Grand marshal (9/27/2023) - Betty Lou Setterholm Sammons was named this year’s Guinea Jubilee grand marshal during the Sept. 10 Guinea Heritage Day program. This table was filled with photos of her, as well… …
Heritage Day crowd (9/27/2023) - A large crowd filled the Abingdon Ruritan Club building on Sept. 10 for Guinea Heritage Day, getting a chance to bid on Guinea cakes, pick up Guinea Jubilee merchandise and… …
First Morning Star (9/27/2023) - Photos, church programs and other memorabilia from First Morning Star Baptist Church adorns a table at the Abingdon Ruritan Club during the Sept. 10 Guinea Heritage Day program. First Morning… …
Union Baptist (9/27/2023) - Stop #3 on the Guinea Heritage Driving Tour is Union Baptist Church. This display at Guinea Heritage Day includes photographs and historical items from the church that first organized in… …
Buck’s Store display (9/27/2023) - Buck’s Store Museum is the first stop on the Guinea Heritage Driving Tour. It was also the first display table at Guinea Heritage Day, which was held on Sunday, Sept.… …
Guinea Jubilee merchandise (9/27/2023) - Although this year’s Guinea Jubilee T-shirt wasn’t ready in time for the Sept. 10 Guinea Heritage Day program, people lined up to purchase other memorabilia, as well as placing advance… …
Home Grown (9/27/2023) - Guinea Jubilee co-chairman Ryan Ashe unveiled the design for this year’s T-shirt at Guinea Heritage Day. The design includes a photo of a number of oyster cans and a pair… …
Student art winners (9/27/2023) - The Guinea Heritage Association recognized its 2023 Guinea Jubilee student art winners during Guinea Heritage Day on Sunday, Sept. 10, at the Abingdon Ruritan Club building, Bena. The winners are,… …
Tidbits of Time in Guinea (9/27/2023) - (Excerpted from the original, which can be found at Buck’s Store Museum in Bena.) Come walk with me down Memory Lane. The road is wide and well paved. We have… …
Who is Paul Brown? (9/27/2023) - Who is Paul Brown, who wrote the retrospective articles that appear in this section? Paul Lafayette Brown, born in Guinea, was a chronicler of the region and its families, said… …Guinea; a journey of the past, in my imagination (9/27/2023) - (Excerpted from the original, which can be found at Buck’s Store Museum in Bena. Paul Brown dedicated this work to the memory of his parents, Alton and Lela Brown.) In… …
From the files … (9/27/2023) - Conditions at Severn School, a school for white children, were described this way in the Gazette-Journal in September, 1948: “…Patrons offered their three-room school for comparison with any school in… …
Look out for others during Bicyclist, Pedestrian Awareness Month (9/27/2023) - As Bicyclist and Pedestrian Awareness Month approaches next week, every road user should be mindful of an alarming uptick in nationwide fatalities involving walkers and bikers, a release from the… …
4 indicted following Gloucester drug investigation (9/27/2023) - Over $20,000 in U.S. currency and 500 grams of suspected cocaine were recovered in July after the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the Virginia State Police Tri-River Drug… …Best Years Trip to see ‘Mack and Mabel’ (9/27/2023) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism is sponsoring a Best Years Trip to see the Williamsburg Players’ matinee performance of the musical “Mack and Mabel” on Sunday, Nov. 12. “Mack and… …
Early voting starts tomorrow at registrar’s offices (9/20/2023) - Registrars in Gloucester and Mathews are gearing up for the first day of in-person early voting in the November election, which will be Friday at the registrar’s office in each… …
Local candidate forums winding up in counties (9/20/2023) - As people begin heading to the polls, with early voting starting tomorrow, candidate forums are beginning to wind up in the two counties. In Gloucester The Piankatank Community League, 11888… …
Gloucester candidates take part in NAACP, GURA forums (9/20/2023) - Candidates on the Gloucester ballot in this year’s general election gathered for a pair of forums in the past week to introduce themselves to the community, express their platforms and… …
PATH, Gwynn’s Island forums held in Mathews (9/20/2023) - Two candidate forums held in Mathews last week gave residents an opportunity to learn about candidates for the board of supervisors. Both events were packed with standing-room-only crowds and included… …Town hall meetings scheduled on Gloucester bond referendum (9/20/2023) - Two town hall-style meetings have been scheduled by Gloucester County Administration to provide residents with information regarding the 2023 bond referendum that is on the ballot in the November general… …
Sheriff’s candidates address issues (9/20/2023) - Mathews Sheriff’s Office candidates April Edwards and Sid Foster participated in a forum last Thursday sponsored by the Gwynn’s Island Civic League at the organization’s civic center. The room was… …
Walter Reed’s birthday (9/20/2023) - A celebration was held Saturday at Walter Reed’s Birthplace in Belroi to mark the 172nd birthday of the medical pioneer. Above, Jacob Rosenblum takes part in an archaeology dig set… …
Plastic bag collection (9/20/2023) - One of the Gloucester Ruritan Club’s community service projects, in partnership with the Gloucester Lions Club, is to collect and turn in plastic bags to be made into park benches… …Riverside to hold free flu vaccine clinic next month at RWRH (9/20/2023) - Riverside Health System will hold a free flu vaccination clinic next month in Gloucester. The drive-thru clinic, for patients ages 9 and older, will be held from 9 a.m. to… …
Pastor West to share ‘Tales of Guinea’ Monday at GGSV meeting (9/20/2023) - The Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia will hold its fall start-up meeting at 10 a.m. Monday in the Community Room of the Gloucester Public Library, Main Street Center. Bill West,… …