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| ABANDONED WATERCRAFT Notice is hereby given that the following watercraft has been abandoned for more than 60 DAYS on the property of North Point Yacht Sales, 8109 Yacht Haven Rd., Gloucester, VA 23062, 804-885-4090. KADEY KROGEN 1987 42′, TMU42128E787. CG927305. DL7861Z. Application for Watercraft Registration/Title will be made in accordance with Section 29.1-733.25 of the CODE OF VIRGINIA if the watercraft is not claimed and removed within 30 days of the first publication of this notice. Please contact the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources with questions. 30t3 |
| ABANDONED WATERCRAFT Notice is hereby given the following sailboat has been abandoned for years on the property of Ware River Yacht Club, 5992 Ware Point Rd., Gloucester, VA 23061. (804) 363-0438. White fiberglass construction, centerboard sloop, 16′ long, no visible identification or model, in bad condition. Application for Watercraft Registration/Title will be made in accordance with Section 29.733.25 of the CODE OF VIRGINIA<\#9> if the watercraft is not claimed and removed within 30 days of the first publication of this notice. Please contact the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources with questions. 31t3 |
| NOTICE OF OYSTER PLANTING GROUND APPLICATION Stephen W. Owens and STERLING OWENS (2026032) have applied for approximately 4.95 acres of oyster planting ground in York River situated in Gloucester City/County. The application is located at Lat/Long: N37-16.6308/W76-31.419. To view a map of the application, or to provide public comments, use this web link to search the application by number (2026032): https://webapps.mrc.virginia.gov/public/oystergrounds/search-applications.php or contact the VMRC Shellfish Management Division at 757-247-2226. Send written comments or concerns to: Marine Resources Commission, Shellfish Management Division 380 Fenwick Road, Fort Monroe, VA 23051-1064. 31t2 |
| NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING GLOUCESTER COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION The Gloucester County Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing in the Colonial Courthouse, located at 6504 Main Street, Gloucester, Virginia on August 6, 2026 beginning at 6:30 PM to consider the following: Conditional Use Permit CUP-26-05- An application Main Street Properties, L.C. (Mac Houtz, applicant) to allow TM 32A2(2)Bk I-33 and 32A2(2)Bk I-34 (RPC #11389 and 23685) to be used as a Mobile Food Vendor Court through the Conditional Use Permit (CUP). The CUP is intended to provide for uses which, due to their unique characteristics or potential impact on adjacent land uses, are not permitted in certain zoning districts by-right but may be acceptable under certain circumstances and with specific conditions to offset potential impacts. The application proposes to allow for the establishment of a Mobile Food Vendor Court on TM 32A2(2)Bk I-33 and 32A2(2)Bk I-34, located at the southeast corner of Clements Avenue (SR 1001) and Main Street (Business Route 17) in the Ware Magisterial District. These parcels are located in the B-2 (Village Mixed Use) Zoning District and Mobile Food Vendor Courts are permitted by CUP in this district. The proposed mobile food court will consist of one mobile food vendor with associated seating and other amenities. This district aims to provide for the orderly growth and development of selected retail sales, office, service, and public use establishments, as well as compatible and supportive residential uses primarily oriented to central business concentrations in and around village areas. Furthermore, this district intends to foster village-scale commercial, higher density residential, and mixed-use developments in and around historic activity centers while encouraging pedestrian activity, interconnected streets, walkways, and bikeways, and uses served by public water and sewer. The Comprehensive Plan identifies this area as Village Scale Mixed Use within the Development District. In addition, the Gloucester Court House Village Sub-Area Plan identifies this area Historic Main Street Mixed-Use. The Village Scale Mixed Use designation can support commercial development in a pedestrian-oriented village-scale environment with street lights, sidewalks, and crosswalks, among other features. The Development District coincides with areas that are the County’s principal population, service, and employment center and are served by public water and sewer facilities. In addition, this designation should minimize impacts on local roads. The Historic Main Street Mixed-Use designation contains mixed-use, infill commercial development with a pedestrian orientation along the historic business area of Main Street. Staff and the applicant are working to develop conditions of use associated with the application, which will be presented for the Planning Commission to consider at their Public Hearing. The Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors may require additional conditions as they deem