No Shirts. No Shoes. No Problem. (5/29/2024) - Finley Caisse, Davis Bugg, Garrett Fritzlen, Jack Carey, Mare Barasik, Sullivan Caisse, Herman Gill, Caleb Dymmel, Harrison Hinton and Joey Caisse, from left, enjoyed a fun day out on the… …Community summer events and activities 2024 (5/29/2024) - Thursday, May 30 BREWS, BRINE & WINE: Gloucester Arts Festival and the Fairfield Foundation will host ”Brew, Brine & Wine” tonight from 5-8:30 p.m. at Machicomoco State Park, Hayes. Children… …
Crittenden enjoys crafting beautiful birdhouses (5/29/2024) - Frank Crittenden is a man dedicated to helping his community by making beautiful birdhouses at his home in Hayes and donating them to the DAV Thrift Store. Crittenden has been… …Incorporating birdhouses in yard can help preserve endangered species (5/29/2024) - With habitat loss, climate change and other conditions posing threats to wild birds, incorporating birdhouses in your yard can help protect nature’s marvels for generations. Sightings of purple martins in… …
Green with benefits (5/22/2024) - Vegetation is showing up in every shade of green, often accented by flowers in every color of the rainbow. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Passionfruit vine, sent by Cheryl… …
Tunstall-Jackson (5/22/2024) - Madisyn Dawn Jackson and Cody Lee Tunstall were married at 5 p.m., Saturday, May 11, 2024, at The Historic Post Office in Hampton. Pastor Patrick O. Billups of Relevant Church… …Artemisias— choose carefully (5/22/2024) - One day last week, Jim stopped on the walkway up to our kitchen door and looked down at the green stuff growing in the sloping strip between our house and… …
DAR chapter centennial (5/22/2024) - The Cricket Hill VA Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution turned 100 years old this year. Members and guests of the DAR chapter held a celebration luncheon Friday, May 17… …
Butterfly talk (5/22/2024) - The 5 Rivers Woman’s Club held a luncheon meeting Monday at Olivia’s in the Village, Gloucester, with guest speaker Susan Walton of the Middle Peninsula Master Naturalists, shown in photo… …
The first harvest (5/22/2024) - Gloucester Master Gardeners Varetta Hamlin and Dee Kattan, from left, recently harvested lettuce and radishes from the group’s demonstration gardens at Woodville Park to donate to Bread for Life. The… …Wall of flowers (5/15/2024) - Spring has many virtues; among them beautiful blooms. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Mountain laurel in the garden of Ann Williams, Ware Neck. Camassia “Blue Danube” sent by Cheryl… …
Can we bring back lightning bugs? (5/15/2024) - Last weekend was an exciting one in many regions of the United States and other countries. Millions of people were fortunate enough to observe and record on their cameras and… …
Parker-Rachita (5/15/2024) - Peter and Suzanne Parker of Gloucester, announce the engagement of their daughter, Rebekah Parker, to Joshua Rachita, son of David and Laura Rachita of Houston, Texas. A June 2024 wedding… …
Spring beauty (5/15/2024) - A doe nuzzles her fawn, born Tuesday morning on the front lawn of the home of Lisa and Allen Sutton at Mobjack. …
Victorian Tea (5/15/2024) - Central Village Homemakers member Ellen Bernsdorf presented the club’s program for May on Victorian Tea. Bernsdorf, at left, dressed in a Victorian outfit and had a display of paraphernalia used… …
School music fundraiser (5/15/2024) - On Saturday, May 11, the Mathews County Woman’s Club hosted a yard sale to raise funds for the county’s public school music programs. Proceeds from the event were split between… …So much beauty… (5/8/2024) - So much, we were unable to fit everything in. But please continue sending your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Gladiolus Byzantinus from Cheryl Battle, Bavon. Dark purple iris sent by Janet Clark… …
Periodical cicadas are in the news (5/8/2024) - Articles, videos and projection maps related to the Spring 2024 emergence of not one, but two broods of periodical cicadas abound on the internet. This event last occurred in 1803… …
Slaughter-Cecchi (5/8/2024) - Tracy and Robbie Whitehurst of Dutton, announce the engagement of their daughter, Melany Slaughter, to Gino Cecchi, son of Amanda and Lee Cecchi of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. Melany graduated from… …York River KDS donates to GHS Care Closet (5/8/2024) - The York River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons recently delivered two carloads of supplies for Gloucester High School’s Care Closet, items collected from circle members at the group’s… …
Games Day (5/8/2024) - The Five Rivers Woman’s Club held Games Day, a fundraiser for the Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic, on April 15 at Abingdon Episcopal Church. Forty-seven people attended the event, enjoying lunch… …
Spring Basket fundraiser (5/8/2024) - The Central Village Homemakers Club, Mathews, raffled off a Spring Basket to raise scholarship money for Mathews High School students. Martha Arnold is shown presenting the basket to the lucky… …
2024 Daffodil Show winners named (5/8/2024) - The winners of the 2024 Gloucester Daffodil Show, held April 6 and 7 at Newington Baptist Church during the Gloucester Daffodil Festival, were recently announced. This year’s show included 84… …
Gloucester Daffodil Club members attend national convention (5/8/2024) - Twenty-three members of the Gloucester Daffodil Club attended the American Daffodil Society National Convention in Herndon, held April 10-14.Daffodil growers, showers and enthusiasts from around the world were also in… …
Genealogy workshop (5/1/2024) - The Genealogy Resource Workshop sponsored by the Augustine Warner Chapter NSDAR was a big success. Held in the Community Room of the Gloucester Library, Main Street Center, on April 20,… …