Children’s Christmas Party (12/11/2024) - The 148 excited boys and girls who attended the Abingdon Ruritan Club’s annual Children’s Christmas Party on Sunday enjoyed cookies and ice cream and got to play many games, work… …
A visit from Santa (12/11/2024) - Members of Mathews Volunteer Fire Department Station 2, Bohannon, spent Friday evening preparing for a visit by Santa Claus to the children of Mathews by turning the engine bay of… …
Blood drive (12/11/2024) - The American Red Cross Mathews community blood drive, held on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at the Piankatank Ruritan Club building in Hudgins, resulted in the collection of 57 units, according to… …
Christmas traditions (12/11/2024) - The Mathews County Woman’s Club, at its Dec. 9 meeting, heard a rendition of Christmas traditions given by Cheryl Dale (shown at left accompanied here by club president Diana More).… …Mathews Rotary Club kicks off 2024-2025 grant cycle (12/11/2024) - Grant funds from the Mathews Rotary Club will be available in the 2024-2025 grant cycle, according to Ron Lambert, chairman of the club’s Community Service Committee. Lambert said that the… …
GMCC recognized for role in providing free medications (12/11/2024) - Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic was recognized by statewide nonprofit Rx Partnership for its role in providing free prescription medication to 179 patients this year, which represents more than 35 percent… …
GMHS announces matching gift challenge (12/11/2024) - Between now and the end of January, the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society is seeking to raise $100,000 in monetary donations to receive a matching gift being offered by a pair of… …
Garden Club creates 30 wreaths for residents of Sanders (12/11/2024) - The Beautification Committee and members of the Garden Club of Gloucester and Mathews assembled and created 30 wreaths for the residents of Sanders Assisted Living in Gloucester on Wednesday, Dec.… …
This is what I want, Santa (12/11/2024) - Asher Nazak, 6, goes over the items he wants for Christmas from a catalog he brought with him to see Santa Claus on Sunday afternoon when the Jolly Old Elf… …
42 entries in Saturday’s Gloucester holiday parade (12/11/2024) - Gloucester’s Main Street welcomed a huge crowd on Saturday afternoon to kick off the holiday season with the annual Gloucester Christmas and Holiday Parade. The parade this year consisted of… …
Buz and Tamara Rollins to serve as Mathews grand marshals (12/11/2024) - Buz and Tamara Rollins were surprised when told they’d been selected to be grand marshals of this year’s Mathews Christmas Parade, which will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday. “There… …
Mathews parade, Santa sightings and more this weekend (12/11/2024) - Do you hear those sleigh bells ringing? We are sure you do since Santa will be making appearances all weekend in Gloucester and Mathews counties, including at the Mathews Christmas… …Giving Circle awards grants to preschool, Tiny House projects (12/11/2024) - In its most recent round of grants, the Mathews Women’s Giving Circle is awarding $30,000 to the Mathews Family YMCA for the preschool initiative the organization plans to introduce in… …
Planners recommend denial of solar farms (12/11/2024) - The Mathews County Planning Commission resoundingly rejected two applications for conditional use permits for solar farms during Tuesday night’s meeting, held in the historic courthouse. The first application, located on… …
Early deadlines for Dec. 26, Jan. 2 issues (12/11/2024) - We want to give our readers and contributors plenty of notice to the Gazette-Journal’s holiday deadlines. With Christmas Day and New Year’s Day holidays both falling on a Wednesday, we… …
Youth assistants (12/11/2024) - Kingston Episcopal Parish in Mathews turned to its youth to set up tables for the annual community Thanksgiving dinner, where 300 people were served by a group of churches. The… …
Working waterfront sites topic of public meeting (12/11/2024) - Eleven sustainable, convenient water access sites for commercial watermen to offload their catch could be coming soon to the Middle Peninsula. Developing such sites was the topic of a public… …
Dr. Gross to serve as Bay Aging 2025 chairman (12/11/2024) - Dr. Barry Gross of Gloucester was named chairman of the Bay Aging Board of Directors as the organization recently selected its leadership for 2025. “I am honored to step into… …
MPCC donation (12/11/2024) - The Middle Peninsula Classic Cruisers donated $2,000 to the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office Shop with a Cop program last Thursday. This program provides the opportunity for approximately 100 children each… …
Recycled plastic bench donation (12/11/2024) - The Abingdon Ruritan Club has been collecting plastic as an ongoing effort to support a clean Gloucester County environment. Abingdon member Roger Dick has spearheaded this plastic collection effort for… …
25 years of service (12/11/2024) - Gloucester’s Chief Animal Control Officer Steve Baranek is celebrating 25 years of service to the county this month. County Administration and Animal Control staff gathered Friday morning for a special… …
AVFR Christmas Party (12/4/2024) - Abingdon Volunteer Fire and Rescue, Inc., will hold its annual Christmas party from 6-9 p.m. next Friday, Dec. 13 at Station 2 (2146 Mark Pine Road, Hayes). Open to the… …Solar farm applications on Tuesday’s agenda (12/4/2024) - The Mathews County Planning Commission will hold two public hearings on applications for solar farms when it meets Tuesday, starting at 7 p.m. in the historic courthouse on Court Street.… …
Christmas Love event to be held Dec. 21 (12/4/2024) - The third annual free Christmas Community Love event will be held on Saturday, Dec. 21, at American Legion Post 75, Gloucester, beginning at 6:30 p.m. There will be a buffet,… …
Sci-Fi writer due interview (12/4/2024) - Listeners can catch science fiction author D.L. Farrar on WXGM (99.1 FM) at 8 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 9. Farrar will join Neal Steele for an in-depth discussion about her… …