Editorial: Fabulous (6/11/2025) - Congratulations to state champions Donovan Forrest and Gavin Dustin from the Mathews High School track team. We are proud of your achievements! Congratulations as well to the many teams from… …
Editorial: Sanctuary county? (6/11/2025) - Is Gloucester really a sanctuary county? According to a list of jurisdictions published a couple weeks ago on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security website, and then (without explanation) abruptly… …
Who’s going to the carnival? (6/11/2025) - We asked our Facebook followers this week how many are planning to attend the inaugural Gloucester Summer Kick-Off Carnival, which begins Friday. A total of 39.1 percent of respondents said… …Letter: Wrong use of taxpayer money (6/11/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Building a public recreation area bordered on three sides with homes at the end of a narrow residential road is wrong. I am speaking of the proposed developed… …
Letter: Are we keeping it? (6/11/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Last Saturday at the Symphony under the Stars concert in Gloucester, as we stood for the Star-Spangled Banner, I wondered how long we will be able to call… …
Letter: Freedom of speech (6/11/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: A story in the June 7 Virginian-Pilot told of Yunseo Chung, a student at Columbia University, valedictorian at Grafton High School in 2022, a permanent resident of the… …
Letter: The Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) pain (6/11/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: If you, a relative, friend, neighbor or someone in a nursing home are on Medicaid or the SNAP program, the passage of the BBB bill, supported by our… …
Editorial: School’s out! (6/4/2025) - Young people leaving school for the year race from their classrooms to waiting cars and buses, in a burst of joy for the summer weeks ahead. And it gets better.… …
Editorial: History will be made (6/4/2025) - History will be made in Virginia on Jan. 17, 2026. That’s the day Virginia’s 75th governor will be sworn in. Regardless of the outcome of this year’s election, Virginia voters… …
Summer plans (6/4/2025) - Summer is right around the corner, so we decided to ask our Facebook followers what they are planning for the warm weather months. Nearly half of respondents said they were… …Letter: Best wishes for retirement (6/4/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: We want to wish Debbie Diggs a wonderful retirement. Debbie has taken so many young dancers by the hand and led them into the world of dance. Our… …
Letter: Thank you (6/4/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: As director of the Tour de Chesapeake, I wish to thank the many amazing volunteers and organizations who took part in this 26th annual event, the Mathews Outdoor… …
Letter: No dark ages (6/4/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: For two years in a row, Governor Youngkin has vetoed a bill that would have guaranteed Virginians the right to access contraception. Simply stated, the bill “establishes a… …
Letter: Negotiating peace (6/4/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The negotiations for peace in Ukraine appear to be nearing a crossroad. Initially Zelenskyy seemed disinterested in peace but has recently indicated he would like to move forward… …
Letter: Room for all (6/4/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I had a recent experience in my neighborhood that reminded me how one decision can have a life-changing domino effect on many. For many years, my neighborhood has… …
Letter: This nation needs a shock (6/4/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: In response to the “Don’t be complicit” letter (May 29 Readers Write) I have to say that I’m a conservative, not a Trumper. I voted Libertarian in the… …
Letter: King of all (6/4/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: When did King Herod and King Caesar obey King Jesus Christ as the king over them after His resurrection from the grave according to the flesh. King Jesus… …
Editorial: Headline news (5/28/2025) - We have seen the headlines: Virginia most at risk for coastal flooding A study by Lending Tree, which analyzed data from FEMA, found that “Virginia has the highest annualized frequency… …
Self-care (5/28/2025) - Spring can be a very busy time of year with high school and college graduations just around the corner, summer plans on the horizon and getting organized at home and… …Letter: The merry month of May (5/28/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: There is a lot to be happy about in the merry old month of May. For the first time ever the United States of America has a commission… …
Letter: Don’t be complicit (5/28/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: So, the Pentagon has accepted a 400-million-dollar luxury jet from the Royal Family of Qatar (pronounced Kuh-Tar, not cutter). Since when does the USA accept charity from a… …
Editorial: The honored dead (5/21/2025) - Last month marked the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, a milestone that came and went with little fanfare. On April 30, 1975, the fall of Saigon… …
Local entertainment (5/21/2025) - Since the carnival is coming to Gloucester next month (see story), we decided to ask our Facebook followers what other kinds of entertainment they would like to see come to… …Letter: The true cost of data centers (5/21/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: This is a reminder to readers that the Gloucester County website recently posted an announcement concerning a meeting at the RCC Glenns Campus at 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday,… …
Letter: Music on Maple (5/21/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: On May 2, the Mathews County Visitor & Information Center (MCVIC) and the Mathews County Historical Society (MCHS) hosted a Music on Maple concert at the Thomas James… …