Dinner and a Show at MHS (11/6/2024) - This Friday, the Mathews High School Music Department will host its third annual Dinner and a Show fundraiser. The event includes a spaghetti dinner and entertainment by the MHS Jazz… …Planners to hear two rezoning cases tonight (11/6/2024) - The Gloucester County Planning Commission will hold public hearings on two separate rezoning cases tonight, Thursday, Nov. 7, at 6:30 in the colonial courthouse. Eric and Christy Baldwin have requested… …
Gospel concert to benefit hurricane victims Sunday (11/6/2024) - A gospel concert to benefit Hurricane Helene victims in North Carolina will be held on Sunday at Newington Baptist Church from 3-5:30 p.m. The concert is free to attend but… …
MHS students of the month (11/6/2024) - Mathews High School’s students of the month for October are pictured below. Pictured from left are eighth grader Jameson Segalini, freshman Delaney Boatman, sophomore Vanessa Boyd, junior Billy Henry and… …
Veterans Day closings next week (11/6/2024) - All post offices, courts, county offices, libraries, and DMV customer service centers in Gloucester and Mathews will be closed on Monday, Nov 11, in observance of the Veterans Day holiday.… …
Halloween in Gloucester (11/6/2024) - Hordes of trick-or-treaters descended on Gloucester Main Street and the Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, last Thursday for some Halloween mischief. Above, 3-year-old Lyric Bellerose is ready to… …
Local voters side with Trump, Cao, Wittman (11/6/2024) - Voter turnout was strong in Gloucester and Mathews counties, but fell short of 2020 levels, as residents went to the polls Tuesday (and voted both early in person and by… …
Fire and Rescue appreciation (11/6/2024) - Members of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75, Gloucester, visited with Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue at Station 1 on Main Street and Abingdon Volunteer Fire and Rescue at Station 3… …
Class of 1965 (11/6/2024) - The Gloucester High School Class of 1965 reunited at Nick’s Spaghetti & Steak House, Gloucester Point, on Oct. 19. Shown in attendance were, front row from left, Joan Brooks Perris,… …Toys for Tots collections underway at Gloucester and Mathews sites (11/6/2024) - Thirty-three collection boxes have been placed in businesses and other locations throughout Gloucester, and another 15 in Mathews, for those wishing to donate to the annual Toys for Tots drive.… …
Marching Blue Devils (10/30/2024) - The Marching Blue Devils completed its final judged performance this past Saturday at the VBODA State Assessment in York County. The band received an overall Excellent Rating (II) with Superior… …Regional special ed board meets Tuesday (10/30/2024) - The regularly scheduled quarterly meeting of the Board of Control for the Middle Peninsula Regional Special Education Program will be held on Tuesday in Conference Room A111 at the T.C.… …
Democrats to hold costume contest Saturday (10/30/2024) - For those who haven’t had enough Halloween treats, the Gloucester County Democrats will be hosting an event at the Tri-County Democrats Office at Main Street Center, Gloucester, from noon to… …
Rachel Finch celebrates 1-year anniversary of being cancer free (10/30/2024) - Rachel Finch of Poquoson, is approaching the one-year anniversary of being cancer free in November. She was diagnosed with triple negative ductal invasive carcinoma, which is a very aggressive form… …Car show at York River Crossing marks DMV’s 100th anniversary (10/30/2024) - Virginia DMV is marking its 100th anniversary this year with four car shows held at various sites across the state. One car show, “Through the Decades: DMV Classic Car Show,”… …
B.C. United Outreach to hold ‘Chucks & Tux Gala’ (10/30/2024) - Blessed Couples United Outreach, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, will hold its annual Scholarship Fundraiser and Year-End Review event, called the “Chucks & Tux Gala,” from 6-11 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16,… …
Widows group sponsors movie showing at YRC (10/30/2024) - The Widows of Gloucester and Mathews Counties will be sponsoring a one-time showing of the movie “The Forge” at York River Crossing Cinemas, Hayes. The movie will be shown from… …
Godspeed visits Mathews (10/30/2024) - Jamestown Settlement’s Godspeed, a re-creation of one of the three vessels that brought America’s first permanent English colonists to Virginia in 1607, stopped overnight at Williams Wharf in Mathews on… …
Mathews dispatchers put in a team effort following Sept. 29 accident (10/30/2024) - Mathews County Sheriff April Edwards, at the Oct. 17 meeting of the Mathews County Board of Supervisors, recognized her 911 dispatchers for their performance on Sept. 29, when one of… …
Volunteer ‘Learn to Fish Training Day’held at Williams Wharf (10/30/2024) - On the blustery and chilly morning of October 16, the Mathews Land Conservancy held a Saltwater Learn to Fish Training Day at Williams Wharf Landing. Alex McCrickard and Scott Herrmann… …
Site visit (10/30/2024) - A crew with Verizon contractor Sites Unlimited, Inc., met with Mathews officials on Tuesday for an initial site visit to the Mathews-owned communications tower at Fire Station 2 Bohannon. They… …
Trunk or Treat (10/30/2024) - American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75, Gloucester, participated in the well-attended third annual American Legion Riders Chapter 75 Trunk or Treat event, held on Saturday at the post headquarters. Children collected… …Legionnaires to hold Veterans Day program (10/30/2024) - American Legion Post 83, Mathews, will hold its annual Veterans Day Dinner and Awards Ceremony at 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 11 at the post home on Route 198 (Buckley… …
Gloucester Ruritans (10/30/2024) - Gloucester Ruritan Club president Bill Naquin presented Katina Kenner, Assistant Director, Gloucester County Department of Social Services, a club mug for her presentation to the Gloucester Ruritan Club during its… …
Master Naturalists hold fall equinox event (10/30/2024) - Middle Peninsula Master Naturalist members on Sept. 29 gathered at the Deltaville Maritime Museum to celebrate with a fall equinox event. The meeting included awards and flash talks on the… …