Letter: Celebrate the Constitution (9/13/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Let us Celebrate the Legacy and commemorate the 236th anniversary of the Constitution and the 231st anniversary of the Bill of Rights—Amendments 1-10. Constitution Week is September 17-23. This annual… …
Letter: Preventing suicide (9/13/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. People are coming together all over the country to share their heartfelt stories to shine a light on preventing suicide. According… …
Letter: A lopsided process (9/13/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Some confusion may have been created by recent posts in the Gazette-Journal about the Gwynn’s Island Historic District proposal that was submitted to the Virginia Department of Historic… …
Letter: Chesapeake Bank helped (9/13/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I want to give a heartfelt “Thank You” to the employees of Chesapeake Bank. Late last month, eight Chesapeake employees donated their valuable time to help scrape, caulk… …
Letter: Vote for our children and our future (9/13/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Our children are our future and there are some people subjecting them to things that can have very negative effects on them. Many unborn children are aborted because… …
Letter: JJ Orth for supervisor (9/13/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Dr. Robert “JJ” Orth has been the Abingdon District representative on the Board of Supervisors since 2011. He has served us in this district admirably and with a… …
Letter: Brewer for School Board (9/13/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: This year’s election cycle is unusual in that we have five open school board seats in Gloucester. It is possible that those five seats could be filled by… …
Letter: McDonough for school board (9/13/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I would like to express my support for Mrs. Deborah McDonough to fill the unexpired term of the at-large Gloucester School Board position in the upcoming special election.… …
Letter: For Brewer (9/13/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: In the upcoming Gloucester County School Board election is a new face for Gloucester, Fred Brewer. Mr. Brewer emerges as a strong and dedicated contender for the position.… …
Letter: Saulman for School Board (9/13/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I am a retired teacher with 44 years of teaching experience in upper elementary grades. For 39 of those years, it was my privilege to serve in Gloucester… …
Letter: Bareford for Commonwealth’s Attorney (9/13/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: On Aug. 24, an editorial by Phillips Ferguson, a lawyer from Suffolk, stated that Marie Walls was endorsed by her current employer, the Gloucester prosecutor, John Dusewicz. That… …
Letter: Foster for Mathews sheriff (9/13/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: “Leadership is a two-way street; Loyalty up and loyalty down.” That’s a quote credited to Admiral Grace Hopper, but every effective leader I had the privilege of meeting… …
Editorial: Let’s hear it for the women (9/7/2023) - 92,003. That was the number of fans who packed the University of Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium last week to root for the hometown Cornhuskers as they took on the Omaha Mavericks… …
Editorial: Endorsements (9/6/2023) - That was the number of fans who packed the University of Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium last week to root for the hometown Cornhuskers as they took on the Omaha Mavericks in… …
Letter: In support of G.I. historic designation (9/6/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I am writing in support of the nomination of Gwynn’s Island as another Historic District in Mathews County. My husband and I have been preservationists throughout our lengthy… …
Letter: Thank you, Grandpa Mike (9/6/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Mathews has recently lost a faithful and caring friend, a “come here” who loved this county and contributed to the fabric of this community by volunteering in as… …Letter: Arsenovic for school board (9/6/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: This letter comes to support the candidacy of Leonne Arsenovic in her bid to represent our Ware District on the Gloucester County School Board. Leonne is quite knowledgeable… …
Letter: For Arsenovic (9/6/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Being on the school board is one of the most important jobs a person can have. We all know that our youth is our future. For that reason,… …
Letter: Brewer for school board (9/6/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: As a long-term resident of Gloucester County, I would like to offer my full, personal endorsement of Fred Brewer for Gloucester School Board. Having served previously in the… …
Letter: Saulman for school board (9/6/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Over the past 15 years, I watched then Sheriff’s Deputy Cindy Saulman teach the DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program in our elementary schools. She has witnessed first-hand… …
Letter: Walls for Commonwealth’s Attorney (9/6/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: We write in support of Marie Walls for Mathews County Commonwealth’s Attorney. Marie has a long history of effective prosecution to bring those charged with crimes to justice.… …
Letter: Elect conservatives (9/6/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: This letter is going out to all my friends of color. The election to determine who will run our county government is coming up soon. Our responsibility is… …
Editorial: Make your voices heard (8/30/2023) - Three weeks and a day. Hard to believe it, but early voting in this year’s general election begins in a mere 22 days. With a slew of local contested races… …
Editorial: School’s open, drive carefully (8/30/2023) - Motorists in Gloucester and Mathews counties have probably noticed something new this week in their morning commutes … the return of the school bus. Classes began in the two counties… …
Letter: Address speeding problem on Rt. 17 (8/30/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: This letter is in response to the many unnecessary situations on Route 17 in the Gloucester and Hayes area. Our hearts go out to those left behind from… …