Kindergarten registration underway at MES (4/16/2025) - Kindergarten registration is underway at Mathews Elementary School, according to MES principal Lee Anne Bray.Registration packets have been available since April 7, and a kindergarten camp will be held at… …
Community responds to possible school budget cuts (4/16/2025) - A large crowd, including all five members of the county’s board of supervisors, filled the J. Murray Brooks Auditorium at Thomas Hunter Middle School Tuesday night, with many speakers expressing… …
Parker to run for school board Petsworth seat (9/17/2025) - Anita Parker, 67, of Gloucester has announced her bid for the Petsworth District seat of the Gloucester County School Board. She has been serving in that seat since last October… …
Teenager of the Year (4/9/2025) - Gloucester High School senior Addy Boughan received the Teenager of the Year Award. This award, presented by Kiwanis Division 12–Kiwanis Club of Gloucester, recognizes Boughan’s leadership, service, and dedication to… …
FCCLA conference (4/9/2025) - Seven members of the Mathews High School chapter of the FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) represented the county at the State Leadership and Recognition Conference last weekend… …
Boys State, Girls State delegates (4/9/2025) - Mathews American Legion Post 83 recently announced its 2025 Boys and Girls State delegates. This will be the 82nd year for Boys State and the 78th year for Girls State.… …MHS students of the month (4/9/2025) - Mathews High School’s students of the month for March are eighth grader Colten Sadler, freshman Emily Moughon, sophomore McKenzie Bartlett, junior Kole Speight and senior Tremaine Greene. Students are chosen… …
Christchurch School added to state landmarks register (4/9/2025) - Christchurch School in Middlesex County was named to the Virginia Landmarks Register after a March 20 meeting of the Virginia Board of Historic Resources. All landmarks approved by the state… …
VA250 Mobile Museum (4/9/2025) - Students from Botetourt Elementary School visited the VA250 Mobile Museum last Thursday to learn more about Virginia’s involvement in the American Revolution. The mobile museum was parked behind the Gloucester… …
Coffee Shop Jazz (4/2/2025) - The Mathews High School Music Department held its second annual Coffee Shop Jazz program last Wednesday. Community members filled the school’s cafeteria to hear the MHS Jazz Band and the… …Woman with ties to Mathews honored by USPS (4/2/2025) - Millie Dunn Veasey, who taught four years at Thomas Hunter High School in Mathews in the mid-1950s, has been honored in Raleigh, North Carolina, her hometown. In Mathews, she taught… …
‘I Am Enough’ Youth Girls Retreat to be held April 25-26 (4/2/2025) - Blessed Couples United Outreach (B.C. United Outreach), the Gloucester-based community organization, will hold its annual “I Am Enough” Youth Girls Empowerment Retreat on April 25-26 at Camp Piankatank, 1586 Stamper’s… …
GHS Class of 2005 to hold reunion June 28 (4/2/2025) - The Gloucester High School Class of 2005 will hold its 20th reunion this summer and is looking for members of that class to register for the event. The reunion will… …
Scholarship deadline fast approaching (4/2/2025) - Abingdon Ruritan Club scholarships, with an April 18 application deadline, are available in two forms this year, according to the club. One scholarship will be awarded to a student who… …
RCC celebrates community college month (4/2/2025) - Rappahannock Com- munity College is joining institutions across the country in recognizing April as Community College Month. Many community colleges, including RCC, are known for providing affordable education and workforce… …
Running for a cause (3/26/2025) - It was a beautiful day, as 376 entrants took part in Saturday’s 13th annual Gloucester County Public Schools Educational Foundation 8K Run and 3K Run/Walk at Gloucester High School. The… …
Ribbon cutting (3/26/2025) - Ware Academy celebrated the second phase completion of its Ware Opportunities Arise building project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony last Wednesday, March 19. Students, faculty, families and supporters gathered on campus… …
Teacher honored (3/26/2025) - Virginia Association for Career and Technical Education President Bo Bundrick was on hand at the Mathews County School Board’s March 18 meeting to formally present Thomas Hunter Middle School teacher… …
VSBA Art Contest (3/26/2025) - Three Mathews students were recognized for artwork that represented the county at the Virginia School Boards Association’s Spring Regional Art Contest at the Mathews County School Board’s March 18 meeting.… …
Sensory Support Backpacks (3/26/2025) - Last week, Allean “Beanie” Rowe and Abigail Henry, two members of the Thomas Hunter Middle School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America chapter, presented 35 Sensory Support Backpacks to… …School board approves personnel matters (3/26/2025) - The Gloucester County School Board approved several personnel matters during its last regular monthly meeting, held March 11 in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium. Lauren Jacob and Maria Zeledon,… …
Busy week for band students (3/26/2025) - The Mathews County Public Schools Music Department has had a busy week. Last Wednesday, the Mathews High School band traveled to Warhill High School in Williamsburg to participate in the… …
Information session (3/26/2025) - Rappahannock Community College Dean of Strategic Enrollment Management Dr. Kendra Wood provided information on dual enrollment and other topics to members of the Gloucester Branch of the NAACP, from left,… …School board put on notice budget cuts ahead (3/26/2025) - “I don’t want to cut your budget … but I don’t see how we cannot cut this budget,” Mathews supervisor Janice Phillips said during a joint work session Friday morning… …
School board recognizes Richardson’s Café (3/19/2025) - The Mathews County School Board named Richardson’s Café to the 2025 Virginia School Boards Association Business Honor Roll in recognition of the support that the business has provided to the… …