necessary based on their review of the application and input from the public. The preceding is a summary, not the full text, of the application. It is not intended to be a comprehensive representation of the full application and does not substitute for the full text of the application, which is available for review in the Gloucester County Department of Planning, Zoning & Environmental Programs located at 6489 Main Street, Gloucester, Virginia or on the department’s website at www.gloucesterva.info/planning. The meeting will be broadcast live through the County website meeting portal at: https://www.gloucesterva.info/640/Meeting-Portal and on Cox channel 48. All interested parties are invited to express their views on this matter. Public comments may also be submitted prior to the public hearing by three different methods: An online form is available on the County’s website at: www.gloucesterva,info/citizencomment. Please follow the instructions on the form to indicate your comments are for this specific hearing. Comments may also be submitted by calling and leaving a message at 804-824-2760. Follow the prompts to leave comments for this specific public hearing, and clearly indicate your name (including spelling if needed) and your magisterial district. Finally, comments may be submitted by US MAIL to County Administration, ATTN: PUBLIC HEARING, 6489 Main Street, Gloucester, VA 23061. Any mailed comments must include your name, your magisterial district, and the title of this public hearing clearly printed at the top. Please type or print all comments legibly. Comments submitted through one of these methods prior to the public hearing must be received by the County no later than 4:30 PM on August 6, 2026 and will be read or played during the public hearing. “Form letters,” consisting of communications which are verbatim duplicates (other than the identifying information of the author/submitter) of one or more other communications received by the County pertaining to the matter to be considered at the public hearing or public comment period, shall be read only once per letter, along with the list of persons submitting the same comments pursuant to such “form letter.” Persons requiring assistance to attend the hearing should contact the Department of Planning, Zoning & Environmental Programs at (804)693-1224 between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM Monday through Friday. John C. Meyer, Jr., Chairman Gloucester County Planning Commission 30t2 |
| NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS MATHEWS COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION The Mathews County Planning Commission hereby gives notice that on August 11, 2026, at 7 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the public may be heard, at the Historic Courthouse located at 27 Court St., Mathews, Virginia, the Planning Commission will hold public hearings on the following: Application #202510621: Requested by James S. Callis, Jr. (Property Owner) for Initiation of Zoning Amendment pursuant to Section 175-19.3(C) of the Mathews County Zoning Ordinance for the purpose of rezoning 2.006 acres of 392 Mariners Point Rd (Tax Map Parcel 16-A-161) from Rural (RU) to Residential-1 (R-1). Further details can be accessed through the Mathews County Website or by contacting the Department of Planning & Zoning. Application #202600686: Requested by Arcola Towers & Mobility Corp (DBA AT&T) and Dale Blaylock (Property Owner) for a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to Section 175-5.3(24) and Section 175, Article 23 of the Mathews County Zoning Ordinance for the purpose of construction and operating a 197′ Monopole-style wireless communication tower. The property is identified as Tax Map Parcel 30-A-121 and is zoned Rural (RU). |
| PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE GLOUCESTER COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Colonial Courthouse, 6504 Main Street, Gloucester, Virginia to consider the following: CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CUP-26-04 An application by Stephenson’s Childcare and Development Center, Inc. (Michael Allen, applicant) for a Conditional Use Permit to (re)establish and operate a child daycare center on approximately 0.83 acre (TM#s 45E(3)-4 and -5, RPC#s 23778 and 43589) situated in the SR-1, Single Family Detached Residential zoning district. The property is located in the Gloucester Point Magisterial District at 2876 Abingdon Heights Drive (SR 1308) which is off Powhatan Drive (SR 1304). The Comprehensive Plan identifies this area as mixed-density residential within the Development District and in a “transitional” area within the Hayes Village Development Area. The Development District is intended (currently and planned) to be the County’s principal population, service, and employment center. Additionally, the “transitional” area of the Hayes Village is intended to “be primarily residential, but made up of more intensive residential uses such as apartments, condominiums, and town homes” and “also include a mix of commercial