What’s your favorite Easter candy? (4/16/2025) - We posed this question on our Facebook page looking ahead to the Easter holiday, which will be observed Sunday. Nearly half of respondents indicated that peanut butter eggs were their… …Letter: Love your neighbor (4/16/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I am dismayed that a recent letter to the editor encouraged readers to see their neighbors as the enemy (“What they think,” March 13 Readers Write). The social… …
Letter: Excellent treatment (4/16/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: My husband suffered a medical emergency and was admitted into Riverside Walter Reed Hospital. From the time he was admitted until the day of discharge, we were treated… …
Letter: The loss of ideals (4/16/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: In this time of governmental change, it’s the loss of ideals that hits me hardest. Our government was built on ideals expressed in the Constitution, and I was… …
Letter: The Ukraine situation (4/16/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The Ukraine/Russia conflict is terrible all the way around. Nearly 1 million killed on both sides (Wall Street Journal), and many thousands displaced. Ukrainians have suffered before from… …
Letter: Time for DOE to go (4/16/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Trump has signed an Executive Order to dismantle the Department of Education. This is his attempt to cut waste and restructure our education system. DOE was created in… …
Editorial: Thank you for writing (4/9/2025) - Every week, we run a box (see this page) with guidelines on writing letters to the editor. If you’re thinking of writing a letter, please take the time to review… …
Fun on the water (4/9/2025) - The weather is slowly warming up, which means getting out on the water for many locals. In a survey conducted on our Facebook page this past week, 38.5 percent of… …Letter: Is this any way to run a budget? (4/9/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: At its monthly meeting on April Fools Day (April 1) the Board of Supervisors demonstrated to the citizens of Gloucester County how to run the Public Utilities Department… …
Letter: Feeling the pain (4/9/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: So far, on April 4, I am feeling the pain. Since Feb. 1, 2025, President Trump’s tariff policies have caused my retirement portfolio to fall 11 percent in… …
Letter: Brain dead Dems (4/9/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The Democratic Party must be brain dead. Their hatred and disdain for one man, “Trumps” everything else. What other explanation could there be? Let’s review. The recent budget… …
Letter: You were complicit (4/9/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Dear Magas: You were complicit when the Access Hollywood tapes were made public (you know the one when he said “locker room talk” …) and when Trump lied… …
Letter: Did you vote for him? (4/9/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Sixty-four times mentioned in Epstein Report; 97 times pleaded The Fifth; 34 felony convictions; 91 criminal charges; 26 sexual assault allegations; 6 bankruptcies; 5 draft deferments; 4 indictments;… …
Letter: The Case of the Missing Crackers (4/9/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: “I think a cat has been in here,” my husband said, looking woefully at the mess of crackers and cookies strewn all over his boat’s galley. “Cats don’t… …Letter: Judicial overreach (4/9/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I think it’s worth taking a look at the rulings from district court judges that have recently come out aimed at the Executive Orders and subsequent actions of… …
Letter: Explain Democrats (4/9/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Democrats are eating their own. We questioned their logic all along but somebody needs to explain them now. They burn up Tesla vehicles or key them down the… …
Editorial: A harbinger of hope (4/2/2025) - The wonderful, wonderful, worthy-of-praise daffodils. They endure. They teach us about surviving. They send up their first green leaves just as winter reaches its grayest, soggiest, iciest days. They come… …
Editorial: Keep the music playing (4/2/2025) - A bouquet goes out this week to Mathews County’s own Li’l Ole Opry, marking 50 years of entertaining the community. First located in the former Donk’s Theater at Hudgins for… …
Letter: Pretty impressive (4/2/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The United Methodist Men of Bethany United Methodist Church meets monthly at Nick’s Restaurant at Gloucester Point. We have very interesting great speakers and our meeting on March… …
Letter: A successful race (4/2/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: On behalf of the Gloucester Educational Foundation, I would like to express my gratitude to all who participated in the foundation’s 3K/8K and Virtual 5K Walk/Run that was… …
Letter: Death of menhaden study bill (4/2/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I was appalled to read that the opportunity to analyze the poor health of the Chesapeake Bay’s marine life and wildlife dependent on it was once again shoved… …
Letter: Are these the policies you voted for? (4/2/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Massive and indiscriminate cuts are being made to the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Education, Social Security, the Environmental Protection Agency, the FBI, the Justice Department,… …
Daffodil Festival (4/2/2025) - As the Gloucester Daffodil Festival is scheduled for this weekend, we asked our Facebook followers what they are most looking forward to at this year’s festival. Vendors and food each… …Editorial: Making an impact (3/26/2025) - What a great way to celebrate and support Gloucester County Public Schools. On Saturday morning, nearly 400 people came out to Gloucester High School to take part in the 13th… …
Editorial: For the ospreys (3/26/2025) - The ospreys, our much-loved companions on the waterways, are returning. We wish for them a good year nesting, to reverse the recent worrisome decline and failure of their young. This… …