Letter: The Chili Cook-Off returns (1/10/2024) - 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… …
Business survey (1/10/2024) - What business would you like to see in Gloucester and Mathews? Nearly 900 responses were submitted this past week based on this question posed on our Facebook page. This pie… …
Editorial: ‘A many-faceted treasure’ (1/3/2024) - Anyone who has been lucky enough to gaze up at the sky and spot a bald eagle soaring high above has benefitted from it. The “it” we’re referring to is… …Letter: The new year (1/3/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: As we go into 2024 we need to reflect upon everything God has done for us in 2023. It’s time to stop being foolish in the New Year,… …
Letter: A deep breath (1/3/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: U.S. debt has gone from millions to billions to trillions, and soon to be quadrillions. There is no longer any possibility of the debt ever being repaid in… …
Letter: The government (1/3/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Yesterday when I was born, the government of men that had the law arrested, judged and crucified King Jesus Christ; yesterday He was here, after the Resurrection from… …
New Year’s resolutions (1/3/2024) - Ready for the New Year? We asked our Facebook friends last week about their New Year’s resolutions for 2024. Twenty percent of our survey takes said they want to exercise… …
At home or on the road? (12/27/2023) - This question was posed on our Facebook page last week, and most of our polltakers decided to stick close to home this holiday season. A total of 50 percent of… …Editorial: Hail the new year (12/27/2023) - Hail the new year: A clean slate starts on Monday, time to pull everything out of the closets and act on all other resolutions. As one day ticks over to… …
Letter: Where is the money? (12/27/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: For the past six months or more, our county administrator and five members of the Gloucester Board of Supervisors have urged us to incur a large $35 million… …
Letter: The other side (12/27/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: On Tuesday, Dec. 19, there was a board of supervisors’ meeting in Mathews, and the Gazette-Journal had an article about the meeting and left out the other side’s… …
Letter: Our future is our children (12/27/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I almost missed it. My son showed it to me during our family Christmas Eve gathering. A letter to this newspaper written by individual fourth graders, sharing their… …
Letter: Hail to the Polecats? (12/27/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The Washington Commanders are not very good. They need a new coach, some new players and, most of all, they need a new name. The “Commanders” neither inspires… …
Letter: Thank you for your service (12/27/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Thank you very much to Randy Burak (Abingdon District) and Robin Rice (At-Large), retiring members of the Gloucester County School Board, for your commitment to the children and… …
Let it snow! (12/20/2023) - Well, the results are in and a whopping 73.3 percent of our Facebook friends are ready for the winter weather. Twenty percent of our poll takers absolutely do not want… …Editorial: Teamwork (12/13/2023) - When things go wrong, news travels fast and everyone seems to have an opinion, and everyone seems to be not exactly shy in sharing it. When things go right? We… …
Letter: Thank you, Gloucester (12/13/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: As the Abingdon District representative on the school board for the past 20 years over the past 24, I have been humbled, honored and thankful for the privilege… …
Letter: Freedom of speech (12/13/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Only despotic governments restrain freedom of speech. On Dec. 5, the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors temporarily allowed unrestrained freedom of speech for public comments. For this moment,… …
Letter: A memorable parade (12/13/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Thank you, Mathews, for such a memorable Christmas parade! Special thanks to oh so many people, beginning with Shawn Cosby—thank you for loving your hometown as much as… …
Letter: Standing with Israel (12/13/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The Mathews County Republican Committee recently adopted the following resolution: Whereas the Mathews County Republican Committee supports the right of the State of Israel to exist as a… …
Letter: Sad and senseless (12/13/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: To the hunter that shot a lone Canada goose in my open field, which is posted, on Dec. 2: Stay off of my land and do not endanger… …
How do you spend the holidays? (12/13/2023) - This question was posed on our Facebook page last week. The most popular answer by far was spending time with loved ones, which received 23.5 percent of the vote. Exchanging… …Editorial: Remembrance Day (12/6/2023) - Flags at half-mast today will be just about the only indicator of the shocking attack at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 that catapulted the United States into World War… …
Letter: Happier times (12/6/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Wasn’t too long ago if you really think about it, to some extent all you had to worry about was what you were gonna have for dinner. Now… …
Letter: Joyful season (12/6/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: As Christmas approaches we begin to deck the halls and get ready to gather around our loved ones. Let us not forget the true reason why we celebrate… …