Gloucester to use speed enforcement cameras at schools (11/13/2024) - A representative of a Maryland-based information technology company and Gloucester Sheriff Darrell Warren discussed options for adding fixed mounted radars in school zones in the county at last week’s meeting… …
187 take part in Catch the King community science event (11/13/2024) - One hundred and eighty-seven volunteers across coastal Virginia, including 18 on the Middle Peninsula, collected more than 22,800 GPS high-water marks with the Sea Level Rise apps to report the… …
Veterans Day program held at First Morning Star (11/13/2024) - A Veterans Day celebration was held on Monday morning at First Morning Star Baptist Church, Bena. The program began with the presentation of the colors by the Gloucester High School… …Public comment meeting next week for Machicomoco State Park (11/13/2024) - A public comment meeting for Machicomoco State Park, Hayes, will be held at 6 p.m. next Wednesday, Nov. 20. The meeting will be hybrid and those attending in person will… …
Museum visit (11/13/2024) - Members of the Central Village Homemakers recently toured the Mathews Museum on Main Street, Mathews. Museum tour guides were Bonnie Betz, Nancy Twigg, Tom Robinson and Ray Hunley. The group… …
Christmas Blessing Fund sets $20,000 goal; Tom Robinson named honorary chair (11/13/2024) - Solicitation letters for this year’s Mathews Ruritan Club Christmas Blessing Fund will be mailed out early next month for this year’s fund drive, according to chairman Charles H. “Sonny” Richardson,… …
Veterans Day dinner held at Post 83 (11/13/2024) - American Legion Post 83 Mathews held its annual Veterans Day Dinner and Awards Program on Monday, Nov. 11, at the post home on Route 198 in Mathews. After welcoming remarks… …Gwynn’s Island kicks off holiday season (11/13/2024) - Gwynn’s Island is kicking off the holiday season with two special events, a barbecue dinner at the civic league and a family Christmas event at the museum. The Gwynn’s Island… …
Puzzle champs (11/13/2024) - Joe Heard, Sophie Hesseling and Stephanie Conley, from left, placed first in the Gloucester County Public Library’s Jigsaw Puzzle Competition held last Thursday at the Main Street Center location. As… …
Ant’s GANG trophy (11/13/2024) - Will Bristow of Middlesex County was the winner of the Ant’s GANG trophy at Saturday’s Middle Peninsula Classic Cruisers’ Shop With A Cop car show, which was held at Main… …
Veterans Day speaker recalls dark day in USMC history (11/13/2024) - Forty-one years ago, Richard French of Gloucester was a young Navy sailor serving aboard the USS Iwo Jima stationed in the Mediterranean off the coast of Lebanon when one of… …
GUEST in need of winter host sites; welcomes new executive director (11/13/2024) - The Gloucester United Emergency Shelter Team (GUEST) is seeking churches or civic organizations with buildings to become overnight host sites for the local homeless population through the winter months. “It’s… …Boards go ahead with RFP for school space needs (11/13/2024) - Members of the Mathews County School Board and Board of Supervisors sat down Saturday morning for a joint work session to consider the long-term capital needs for the school division,… …
Early deadlines for Thanksgiving (11/13/2024) - The Gazette-Journal will print our Thanksgiving issue (Nov. 28) one day early, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, rather than the traditional Wednesday. This should allow complete distribution of the paper by… …
Early Thanksgiving (11/13/2024) - On Nov. 4, some members of Westville Christian Church (Mary Pope, Sue Henshaw and Charlene Moore) prepared an early Thanksgiving lunch for the members of Coast Guard Station-Milford Haven and… …Gloucester BOS to hold work session Tuesday (11/13/2024) - The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors will hold a work session at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the colonial courthouse. On the session agenda is an update from director of public… …
96th birthday (11/13/2024) - Last week, the Mathews Active Lifestyle Center honored Adelle Bayton with party as she celebrated her 96th birthday. New participants ages 60 and older are welcome to join. The center… …
Treat bags (11/6/2024) - Members of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75, Gloucester, recently got together to make cards and fill Halloween treat bags for the veterans in care facilities in Gloucester and Mathews. Participants… …Ranger games, retirement talk at library (11/6/2024) - Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, has announced two upcoming events. Participate in Ranger Game Night on Thursday, Nov. 14, beginning at 6 p.m. Try your hand at Animal… …
Exchange Club donation (11/6/2024) - The Exchange Club of Gloucester-Mathews recently donated about $300 of pet food to the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society. Shown with the dog and cat food are club members Judy Core, Trisha… …
‘The Art of the Quilter’ (11/6/2024) - A Colonial Williamsburg curator, Neal Hurst, center, spoke on “The Art of the Quilter” during a First Friday lecture last week at the Mathews Museum. He is shown with Nancy… …Pam Muffelman to give talk on Williams Wharf at library meeting (11/6/2024) - Friends of the Mathews Memorial Library will hold its fall general membership meeting at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, in the Cooke Conference Room at the library, 251 Main… …
MLC to hold program on predator-prey interactions in bay (11/6/2024) - The Mathews Land Conservancy will hold a free, one-hour presentation on “Predator-Prey Interaction in the Chesapeake Bay.” The program will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at… …
No action taken following closed meeting (11/6/2024) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors held a special closed session meeting at the historic courthouse on Saturday morning to discuss personnel matters. No action was taken after the closed… …
Community health fair (11/6/2024) - Shepherdsville Baptist Church and Insight Enterprises, Inc., hosted a community health fair Saturday at the Gloucester church. In addition to getting free vaccines and other health checks, those in attendance… …