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Life goes on

Posted On March 25, 2020
JEANNIE HUDGINS / HUDGINS HORN HARBOR MARINA While the COVID-19 pandemic has brought much of life as we know it to a screeching halt, people in Mathews have been managing to find ways to fill their days, from continuing with a normal workday to getting outside. Here, Keith Jenkins, who works at Hudgins Horn Harbor Marina in Port Haywood, hauls a load of crabs down the dock. Crab season opened on March 17, and marina owner Waynie Hudgins said that, while the season started off slowly, he and Jenkins have been catching more crabs each day. So far there’s been a market for the catch, he said, but he’s concerned that as the pandemic worsens buyers will close shop and won’t be available to purchase what’s caught. If that happens, he said, “It’s gonna hurt a whole lot of people.” Business at the marina continues to be good, said Hudgins, and the refrigerated trucking business Hudgins owns is doing fine, as well, “because people want food.”

SHERRY HAMILTON / GAZETTE-JOURNAL Cousins and next-door neighbors Carter Sterne, Jase Robins, James Walter Robins and Morgan Sterne, from left, were enjoying their time off from school on Thursday and taking advantage of the day’s beautiful weather by staying outside. Seated on the steps are parents Rachel and Jeff Sterne. Not pictured but also present are parents Allie and Joe Robins.

SHERRY HAMILTON / GAZETTE-JOURNAL Mathews residents Phil Dunn, left, and Pete DeLisle bike together regularly, but were able to increase their 25-mile-per-ride tours last week to one each day since DeLisle is working from home in order to practice social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dunn is an artist who works out of his home studio, while DeLisle owns a small business, Coastal Bioanalysts. They said they rode to three of Mathews County’s beaches last Wednesday.

SHERRY HAMILTON / GAZETTE-JOURNAL For Mathews County Maintenance Technician Glenn Scatchard, social distancing is pretty much...

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