Mathews school cafeteria workers Mary Diggs, Darlene Shaw and Susan Foster, from left, prepare chef salads on Monday morning. The addition of healthful food options has been expensive in terms of ingredients and prep time, but has been well worth the cost, cafeteria manager Nelda Gibbs said. Photo by Charlie Koenig.
Scouts from two Gloucester packs and two dens took part in a flag retirement ceremony Saturday. About 80 worn or tattered American flags were burned as part of a special program outside the Gloucester Library in Main Street Center. Photo by Bill Nachman.
Gloucester planning director Jay Scudder, right, says his good-byes to commission vice chair Keith Belvin, left, and member Hal McVey at the end of the planning commission meeting last Thursday. Scudder resigned from his position last Wednesday. Photo by Sherry Hamilton.
To coincide with the Tour de Chesapeake bike ride, Mathews County will be host of its first Community Block Party next Saturday evening along Main Street. Here, organizers Lynda Smith Greve, left, and Rebecca Grow, are getting in shape for the bike ride that is expected to bring over 800 cyclists to Mathews. Photo by Quinton Sheppard.
