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Daffodil Festival application process begins (2/7/2024) - It may just be early February, but daffodils are already blooming and this year’s Gloucester Daffodil Festival will be here before you know it.The annual rite of spring returns April…
Holiday Calendar: Community (11/21/2023) - Thursday, Nov. 23 Turkey trot Mobjack Rowing Association will hold its annual Turkey Trot today, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Williams Wharf. Walk, run or bike from Williams Wharf Landing…
Holiday Calendar: Church (11/21/2023) - Thursday, Nov. 23 Breakfast Singleton United Methodist Church, Ware Neck, will hold a Thanksgiving breakfast at 8 a.m. today. Services St James On-the-Glebe Anglican Church, Gloucester, will hold a traditional…
Holiday Calendar: Neighboring Communities (11/21/2023) - Friday, Nov. 24 Markets The 10th annual Steamboat Era Museum Holiday Marketplace, Irvington, will celebrate its opening weekend Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and Sunday from…
Riverside to use AI to help read mammograms with ‘a second set of eyes’ (10/11/2023) - As a commitment to innovation in breast cancer detection, Riverside Health System has partnered with Transpara Breast Care, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) system designed to help radiologists detect cancers…
Cancer Warrior taking strides in walk for ACS (10/11/2023) - Kelsey Halley was 30 years old and joyfully 33 weeks pregnant with her first child when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Now, nearly three years later, she’s a “cancer…
Breast cancer awareness (10/11/2023) - The Gloucester High School field hockey team donned pink hoodies at the GHS homecoming parade held on Sept. 28 in support of breast cancer awareness. Pictured, from left facing forward,…
Dig Pink (10/11/2023) - The Gloucester High School girls’ and boys’ varsity volleyball teams, as well as the Mathews High School varsity volleyball team, are wearing pink for the month of October in honor…
Breast cancer can happen to anyone, even young women (10/11/2023) - According to Riverside Health System, breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in young women. It is also the most common form of cancer in women who are…
homecoming parade 6 edit Gloucester High School homecoming parade (10/4/2023) - Gloucester High School got a chance to show off its school spirit during last Thursday’s homecoming parade, with parade goers lining Main Street to cheer on the Dukes. held its…
1a guinea jubilee basketball SRO Charles Johnson 42nd annual Guinea Jubilee (10/4/2023) - CHARLIE KOENIG / GAZETTE-JOURNAL Waterman’s contests are a big part of the Guinea Jubilee. This year’s winners included, top left photo, from left: women’s crab pot pulling--Mae Lynn Belvin (third…
Maritime Heritage Day Saturday (9/27/2023) - A Maritime Heritage Day Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday to celebrate Mathews County’s long, rich relationship with the sea. The festival is sponsored by…
guinea grand marshal display Grand marshal (9/27/2023) - Betty Lou Setterholm Sammons was named this year’s Guinea Jubilee grand marshal during the Sept. 10 Guinea Heritage Day program. This table was filled with photos of her, as well…
heritage day crowd Heritage Day crowd (9/27/2023) - A large crowd filled the Abingdon Ruritan Club building on Sept. 10 for Guinea Heritage Day, getting a chance to bid on Guinea cakes, pick up Guinea Jubilee merchandise and…
first morning star table First Morning Star (9/27/2023) - Photos, church programs and other memorabilia from First Morning Star Baptist Church adorns a table at the Abingdon Ruritan Club during the Sept. 10 Guinea Heritage Day program. First Morning…
union baptist table Union Baptist (9/27/2023) - Stop #3 on the Guinea Heritage Driving Tour is Union Baptist Church. This display at Guinea Heritage Day includes photographs and historical items from the church that first organized in…
bucks store display 2 Buck’s Store display (9/27/2023) - Buck’s Store Museum is the first stop on the Guinea Heritage Driving Tour. It was also the first display table at Guinea Heritage Day, which was held on Sunday, Sept.…
buying merchandise Guinea Jubilee merchandise (9/27/2023) - Although this year’s Guinea Jubilee T-shirt wasn’t ready in time for the Sept. 10 Guinea Heritage Day program, people lined up to purchase other memorabilia, as well as placing advance…
guinea t-shirt design Home Grown (9/27/2023) - Guinea Jubilee co-chairman Ryan Ashe unveiled the design for this year’s T-shirt at Guinea Heritage Day. The design includes a photo of a number of oyster cans and a pair…
student art winners Student art winners (9/27/2023) - The Guinea Heritage Association recognized its 2023 Guinea Jubilee student art winners during Guinea Heritage Day on Sunday, Sept. 10, at the Abingdon Ruritan Club building, Bena. The winners are,…
guinea union baptist twins 1949172 Tidbits of Time in Guinea (9/27/2023) - (Excerpted from the original, which can be found at Buck’s Store Museum in Bena.) Come walk with me down Memory Lane. The road is wide and well paved. We have…
guinea jubilee paul brown Who is Paul Brown? (9/27/2023) - Who is Paul Brown, who wrote the retrospective articles that appear in this section? Paul Lafayette Brown, born in Guinea, was a chronicler of the region and its families, said…
Guinea; a journey of the past, in my imagination (9/27/2023) - (Excerpted from the original, which can be found at Buck’s Store Museum in Bena. Paul Brown dedicated this work to the memory of his parents, Alton and Lela Brown.) In…
From the files … (9/27/2023) - Conditions at Severn School, a school for white children, were described this way in the Gazette-Journal in September, 1948: “…Patrons offered their three-room school for comparison with any school in…
Market Days returns this weekend (9/6/2023) - Mathews Market Days opens bright and early this Friday, offering festival-goers two full days of fun, food, entertainment, and arts and crafts for all ages on the Mathews Court Green.…

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