Letter: Hateful labels (9/7/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I was dismayed by the name calling (“leftists,” “communists,” etc.) and racial innuendo in letters from last week’s edition regarding the Confederate Memorial in Mathews Courthouse Green. It… …
Letter: Public land should benefit all (9/7/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Public land should be used for the public to benefit the entire community. If you agree with me, you need to voice your opinion to the Board of… …
Letter: That should be the end of it (9/7/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: This letter will serve as a formal request from this voter, along with many others, that the subject of the war memorial be finally put to rest. Over… …
Letter: Opposes transfer of public land (9/7/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: As a taxpaying citizen of Mathews County, I do not support the county giving away public land to private entities. If you oppose a land transfer of public… …
Letter: Not a safe or comfortable situation (9/7/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I attended the Aug. 23 Mathews Board of Supervisors meeting in the courthouse. I had read in the Gazette that the occupancy had been raised from 50 to… …
Letter: Let them win in the free market (9/7/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I’m assuming it wasn’t your intention to endorse Joe Heller’s political cartoon (Page 6A, Sept. 1 Gazette-Journal). Whatever—Joe’s work was to give modern supporters of electric powered vehicles,… …
Letter: On voting integrity (9/7/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The main fraud that took place was using COVID to allow early voting and absentee ballots by changing election laws. Battleground states like Pennsylvania have an established constitutional… …
Letter: Grateful for presence of Random Words (9/7/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: As a local author who reads a lot of fiction and non-fiction, I’m very grateful for the presence in our community of Random Words, the independent bookstore in… …
Letter: Forrest for Mathews School Board (9/7/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: As the 2022-23 school year gets underway, I am thinking about all of the people who support students to make this a successful year—family and friends, volunteers, all… …
Letter: Think for yourselves (9/7/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I don’t usually write letters to the newspaper; this is my first. I don’t really feel qualified to mind anybody else’s business but my own, until now. I… …
Letter: Threats everywhere (9/7/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: We are in a place where we must analyze the truth within our two political parties. It is imperative to tune out the rhetoric on each side and… …
Editorial: On their shoulders (8/31/2022) - Carl Sandberg once called Chicago the City of the Big Shoulders. America is the Nation of Broad Shoulders: builders, farmers, professionals, service workers, all putting their shoulders to the wheels… …
Letter: Why consider giving away county property? (8/31/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Why are we now discussing giving away county property to a special group of citizens? This seems like a terrible precedent and could open up a can of… …
Letter: Ad was to inform (8/31/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The left believes there are disturbing circumstances surrounding a large advertisement in the Aug. 18 issue of the Gazette about deeding the land underneath the Mathews war memorial… …
Letter: Mathews County and Williams Wharf (8/31/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Mathews County does not and has never owned Williams Wharf. In the last Mathews BOS meeting Supervisor Dave Jones argued that there is precedent for gifting or otherwise… …
Letter: He helped to pay for the ad (8/31/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The fact that my name did not appear on the Aug. 18 ad encouraging people to speak out in favor of preserving our Confederate memorial surprised me as… …
Letter: Watch for the warning signs (8/31/2022) - September is Suicide Awareness Month. Since 2019, there has been a steady increase in the number of youth suicides. This is the time to review some of the risk factors… …
Letter: No one is above the law (8/31/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: As a former federal employee, I can attest to the fact that if I had ever taken classified material home, I would be in prison now. In America,… …
Letter: Thanks to Hayes Habitat ReStore (8/31/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: With the start of school, everyone should know that the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Hayes is a great place to get project supplies for an unexpectedly great… …
Editorial: School is back (8/24/2022) - A familiar ritual returns for families across Gloucester and Mathews on Monday as boys and girls will wake up early and groggy after a summer of sleeping in for many,… …
Editorial: Please sign it (8/24/2022) - A letter in this week’s paper wonders who placed an ad Aug. 18 urging Mathews residents to call their supervisors, asking that a public hearing be set on future ownership… …
Letter: Wittman puts district first (8/24/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: My comments are referring to last week’s letter from Mrs. Fletcher, a friend of mine (“Wittman initially opposed Burn Pit Act,” Aug. 18 Readers Write). I will have… …
Letter: A helpful volunteer (8/24/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Thanks to a volunteer, Mr. Hall, for removing the vines growing on our Mathews Maritime Museum building. Hope I was not the only person passing by who noticed… …
Letter: Debunking liberals (8/24/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The Aug. 18 edition of this newspaper came with some misinformed opinions from our minority of liberal Gloucester friends that need a response. Irrational fear: Trump is not… …
Letter: Potholes at Susan P.O. getting worse (8/24/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I’m not usually a complainer, but if you live in Susan and use the Susan Post Office, you are familiar with huge potholes. When they were small, we… …