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Gloucester County Fair opens tonight
[Posted on Jul 28, 2010 | 44 views]

Carnival workers Gary Smith, William Benoist and Jerry Rickett Jr., from left, set up carnival rides at the Gloucester County Fair. Photo by Quinton Sheppard. There will be plenty to do for all members of the family this week during the annual Gloucester County Fair at Ark Park.

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Gloucester County Fair opens tonight

Carnival workers Gary Smith, William Benoist and Jerry Rickett Jr., from left, set up carnival rides at the Gloucester County Fair. Photo by Quinton Sheppard. There will be plenty to do for all members of the family this week during the annual Gloucester County Fair at Ark Park.

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Settlement reached in assessment lawsuit

Dodson and Gloucester County agreed to the assessed value of $225,000 for 2010 and each tax year thereafter until the next general reassessment.

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Mathews to take part in national health survey

The information gathered is used to help government officials make policy decisions.

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Two die in separate Gloucester traffic accidents

One victim was a pedestrian.

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Morgan disappointed Mathews not pursuing Put-In Creek project

The Virginia delegate has an idea for an alternative plan.

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Waiting for breakfast

As the world sweltered on Saturday, a great blue heron on Put-In Creek in Mathews coolly surveyed the rising tide from its vantage point on a floating dock, waiting for a convenient breakfast to swim alongside. Photo by Elsa Cooke Verbyla. A great blue heron on Put-In Creek in Mathews waits for breakfast.

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Civil War day camp

A Civil War-themed day camp was held Saturday at the Tompkins Cottage in Mathews Court House. Sponsored by the Mathews County Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee and the Mathews Historical Society, the four hour program included a scavenger hunt, hands-on activities, a horse and wagon ride around historic court green with Vernon Ashberry, and talks by Walter Scott Hunley and Bill Brockner. About a dozen children took part in the fun, including, from left, Jasmine Marcellus, Henry Barnett and Spencer Baird, led here by a period-clothed Marilyn Iglesisas, vice president of the Capt. Sally Tompkins Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Photo by Bill Nachman. A Civil War-themed day camp was held Saturday at the Tompkins Cottage in Mathews Court House.

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DAV breaks ground on new home

Bill Strack of Henderson Construction, Richard Moore of DAV Chapter 58, Steve Callis of Chesapeake Bank, and Michael Schlemmer of DAV Chapter 58, from left, symbolically break ground Monday afternoon on the new home for the DAV chapter. The 6,400-square-foot structure will provide space to conduct daily DAV business and to assist area veterans with Veterans Administration-related claims.

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