$24,000+ raised for Gloucester schools at run/walk (3/25/2026) - The Gloucester County Public Schools Educational Foundation 15th annual 8K, 3K and Virtual 5K run/walk held on Saturday, March 14, netted proceeds of over $24,000, which is the highest amount… …
Health care scholarship available for area students (3/25/2026) - Claude Moore Opportunities, a statewide nonprofit focused on health care workforce development, is accepting applications for scholarships to support Fredericksburg, Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula area students pursuing health care… …
Ware review (3/25/2026) - Ware Academy recently welcomed a team from the Virginia Association of Independent Schools (VAIS) as part of its accreditation process. The VAIS team met with faculty, staff, students, administrators, parents… …Gloucester School Board approves personnel appointments (3/25/2026) - The Gloucester County School Board approved several personnel appointments during its regular monthly meeting held March 10 in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium. Gabriel Gonzales of Gloucester was appointed… …
Your spring break ‘camp’ is in the bag (3/25/2026) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation & Tourism is offering “Spring Break Camp-In-A-Bag,” a multi-day, self-guided “camp” for students to complete at their own pace. A release said the “camp” consists of a… …
RCC hosts Library of Virginia traveling exhibition (3/25/2026) - Rappahannock Community College hosts “Strong Men & Women in Virginia History 2026,” a traveling exhibition from the Library of Virginia, at the Glenns campus library through April 25. Presented in… …
Area band (3/25/2026) - Twenty-one students from Mathews High School and Thomas Hunter Middle School traveled to Westmoreland High School last weekend to play in the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula Area Band. The… …Abingdon Ruritan Club offers two scholarships (3/25/2026) - The Abingdon Ruritan Club, Bena, is offering a workforce training scholarship, as well as an academic scholarship, for graduating Gloucester High School and Gloucester homeschool seniors. The workforce training scholarship… …
Career Day (3/25/2026) - Deputy Will Hargis, K9 Karma and Investigator Michael Rice, from left, of the Mathews County Sheriff’s Office, spoke to Mathews High School students about their positions as part of the… …Active shooter training set for Aug. 19-20 (3/25/2026) - The ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate) Institute is holding a two-day active shooter response instructor training at Ware Academy Aug. 19 and 20 from 8 a.m. until 5… …
Gloucester School Board adopts $84M budget (3/18/2026) - The Gloucester County School Board unanimously adopted its proposed budget of $84,311,571, which includes a 3 percent compensation increase, for fiscal year 2027 last Thursday during a budget work session… …
Family Math Night (3/18/2026) - Three eighth grade FCCLA members—Gracie Hellebrandt, Jordan West and Eloise Leslie (top photo from left)—hosted a Family Math Night event last Thursday at Mathews Elementary School. During the event, the… …
District Chorus (3/18/2026) - After an audition process, several students from Page Middle School attended District 8 Chorus on Feb. 20 and 21 at Warwick High School. Shown are choral members, front row from… …
Americanism essay (3/18/2026) - Thomas Hunter Middle School student Brayden Smith was the winner of the American Legion Post 83 Americanism Essay Contest held at the Mathews school. Smith’s essay is now registered with… …
Sensory support backpacks (3/18/2026) - Mathews High School FCCLA member Abigail “Abby” Henry delivered 12 sensory support backpacks to Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk on Friday. Henry collected an assortment of sensory… …MHS students of the month (3/18/2026) - Mathews High School’s students of the month for February are eighth grader Paige Morris, freshman Morgan Sterne, sophomore Isabella Hall, junior Harmony Smith and senior Isaac Johnson (clockwise from top… …
School Brief (3/18/2026) - Timmie Matthews Jr. of Gloucester, was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at University… …
Local students eligible for ag scholarships (3/18/2026) - The Northern Neck Vegetable Growers Association is offering five scholarships totaling $10,000 to deserving area youth studying agriculture. Eligible applicants must live in Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex, King and Queen, Caroline,… …
MHS Coffee House Jazz night to be held March 25 (3/18/2026) - The Mathews High School Music Department invites the community to attend its Coffee House Jazz night on Wednesday, March 25, starting at 6:30 p.m. in the MHS cafeteria. The MHS… …
Bus supervisor, facility use fees addressed at meeting (3/18/2026) - A packed crowd filled Thomas Hunter Middle School’s J. Murray Brooks Auditorium Tuesday night, primarily for two reasons—first, to express concerns over doing away with the position of transportation supervisor… …Vladu reviews budget updates with school board (3/11/2026) - The Gloucester County School Board reviewed three significant budget changes for fiscal year 2027 with superintendent of schools Dr. Anthony Vladu during Tuesday night’s regular monthly meeting in the T.C.… …
AARP leader to address GREA luncheon (3/11/2026) - Jared Calfee, state advocacy leader for AARP Virginia, will speak at the Gloucester Retired Educators’ Association meeting at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 26, at the Disabled American Veterans’ building,… …
Willoughby places first in oratorical competition (3/11/2026) - Gloucester County Public Schools, in collaboration with the Gloucester Branch of the NAACP, held the third annual student oratorical competition the morning of Feb. 25 at Petsworth Elementary School. Gloucester… …
All-State chorus (3/11/2026) - Marcus Ruggiero, Delton Walker and Ryan Vanterpool, from left, will represent Peasley Middle School at the Greater Richmond Convention Center on April 17 in the 2026 All Virginia Choir Event.… …VSBA Art Contest (3/11/2026) - Gloucester High School sophomore Sara Shao, at left, and Peasley Middle School seventh grader Sarah Linaweaver both earned second place in the 2026 Virginia School Boards Association Eastern Regional Art… …