uses, but at a lower commercial density than in the Core Area.” The SF-1 District is intended to preserve existing residential areas and provide for future areas of similar character; infill residential development is encouraged, and permitted uses are limited to detached single-family dwellings plus certain additional uses such as schools, parks churches, and certain public facilities that serve the residents of the district. The application proposes to re-open and resume operating a Child Day Care Center utilizing an existing building that was used as a childcare facility for several decades, but which had to close due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The County amended its Zoning Ordinance to accommodate child day care centers (by CUP) in the SF-1 District with the adoption of CA-25-02 in February of 2026. The preceding is a summary, not the full text, of the application. It is not intended to be a comprehensive representation of the full application and does not substitute for the full text of the application, which are available for review on the web at www.gloucesterva.gov/publichearings, and in the County Administrator’s Office at 6489 Main Street, Gloucester, Virginia. The meeting will be broadcast live through the County website meeting portal at: https://www.gloucesterva.gov/640/Meeting-Portal and on Cox channel 48. All interested parties are invited to express their views on this matter. Public comments may be submitted prior to the public hearing by three different methods: To submit comments online, complete the Public Comment Submission form (www.gloucesterva.gov/publiccomment). Please follow the instructions on the form to indicate the public hearing on which you want to comment. Comments may also be submitted by calling and leaving a message at 804-824-2760. Follow the prompts to leave comments for this specific public hearing and clearly indicate your name (including spelling if needed) and your magisterial district. Finally, comments may be submitted by US Mail to County Administration, ATTN: PUBLIC HEARING, 6489 Main Street, Gloucester, VA 23061. Any mailed comments must include your name, your magisterial district, and the title of this public hearing clearly printed at the top, and all such comments must be received by the scheduled date of this hearing. Please type or print all comments legibly. Comments submitted through these methods must be received by 4:30 p.m. on August 4, 2026, and will be read or played aloud during the public hearing up to the set time limit of 3 minutes. “Form letters,” consisting of communications which are verbatim duplicates (other than the identifying information of the author/submitter) of one or more other communications received by the County pertaining to the matter to be considered at the public hearing, shall be read only once per letter, along with the list of persons submitting the same comments pursuant to such “form letter.” Persons requiring assistance to submit comments for the meeting should contact the Gloucester County Administrator’s office at (804) 693-4042. George Bains, Interim County Administrator 30t2 |
| PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Mr. Carl H. Hershner, Jr. (VMRC #26-0160) is requesting a permit from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to construct a 5-foot wide by 40-foot long open pile private pier extending 35 feet channelward of mean low water with an 8-foot by 22-foot deck, two (2) 5-foot by 25-foot finger piers, and a 14-foot by 34-foot open-sided covered boat slip and gazebo along the Free School Creek shoreline at Tax Map Parcel #41-57 on Deal Lane in Gloucester County. You may provide comments on this application (VMRC #2026-0160) at https://webapps.mrc.virginia.gov/public/habitat/comments/. We will accept comments by the USPS provided they are received within 15 days of this notice to: Marine Resources Commission, Habitat Management Division, 380 Fenwick Road, Bldg. 96, Hampton, VA 23651. 31t1 |
| PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Mr. Francisco J. Tlapa-Galindo (VMRC #26-1158) is requesting a permit from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to install a mooring buoy for a 22-foot private vessel, at N37-23.5833 and W76-27.5666, along Ware River near Hockley Wharf in Gloucester County. You may provide comments on this application (VMRC #2026-1158) at https://webapps.mrc.virginia.gov/public/habitat/comments/. We will accept comments by the USPS provided they are received within 15 days of this notice to: Marine Resources Commission, Habitat Management Division, 380 Fenwick Road, Bldg. 96, Hampton, VA 23651. 31t1 |
| PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Ms. Linda Horsley (VMRC #26-0965) is requesting a permit from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to construct a 148-foot long vinyl bulkhead a maximum of two (2) feet channelward of mean low water, with an 8-foot return wall along the Davis Creek shoreline at 197 Dutchmans Road in Mathews County. You may provide comments on this application (VMRC #2026-0965) at https://webapps.mrc.virginia.gov/public/habitat/comments/. We will accept comments by the USPS provided they are received within 15 days of this notice to: Marine Resources Commission, Habitat Management Division, 380 Fenwick Road, Bldg. 96, Hampton, VA 23651. 29t1 |
| REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Bay Aging is accepting proposals from qualified bidders for catered meals for the Mathews Active Lifestyle Center and Meals on Wheels Program in Mathews County. Meals will be for Monday through Friday with an average of 135 meals per day on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and an average of 120 meals per day on Tuesday and Thursday (number of meals subject to change). Meals must meet 1/3 RDA specifications, meet the nutritional standards set by the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, be of low sodium, fat and sugar content, and be delivered to a mutually predetermined location prior to 12:00 noon. Sealed proposals are to be submitted no later than noon, August 27, 2026, for the one-year contract beginning October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, with the option of renewing the contract for up to four one-year periods, with any price increase in meals based on the current Consumer Price Index for Food Prepared Away from Home. Renewal will be based on the food service contractor’s performance and the determination that the renewal is beneficial to the nutrition programs. Bid proposals received after the due date and time of noon, August 27, 2026, will be considered late and left to the discretion of the bid’s evaluation committee as to what action is taken, if any. Bay Aging has the right to reject any or all bids. Special consideration will be given to using qualified, small, women-owned and minority suppliers in a manner that is consistent with state and federal laws and regulations. Specifications for the full proposal may be obtained at the administrative office of Bay Aging, P.O. Box 610, 5306 Old Virginia Street, Urbanna, Virginia 23175 or by calling (804) 758-2386. 31t1 |
| VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER, VIRGINIA, a Political Subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia Complainant, v. JOHN H. CLAYBORNE, SR., and MADELINE S. CLAYBORNE and JOHN H. CLAYBORNE, JR., and MATTIE R. ENOCH A/K/A MATTIE R. TAYLOR and CECILIA P. STOKES and ETHEL DELORES CLAYBORNE and PARTIES UNKNOWN Respondent(s). Case No. CL24-42 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to enforce the lien of the Complainant, County of Gloucester, Virginia, for delinquent real estate taxes against certain real property located in the County of Gloucester, Virginia, described as follows: Tax Map No. 04A(1)-11B RPC No. 28239 All that certain piece or parcel of land, triangular in shape, with all improvements thereon, located in Petsworth Magisterial District, Gloucester County, Virginia, near Glenns, lying on the right side of the public highway as the same leads from Glenns to Cash and containing Four Hundred Sixty-three Thousandths (.463) of an acre. The land hereby conveyed is substantially bounded as follows: North by the public highway as the same leads from Glenns to Cash; East by the land now or formerly owned by Mary Farinholt; and, West by land of Floyd Mason Stokes, being Parcel No. B, as set forth on the hereinafter mentioned plat of survey. For a more particular description as to the metes and bounds of the land hereinabove described, reference is made to a plat of survey prepared by Frank E. Miner, C.L.S., dated September 13, 1963, whereon said land is known, numbered and designated as Parcel No. C-0.463 A, a copy of said plat of survey being made a part hereof and is recorded herewith. Parcel No. C is part of a larger piece or parcel of land conveyed by Maude M. Gray and J.B. Gray, her husband, to Raymond B. Sears, on the 25th day of May, 1957, which deed is of record in the aforementioned Clerk’s Office in D.B. 117, page 177. Further, the said land is part of one of several tracts of which Raymond B. Sears died seized and possessed and was by terms of his will, dated the 13th day of February, 1960, probated before the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Gloucester County, Virginia, on the 21st day of March, 1960, now of record in said office in Will Book B, page 105, devised unto First and Merchants National Bank of Richmond, now First and Merchants National bank as Trustee with full power to sell said real estate. And being the same real property conveyed to John Clayborne and Madeline Clayborne, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety, with the right of survivorship as at common law, from First and Merchants National Bank, Trustee under the last will and testament of Raymond B. Sears, deceased, by Deed dated November 22, 1970, in the Circuit Court Clerk’s Office of Gloucester, Virginia, in Deed Book 164, page 160. This description is made subject to all easements, conditions, agreements, restrictions, and reservations of record which affect the property herein described. IT