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… …
Letter: Actions have consequences (1/25/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: During the initial Gloucester School Board meeting of 2023, board members Darren Post of the Ware District and Carlton Drew of the York District refused to execute the… …
Editorial: Bay bulletins (1/18/2023) - It should go without saying that the health and use of the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers will affect the well-being of the localities and people, including those of Gloucester… …
Letter: Social Insecurity (1/18/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Think back to that first job you had and the first paycheck you received. I’m sure it was a bit of a shock when you saw all the… …
Letter: Chili Cook-Off to be back in 2024 (1/18/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: In 2014, the Mathews Volunteer Rescue Squad started the wonderful community event “The Chili Cook-Off,” which they successfully held for six years. Then along came Covid, which caused… …
Letter: Two Marches for Life (1/18/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: This past June, the Supreme Court issued its Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that overturned Roe v Wade, which had legalized abortion in the United States.… …