Covid booster clinics scheduled in Gloucester (10/4/2023) - The Gloucester County Health Department has three immunization clinics scheduled for October, offering a range of vaccines, including the new monovalent COVID-19 vaccine that immunizes against Omicron variant XBB.1.5. Clinics… …
Gloucester teen raises awareness of pectus excavatum through art (10/4/2023) - Rebekah Schrader, 18, of Gloucester, has been using her art as a way to raise awareness for pectus excavatum, a condition where the sternum caves into the chest. Schrader was… …
Historian to tell the tale of ‘Haunting of Hudgins House’ (10/4/2023) - Mathews County Historical Society, in partnership with Mathews Memorial Library, will host a lecture by historian Benjamin H. Trask on “The Haunting of the Hudgins House: An Ever-Evolving Tale,” on… …
Maritime Heritage Day (10/4/2023) - Mathews Maritime Foundation held its Maritime Heritage Day Festival on Saturday at the museum on Main Street, as well as the Gwynn’s Island Boat Shop. The festival was held to… …Mathews Christmas Store announces this year’s needs (10/4/2023) - The Mathews County Christmas Store has announced its needs for this year’s store, which will offer brand-new items at no cost to over 650 community residents in need during the… …
Ruritans, NAACP to hold candidate forums (10/4/2023) - The Piankatank Ruritan Club in Hudgins will host a forum from 6:30-9 o’clock tonight for school board, sheriff, commissioner of the revenue, and commonwealth’s attorney. This follows last week’s Ruritan… …
Hearing Tuesday on event venue permit (10/4/2023) - The Mathews County Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors will hold a joint public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the historic courthouse to consider an application for a conditional… …
Lions Club donation (10/4/2023) - Mathews Lions Club treasurer Bob Doremus presents a $500 donation from the club to the Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic. GMCC executive director Arlene Armentor is shown here accepting the check. …Boating safety class to be held Oct. 21 at MVRS building (10/4/2023) - A free boating safety class will be offered from 8:30 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Mathews Volunteer Rescue Squad on Cricket Hill Road in Hudgins. Experienced… …
Gloucester Ruritans (10/4/2023) - Gloucester Ruritan Club president Henry Thompson, above right, presented club member Eric Engle the club mug in appreciation for his presentation to the club at its September meeting at the… …‘Vote No’ meeting on referendum Tuesday (10/4/2023) - A “Vote No” meeting in opposition to the Nov. 7 ballot initiative calling for the issuance of $39.58 million in bonds for a number of county capital projects has been… …
Zoe Camp earns her Eagle Scout badge for Keeble cemetery restoration (10/4/2023) - Zoe Camp, a Mathews resident and Mathews High School senior, did restoration work on Gwynn’s Island’s Keeble Cemetery this summer as the final project to earn her Eagle Scout designation… …Museum to host tea, fashion show (10/4/2023) - Visitors at the Mathews Historical Museum will explore the “Underside of History” in an afternoon tea and fashion show, to be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, in the… …
Mathews lighthouse keepers to be honored Saturday (10/4/2023) - Six Mathews County lighthouse keepers will be honored Saturday in ceremonies at three cemeteries, conducted by the U.S. Lighthouse Society and its Chesapeake Chapter. A USLHS marker will be unveiled… …
Stay vigilant to possible fire dangers, GVFR officers urge (10/4/2023) - National Fire Prevention Week is Oct. 8-14, and Gloucester Fire Prevention Officers Tony Villani and Tony Saccaro want to get the word out about preventing fires. They also want to… …
Offices close Monday for holiday (10/4/2023) - All post offices, courts, county offices, libraries, and DMV customer service centers in Gloucester and Mathews will be closed Monday in observance of Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Mathews County schools… …
Fiorina comes to Cappahosic as guest speaker (10/4/2023) - Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Chair Carly Fiorina was the guest speaker at The Return of Sunday Dinner held on Sunday, Oct. 1, at Holly Knoll on the historic Moton Conference Center… …Gloucester library announces upcoming programs (10/4/2023) - The Gloucester County Public Library will hold several programs this month at the Main Street Center location. The library will host author Lorraine Hanson and her English Angora and French… …
Talk in Gloucester on feral cats Oct. 18 (10/4/2023) - Charles Brown, executive director of the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society, will discuss Gloucester’s feral cat problem at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, at Edge Hill House in Gloucester village. His talk… …
Gloucester man part of VSP graduation (10/4/2023) - Jefferson P. Cullison of Gloucester, was one of 31 new state troopers who participated in the graduation of the 139th generation of Virginia State Troopers. The Sept. 15 commencement exercises… …
Gloucester High School homecoming parade (10/4/2023) - Gloucester High School got a chance to show off its school spirit during last Thursday’s homecoming parade, with parade goers lining Main Street to cheer on the Dukes. held its… …
42nd annual Guinea Jubilee (10/4/2023) - CHARLIE KOENIG / GAZETTE-JOURNAL Waterman’s contests are a big part of the Guinea Jubilee. This year’s winners included, top left photo, from left: women’s crab pot pulling--Mae Lynn Belvin (third… …Gwynn’s Island Historic District added to Virginia Landmarks Register (9/27/2023) - After years of planning, preparation, and work on the part of local organizations and residents, the Gwynn’s Island Historic District was named last week to the Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia’s… …
Buy Boat Rendezvous (9/27/2023) - Despite the looming threat of a tropical storm, the 2023 Chesapeake Bay Buy Boat Rendezvous still found its way to Hudgins Horn Harbor Marina on Friday for the last leg… …Covid vaccines beginning to become available locally (9/27/2023) - The newest COVID-19 vaccine is now being made available across the U.S., but it is in limited supply. Brenden Rivenbark of Three Rivers Health District said the district has not… …