APPEARING that an Affidavit has been made and filed stating that due diligence has been used, without effect, to ascertain the identity and location of certain parties to be served, that the last known addresses for the Respondents herein are as follows: John H. Clayborne, Sr., who is believed to be deceased and whose last known address is 4836 Glenns Rd., Gloucester, Virginia 23061; Madeline S. Clayborne, who is believed to be deceased and whose last known address is 4836 Glenns Rd., Gloucester, Virginia 23061; and that any officers, heirs, devisees, and successors in title of the Respondent named herein are made parties Respondent to this action individually and/or by the general description of Parties Unknown, it is hereby ORDERED<\#9>that the parties herein and all Parties Unknown and/or whose location cannot be ascertained appear on or before September 11, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the County of Gloucester, Virginia, and do what may be necessary to protect their interests in this cause. I Ask For This: John A. Rife, Esq. (VSB No. 45805) Jeffrey A. Scharf, Esq. (VSB No. 30591) Mark K. Ames, Esq. (VSB 27409) Andrew M. Neville, Esq. (VSB No.86372) Gregory L. Haynes, Esq. (VSB No. 37158) Seth R. Konopasek, Esq. (VSB No. 97065) Garrett W. Patton, Esq. (VSB No. 98345) Michelle W. Clayton, Esq. (VSB No. 81365) Lauralei K. Singsank, Esq. (VSB No.100611) G. Andrew Hall, Esq. (VSB No. 24114) Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC P.O. Box 31800 Henrico, Virginia 23294-1800 Phone: (804) 220-6176 Facsimile: (804) 545-2378 TACS No.: 880285 Entered on the 10th day of July, 2026 William H. Shaw III Judge 29t4 |
| VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER, VIRGINIA, a Political Subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia Complainant, v. WENDOLYN HAMLIN-SMITH and JOSEPH CALVIN SMITH and BRENDAN SMITH and J. KEPPEL SMITH and LYNDON SMITH and PARTIES UNKNOWN Respondent(s). Case No. CL 26-758 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to enforce the lien of the Complainant, County of Gloucester, Virginia, for delinquent real estate taxes against certain real property located in the County of Mathews, Virginia, described as follows: Tax Map No. 52-161 Account No. 26468 All that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in Abingdon Magisterial District, Gloucester County, Virginia, the same containing two and one half (2.50) acres, more or less, but sold in gross, and not by the acre, and is bounded and described as follows: on the northeast by lands now or formerly of W.E. Rowe; on the southeast by lands now or formerly of Frank Smith; on the southwest by lands now or formerly of Fred and Eddie Smith; and on the northwest by low water mark of Sedgy Creek. For a more particular description of the land herein conveyed, reference is made to a certain plat of survey made by H.F. Heywood, on the 3rd day of February, 1939, and recorded in Deed Book 71, at page 142 in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Gloucester County, Virginia. And being the same real property conveyed to Pearl E. Smith from Grace E. Myers and Thomas A. Myers by deed dated August 14, 1956 and recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Gloucester County, Virginia on August 15, 1956. This description is made subject to all easements, conditions, agreements, restrictions, and reservations of record which affect the property herein described. IT APPEARING that an Affidavit has been made and filed stating that due diligence has been used, without effect, to ascertain the identity and location of certain parties to be served, that the last known addresses for the Respondents herein are as follows: Joseph Calvin Smith, whose last known address is unknown; Brendan Smith, whose last known address is unknown; J. Keppel Smith, whose last known address is unknown, Lyndon Smith; whose last known address is unknown; and that any officers, heirs, devisees, and successors in title of the Respondent named herein are made parties Respondent to this action individually and/or by the general description of Parties Unknown, it is hereby ORDERED<\#9>that the parties herein and all Parties Unknown and/or whose location cannot be ascertained appear on or before August 21, 2026, at 9:30 a.m., in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the County of Gloucester, Virginia, and do what may be necessary to protect their interests in this cause. I Ask For This: John A. Rife, Esq. (VSB No. 45805) Jeffrey A. Scharf, Esq. (VSB No. 30591) Mark K. Ames, Esq. (VSB 27409) Andrew M. Neville, Esq. (VSB No.86372) Gregory L. Haynes, Esq. (VSB No. 37158) Seth R. Konopasek, Esq. (VSB No. 97065) Garrett W. Patton, Esq. (VSB No. 98345) Michelle W. Clayton, Esq. (VSB No. 81365) Lauralei K. Singsank, Esq. (VSB No.100611) G. Andrew Hall, Esq. (VSB No. 24114) Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC P.O. Box 31800 Henrico, Virginia 23294-1800 Phone: (804) 220-6176 Facsimile: (804) 545-2378 TACS No.: 880510 Entered on the 2nd Day of July, 2026 Jeffrey W. Shaw Judge 28t4 |