JANUARY: Bethel Baptist Church, Gloucester, begins a year-long celebration of its 150th anniversary during a New Year’s Day service … York district supervisor Phillip Bazzani is elected as chairman of the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors and Gloucester Point district supervisor Chris Hutson is elected vice chairman … Rich Erwin is hired as Gloucester’s new director of information technology … An early winter storm blankets the region with a foot or more of snow over the weekend … The Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office is recognized for receiving first-place honors in the Virginia Law Enforcement Challenge and the National Law Enforcement Challenge in 2016 … Elsie Bright turns 105 and has a surprise party in her honor at Riverside Sanders Assisted Living in Gloucester … Strata Solar, LLC, has filed an application with Gloucester County to develop a solar energy facility on an approximately 203-acre site on Route 14 near T...