May Faire celebration Saturday (5/3/2023) - May Faire, the annual Mathews spring heritage festival sponsored by the Mathews Museum of History, returns this Saturday with the theme “Celebrating Teachers, Schools & Community: Over a Hundred Years… …
Mathews blood drive (5/3/2023) - An American Red Cross bloodmobile was held on Tuesday, April 18, at the Piankatank Ruritan Club, Hudgins, sponsored by Oriental Lodge #20 AF&AM. A total of 56 units was collected,… …
Suspect in 2022 murder indicted Monday (5/3/2023) - The suspect in a 2022 Gloucester County home invasion and murder was indicted this week on a number of felony charges. Tyrell Lamont Samuel, 24, of Saluda, was directly indicted… …
Fires destroy two Gloucester homes (5/3/2023) - Fire recently destroyed two homes in Gloucester, one in the 8400 block of Guinea Road and the other on Carrington Road in the Founder’s Mill subdivision. The Guinea Road fire… …101st birthday (5/3/2023) - Mathews resident Maggie DeVita celebrated her 101st birthday with a party at her home in Cardinal. DeVita was born on April 19, 1922. She celebrated this past Saturday with about… …
Fourth Friday program (4/26/2023) - Betty Carroll Williams Brown will discuss her time as postmaster of Maryus this Friday at the Guinea Heritage Association’s Fourth Friday program, beginning at 6 p.m. at the C.B. Rowe… …Nominations being accepted for volunteerism awards (4/26/2023) - Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration is accepting nominations for the 2023 Virginia Governor’s Awards on Volunteerism and Community Service, an annual award program that recognizes Virginians and organizations that volunteer their… …
VSCC applications now being accepted (4/26/2023) - Applications are open now for adults of any age to join the Virginia Service and Conservation Corps for service beginning on May 17. Applications for the 450- and 675-hour programs… …
VIMS to lead national program for managing derelict fishing gear (4/26/2023) - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has chosen William and Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science as home base for a new national program focused on protecting U.S. coastal waters… …
Innovations bring farm favorites to market early in season (4/26/2023) - It may only be spring, but some seasonal favorite foods are already showing up at local farm markets. Consumers might not expect to see produce like strawberries until early May,… …
Health, Resource Fair Saturday at LightHouse Church (4/26/2023) - The Gloucester Branch of the NAACP and the Overcomers Adult Support Group will hold their Community Health and Resource Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at LightHouse Church,… …
DAR supports Hands Across Mathews (4/26/2023) - The Cricket Hill Virginia Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution collected items to support Hands Across Mathews at the group’s April meeting. Shown with some of the donated items are,… …Mathews May Faire returns May 6 (4/26/2023) - May Faire on Saturday, May 6, in Mathews will be an “old-fashioned celebration for Mathews residents and visitors,” said event co-chairman John Caramia. Activities on Mathews Court Green will range from… …
Grant funds available to help with septic pump-out (4/26/2023) - Middle Peninsula residents required to pump out septic tanks could be eligible for financial assistance through the Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission, Executive Director Lewie Lawrence announced this week. Limited… …
CA&J Farm to hold farm skills program (4/26/2023) - CA & J Farm is offering an afternoon of education on farm skills and natural wellness from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, April 29, at 5620 East River Road, Foster. Those… …
Honoring ‘Headset Heroes’ (4/26/2023) - American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75 recognized the Gloucester 911 dispatchers in honor of National Public Safety Telecommunications week. Last Wednesday, some of the Auxiliarists stopped by the sheriff’s office to… …Gloucester kicks off superintendent search (4/26/2023) - The Gloucester County School Board has begun the process of hiring a new superintendent, with an online survey to receive input from county residents and a public hearing on the… …
Names of fallen to be added to monument (4/26/2023) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to add names of the fallen to the Confederate monument on the Mathews court green. Board chairman Dave Jones proposed the action,… …
Gloucester supervisors continue talks on FY 2024 budget (4/26/2023) - The Gloucester Board of Supervisors held a pair of work session meetings last week as it prepares to adopt its FY 2024 operational budget and the accompanying tax rates. The… …
Body cam footage shows self-inflicted gunshot wound (4/26/2023) - The Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office showed members of the press Friday morning body camera footage of the officer-involved shooting that took place the evening of March 25 in the 7000… …
Williamsburg man arrested on charges in connection with Gloucester Point shooting (4/26/2023) - A 30-year-old Williamsburg man was taken into custody Friday and faces multiple charges stemming from a shooting incident late last month in Gloucester Point, according to the Gloucester County Sheriff’s… …School board taken to court over FOIA request denial (4/26/2023) - Members of the Gloucester School Board appeared in Gloucester General District Court last Wednesday, April 19, for a hearing related to its denial of a Virginia Freedom of Information Act… …
Two local dredging projects win funding (4/26/2023) - Two local dredge projects are moving ahead under funding from the Virginia Waterway Maintenance Fund—the Hole in the Wall channel between Milford Haven in Mathews and the Chesapeake Bay, and… …
Ospreys return (4/26/2023) - A pair of ospreys recently returned to their nest at New Point Comfort Nature Preserve. “It’s been a while since they’ve used that nest,” said Gee Brownley of Port Haywood,… …
NARFE talk (4/26/2023) - Connor McNeil, right, director of the Riverside Wellness and Fitness Center in Gloucester, gave a program at the April 18 luncheon meeting of the local chapter of the National Active… …