Editorial: Victory (11/6/2024) - The winners laugh, the losers weep, and in time, we hope, the people will unite to move the nation forward. “Out of many, one”: e pluribus unum. Let’s try to… …
Editorial: Tradition (11/6/2024) - After all the months of sound and fury, you know the end of the campaign season is near when you find yourself drawing up the Gazette-Journal’s traditional charts: How Gloucester… …
Editorial: Thankful? (11/6/2024) - By tradition, the Gazette-Journal gives its “Readers Write” space on Thanksgiving Day to our readers who tell us what makes them thankful. We receive interesting, often moving, stories each year.… …
How often do you refer to the paper? (11/6/2024) - We asked our Facebook followers this past week how often they refer to a single issue of the Gazette-Journal. A total of 63.6 percent of survey takers said they refer… …Letter: Election workers great (11/6/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I am writing to say Thank You to the election officials and poll volunteers in Gloucester and Mathews. My husband and I appreciate the time and talent they… …
Letter: Post-election notes (11/6/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: By the time you read this, the election will be over. Question is, how did you do? At 84 years, Christian, and observing the decline of our nation… …
Letter: Successful House Party (11/6/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: On behalf of the Fairfield Foundation Board of Directors, we thank the sponsors and supporters of our Annual Historic House Party held at Exchange on Gloucester’s scenic North… …
Editorial: Vote for civility (10/30/2024) - For the sake of our nation, can civility triumph at the polls next Tuesday? We have approached the presidential election with less-than-excited vibes, expecting the rivers of mud that were… …
Editorial: Your letters (10/30/2024) - We thank those who have written letters about this election for (more or less) adhering to our guidelines of 300 words, no more than once a month. This made space… …
Additional coverage (10/30/2024) - At the Gazette-Journal, we work hard to deliver accurate and informative news each week. However, we were curious to see what kind of content our readers would like to see… …Letter: Good people (10/30/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I know that there are some bad people in Gloucester, but there are far more good people. I was in the Family Dollar store last week. I brought… …
Letter: Blessings (10/30/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I would like to thank the Bay Transit/Bay Express staff and express what a blessing they are to folks like me who don’t have a car. It may… …
Letter: Standing against hearsay (10/30/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I offer the following comments on the proposed Gwynn’s Island highway marker and your article of Oct. 24 Very simply, the state approved the marker based on hearsay… …
Letter: Election hyperbole may be rooted in founding (10/30/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Thomas Jefferson described the Constitution as imperfect and as should be reviewed by each generation. Jefferson’s prognostication may have been because so few were eligible to vote. The… …
Letter: The dishonest Democratic Party (10/30/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The Democratic Party has implemented numerous bad policies through President Joe Biden. The worst is inviting people from all over the world to cross unimpeded and unvetted into… …
Letter: Critical of Democrats (10/30/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I cannot but comment on the advertisement in the Gazette-Journal paid for by the Democratic Party these past few weeks that states, “Choose Freedom! Vote Democrat!” Freedom? Freedom… …
Letter: For whom will you vote? (10/30/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Both candidates are known, Trump as president for four years, and Harris as vice president for four years under President Joe Biden. When Kamala Harris was asked what… …
Letter: What’s in it for them? (10/30/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Has anyone stopped to ask themselves why Project 2025 exists? Nine hundred footnoted pages is an immense amount of work, for which people were paid to research and… …
Letter: Vote Harris (10/30/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Donald Trump and his Maga Minions have been crystal clear what a second term would be: Deporting millions of people; Retribution of political opponents; Using the military against… …
Editorial: A sad farewell (10/23/2024) - In the end, there was no more time. There was no more money. And America’s flagship, the SS United States, tied up since 1969, may soon be on her way… …
How are you voting? (10/23/2024) - With this year’s election cycle well underway, we decided to ask our readers how they were planning to vote (or if they had already voted) for this week’s survey. The… …Letter: Shame, shame (10/23/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Attending the joint session of Gloucester supervisors and the school board on Oct. 15, I became disappointed at a colleague trying to disparage the comments of Supervisor Philip… …
Letter: Civil rights under attack (10/23/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The most recent Mathews Board of Supervisors meeting highlights some of the problems that are plaguing America right now. The same people who support a divisive presidential candidate… …
Letter: Telling truth from fiction (10/23/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Call it bunk, hogwash, rubbish, or just plain baloney, false information is served up to us on a daily basis. The motivation is clear: to get our attention,… …
Letter: A critical crossroads (10/23/2024) - Election Day November 5, 2024. Are we not at a critical crossroads in this election? It has been easy to forget what we share in common: our love of freedom,… …