In preparation for having the historic Thomas James store in Mathews Court House raised to mitigate stormwater runoff and flooding, Virginia Department of Historic Resources administrators met recently with the Mathews County Historical Society committee overseeing the project. From left are grant writer Martha McCartney, project manager Marsha Carlton, store curator Steve Pope, state archaeologist Dr. Elizabeth Moore, grant project coordinator Caitlin Sylvester, director of the Survey and Information Division Jolene Smith, MCHS treasurer Hunt Thompson, and MCHS president Reed Lawson....