10/5/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Congratulations to the Gloucester Board of Supervisors for allocating “more than $780,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funding to two county needs—covering the balance of work being done… …
Letter: We The People wait (10/5/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Many individuals are writing, urging us to vote out incumbents who are not supporting what is good and honorable for our country. Others write of non-support by elected… …
Letter: Foster for Congress (10/5/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Congressional candidate David Bruce Foster not only gives Gloucester a chance to have direct representation in the House of Representatives, but also a candidate who is a voice… …
Letter: Who do you say that I am? (10/5/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Who do you say that I am? There have been quite a lot of mistruths, misinformation and mistrust spewed lately. People who have not bothered to check the… …
Letter: Russell’s response (10/5/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: At last week’s board meeting, two members of the Mathews County Board of Supervisors stated I had done or was going to do something secretly or underhandedly by… …
Letter: Really a force for good? (10/5/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: In response to last week’s letter (“NAACP a force for good,” Sept. 29 Readers Write), this organization was originally formed to combat the Jim Crow laws and the… …
Letter: Lack of knowledge (10/5/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: As I read Sharon Frye’s comments (“How dare they?” Reader’s Write, Sept. 22), and especially her lack of “respect” for the NAACP, I could not help but think… …
Letter: I know my heritage (10/5/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Here we go again … rewriting history to please visitors from Pittsburgh and elsewhere, but never mentioning the facts. The monuments and flags are about history and heritage.… …
Letter: Change meeting location (10/5/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Thanks to the Mathews Board of Supervisors for limiting the occupancy in the courthouse for the Sept. 23 meeting and hearings. I have been told that as a… …
Letter: Funding priorities? (10/5/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: During the September Mathews Board of Supervisors meeting, chairman Paul Hudgins proudly introduced the addition of a new security camera and monitor that appeared to be continually filming… …
Letter: Marathon run returns to Mathews (10/5/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Hello to our Mathews neighbors. If you haven’t already heard the news, our hometown will be host to a running event next weekend: on Saturday, Oct. 15, the… …
Letter: The company you keep (10/5/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I thought the position of school board member was apolitical, and the person seeking the position should represent the interest of all students. Students don’t vote, but their… …
Letter: Forrest for school board (10/5/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I, David W. Muffelman, M.D., and my wife, Pamela M. Muffelman, are writing in enthusiastic support for Lorraine Forrest, candidate running to retain her position on the Mathews… …
Letter: Gibbs for school board (10/5/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Each of us has but one voice—one vote—in November’s election. We make it heard by voting for the candidate we believe will best serve our community. My voice… …
Letter: Biden’s greatest achievement (10/5/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The letters “Thank Joe Biden! Really?” and “More thoughts” in the Sept. 29 Gazette-Journal list many achievements of the Biden administration. However, they failed to list his greatest… …
Letter: Drug problem is complex (10/5/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: In his letter (“More thoughts,” Sept. 29 Readers Write), Richard M. Hicks blames President Biden for “fentanyl, lots of fentanyl.” Perhaps he has forgotten that fentanyl, cocaine and… …
Letter: Abuses of power (10/5/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: President Joe Biden has proven himself to be America’s very own red menace after his creepy and disgraceful nationwide speech demonizing Republican voters as fascists and threats to… …
Editorial: Retain ownership (9/28/2022) - There’s a whole lot to unpack from last week’s Mathews Board of Supervisors’ meeting; the issue could be fodder for countless editorials. But instead, let’s all take a step back… …
Letter: Tribute to Ellis Hall (9/28/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Upon reading the obituary for Ellis Hall, I was hit with grief for an outstanding pillar of our community. I thought about an article in the Gazette-Journal printed… …
Letter: NAACP a force for good (9/28/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Our response to the author of the letter in the Sept. 22 issue of this paper titled “How dare they?” is how dare you defame the NAACP, an… …
Letter: Let’s take a breath (9/28/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: As a resident of Mathews County, I know I am not alone in wondering: how did we get here? How can we resolve these deep rifts and heal… …