Jamestown-Scotland Ferry now on fall/winter/spring schedule (9/13/2023) - The Jamestown-Scotland Ferry, operated by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), began following its fall/winter/spring operating schedule on Tuesday. The ferry has been operating on the summer schedule since May… …
Yorktown Folk Festival this weekend (9/13/2023) - The 11th annual Yorktown Folk Festival will be held this weekend, from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6:30 Sunday. It’s a free celebration of American music… …
Party at the Wharf series continues Friday (9/6/2023) - The Mathews Land Conservancy will hold the next event in this year’s Party at the Wharf Summer Series this Friday from 5-9 p.m. at Williams Wharf Landing’s Riverfront Pavilion in… …
Chesapeake Bay Writer to be interviewed Monday (9/6/2023) - Author Charles W. Sutherland, a member of Chesapeake Bay Writers, will be interviewed by Neal Steele on WXGM Xtra 99.1 FM at 8:05 a.m. Monday. Sutherland will talk about his… …Artisan Market this weekend at Bay School (9/6/2023) - The Bay School Community Arts Center will host a dozen vendors at an Artisan Market on Friday and Saturday at the gallery on Main Street in Mathews this weekend during… …
Printmaking workshop next week at Arts on Main (9/6/2023) - Artist Rose Nygaard will introduce monotype printmaking during a three-day workshop to be held from noon to 4 p.m. next week at Arts on Main in Gloucester. The workshop begins… …Arts Alive presents Tribute to Motown (9/6/2023) - Arts Alive Inc. kicks off its season with A Tribute to the Music of Motown at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, at the Robinson/Olsson Civic Auditorium, 1040 Thompson Avenue,… …
Republicans to set up this weekend (9/6/2023) - The Mathews County Republican Committee will be set up this weekend during Market Days. The party center will be located in the area next to Food Lion from 9 a.m.… …
Library to hold workshop on organization (9/6/2023) - Gloucester County Public Library will hold a workshop on organizing Thursday, Sept. 21 at the Main Street Center location, beginning at 6 p.m. “Organizing with a Purpose,” will be taught… …
Coming Events (9/6/2023) - THURSDAY CLEAN & GREEN: The Gloucester County Clean and Green Committee will meet at 5 o’clock today, Thursday, Sept. 7, in the Stewart Building program room. UTILITIES: The Gloucester Utilities… …
GMHS announces upcoming events (9/6/2023) - The Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society will hold two events next weekend at the shelter, which is located at 6620 Jackson Lane, Gloucester. GMHS will have its first-ever “Cornhole Tournament & Shelter… …
MCF to raffle off charity donation (9/6/2023) - During this weekend’s Market Days, the Mathews Community Foundation will be giving away a $500 grant to a lucky winner’s charity of choice. Stop by the MCF booth at Market… …
Bay School auction/gala to be held Sept. 30 (9/6/2023) - The Bay School’s annual fundraising auction and gala will be held beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30, at Parson’s Point in the Glebe. The theme is “Taking Flight”… …
Museum to host viewing of ‘Voyage of Discovery’ (9/6/2023) - “A Voyage of Discovery,” a documentary describing the 1608 travels of Captain John Smith up and down Chesapeake Bay, will be shown Friday at 7 p.m. in the Mathews Historical… …
Offices close for Market Days (9/6/2023) - Mathews County administrative offices will close at noon today, Thursday, Sept. 7, because of road closures scheduled for Mathews Market Days.Administrative staff will be working remotely from noon to 4:30… …
Pig Roast to be held Sept. 28 (9/6/2023) - The 39th annual Gloucester Rotary Club Pig Roast will be held from 5-9 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28. The all-you-can-eat event will be held at the Ware River Yacht Club.… …
Revolutionary War event in Gloucester this weekend (9/6/2023) - History will come alive this weekend on Gloucester Court Green in “Fire, Smoke & Muskets: Gloucester 1781.” Hours on Saturday at 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; on Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Hourly… …
Bluegrass, country music show Saturday (9/6/2023) - The Waterview Bluegrass Band will headline a concert Saturday night in Urbanna, with proceeds to benefit the Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary. The bluegrass and country music concert will begin… …
Jefferson Lab presents ‘Scientist Walks into a Bar’ program Sept. 13 (9/6/2023) - The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility—known locally as Jefferson Lab—will hold its third “Scientist Walks into a Bar” program from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 13 at Coastal… …
Lecturer to talk about ‘Forgotten Heroine’ of yellow fever epidemic (9/6/2023) - Historian Benn Trask will talk about “Annie Andrews: Forgotten Heroine,” a volunteer nurse during Norfolk’s yellow fever epidemic in 1855, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13 at MacArthur Memorial Visitor… …
Field Day of the Past to be held Sept. 15-17 (9/6/2023) - “Track Lights and Family Delights” kick start the 2023 Field Day of the Past, Sept. 15-17 in Amelia County. From tractor and truck pulls to beach music, this year’s program… …
Fall hours begin Friday at Steamboat Era Museum in Irvington (9/6/2023) - Fall hours begin Friday at the Steamboat Era Museum, Irvington. From then until Nov. 13, the museum will be open Friday, Saturday and Monday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday from… …
Colonial wedding focus of fall lecture for Middlesex Museum (9/6/2023) - Professor Theodore McCord of George Mason University will be the keynote speaker for the Middlesex County Museum Fall Fundraiser. The event will be held from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8,… …
Genealogy group meets virtually on Saturday (9/6/2023) - Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society (MPAAGHS) will hold its monthly meeting virtually at 11 a.m. Saturday. The meeting will feature a talk, “Tracing Our Ancestors’ Footprints,” given by… …Reggae, ska concerts planned in Hampton (9/6/2023) - The City of Hampton will host a pair of musical events in the coming week, beginning with All Day Reggae from 2-10 p.m. Saturday at East Queens Way and Kings… …