Editorial: A sense of place (5/11/2022) - So, where do you live? Residents living next door to each another may have totally different answers to that question. For instance, one might say, “I live in Perrin.” Another… …
Editorial: Post offices past and present, A to Z (5/11/2022) - Many post offices have served the communities through the years. Most have disappeared, while some remain in service. Sometimes we wonder what might have happened if the post offices had… …
Letter: For the use of ALL of us (5/11/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The forefathers of this country held to the quote, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men (and women) do nothing.” Therefore they… …
Letter: A response to the NAACP (5/11/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The following is in response to the letter in the May 5 Gazette-Journal (“NAACP opposes proposed transfer”). Well, here we go again. I don’t know what it would… …
Letter: Thank you, Mathews County (5/11/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: On behalf of the Mathews Historical Museum, we thank you Mathews—our citizens, employees, officials, their families and friends—for your support for “Celebrating Mathews Watermen,” at May Faire 2022… …
Letter: Grandparents raising kin a growing trend (5/11/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: For many years, the staff at the Mathews Department of Social Services has recognized a growing trend of grandparents raising grandchildren or relatives raising their kin in their… …
Letter: Rising to the challenge (5/11/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: It is that time of year to recognize our EMS providers everywhere and we especially want to honor the members of the Mathews Volunteer Rescue Squad for their… …
Letter: Moms deserve recognition (5/11/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Mother’s Day, observed last Sunday, is a special time of the year to give thanks to your mom for everything that she has done for you over the… …
Editorial: Opening minds, touching hearts (5/4/2022) - We are currently in the middle of National Teacher Appreciation Week, May 2-6. Everyone remembers at least one teacher whose influence went beyond the transfer of knowledge from a book… …
Editorial: Give ’em the business (5/4/2022) - We are also now observing National Small Business Week, a week dedicated to supporting small businesses. We can cite a litany of facts and figures about the importance of small… …
Letter: Not listening to the public will (5/4/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I attended the Gloucester Board of Supervisors’ meeting on April 27 at the old courthouse. They were discussing the taxes the board is arguing to levy on property.… …
Letter: NAACP opposes proposed transfer (5/4/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The Mathews Branch NAACP objects in the strongest possible terms to the proposed transfer of the public land to the Sons of Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of… …
Letter: Going above and beyond for her clients (5/4/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Cindy Hogwood, a home health care aide with Bay Aging, is the woman for the moment when caring counts. Right now, Cindy has five clients on her weekly… …
Letter: The hidden agenda (5/4/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Who cares about Earth Day? Earth Day can seem like a good idea; being good stewards of our environment is certainly a virtue. However, the hidden agenda as… …
Letter: The difference the resurrection made (5/4/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: After Jesus rose from the dead, He appeared to His disciples and spent the next 40 days with them, explaining things they hadn’t fully understood before. It must… …
Letter: An act of treason (5/4/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Did you miss it? An act of treason against the United States and her people. Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff and four other Democratic members of the House of… …
Letter: The Ministry of Truth (5/4/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The left is going nuts over the thought of Elon Musk acquiring Twitter. Twitter was a platform for the free exchange of ideas. It became a group of… …
Editorial: Earth Day. Who cares? (4/27/2022) - Friday brought the 52nd iteration of Earth Day, half a century since American people started to worry (officially) about the Earth and what humans are doing to it. Half a… …
Letter: Route 602 a hazard for motorists (4/27/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Over the past year or so, I have contacted several county and state offices concerning the condition of Route 602 (Burkes Pond Road) and the numerous trees that… …
Letter: Recognizing exceptional teachers (4/27/2022) - Editor, Gazette Journal: During the April Mathews School Board meeting each year, we on the school board have the privilege of recognizing the Teachers of the Year. One of the… …
Letter: Politics at their worst (4/27/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: This administration is the most arrogant, radical, deceitful, inept un-American ever. All government departments have been weaponized to the point of being dismantled and abandoned. Truth-telling has been… …
Letter: Where have all the leaders gone? (4/27/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: While contemplating the deplorable state of affairs posed by the current president and his administration, a quote made by a business leader of years past comes to mind… …
Letter: Honoring a dictator (4/27/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Have you heard? Members of the American GOP are traveling to Budapest, Hungary in May for their annual American Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) conference. And guess who… …
Letter: A troubling incident (4/20/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I have a lot to be happy about this Easter, because on Sunday, April 10, at 9 a.m. on T.C. Walker Road, my family and I got shot… …
Letter: An egg-ceptional job (4/20/2022) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: MCVIC just wants to extend a warm thank you to Michele Baker and her hard-working bunnies for months of preparing for the Mathews Community Easter Egg Hunt last… …