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… …
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… …
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… …
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 (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 (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 (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… …
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.… …
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… …
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 (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,… …
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… …
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.… …