Four Chaplains service to be held Feb. 1 (1/22/2025) - American Legion Post 75, Gloucester, will host a Four Chaplains Service beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1 at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 6470 Main Street, Gloucester. Jesse Hill,… …
Chili tasting luncheon Saturday (1/22/2025) - Botetourt Lodge No. 7, AF&AM, Gloucester, will host a chili tasting luncheon on Saturday as a fundraising event to benefit the Masonic Home of Virginia. The event will be held… …
Black Men Cooking returns Feb. 15 (1/22/2025) - Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc., Epsilon Eta Chapter, will host its annual Black History Celebration and Black Men Cooking Event on Saturday, Feb. 15. The program will be held from… …
Mathews blood drive to be held Jan. 28 (1/15/2025) - The next American Red Cross Mathews community blood drive will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 28, at the Piankatank Ruritan Club building, Hudgins. The blood collection, which will be held… …
Events Jan. 16-23 (1/15/2025) - THURSDAY SOCIAL SERVICES: The Gloucester Social Services Board will meet at 7:30 this morning, Thursday, Jan. 16, at 6641 Short Lane, Gloucester. SUPERVISORS: The Mathews County Board of Supervisors will… …
Gloucester supervisors to meet Tuesday (1/15/2025) - The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Colonial Courthouse. The board will also hold a retreat on Saturday, Jan. 25, beginning at 8:30… …
Skylark plays tonight at Yorktown Freight Shed (1/15/2025) - The Cabin Fever Concert Series returns to Yorktown, beginning at 6:30 tonight, Thursday, Jan. 16, at the Freight Shed with the jazz band Skylark. The 2025 lineup also includes Bill… …

Care and preservation of Washington, D.C. buildings topic of King and Queen Historical Society talk (1/15/2025) - Richard Carter, formerly with the Smithsonian Institution, will give a talk during a meeting of the King and Queen Historical Society at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 26, in the… …



Polar Plunge Saturday at Haven Beach (1/15/2025) - The sixth annual Mathews Polar Plunge, a fundraiser for Meals on Wheels in Mathews, will be held on Saturday, at Haven Beach in Diggs, beginning at 8 a.m. People can… …
Masons to hold chili tasting luncheon Jan. 25 (1/15/2025) - Botetourt Lodge No. 7, AF&AM, Gloucester, will host a chili tasting luncheon on Saturday, Jan. 25 as a fundraiser to benefit the Masonic Home of Virginia. The event will be… …

Services and specials announced by local churches (1/15/2025) - Services and other activities in churches this week include the following: Angel Visit Baptist Church Angel Visit Baptist Church of Dunnsville, will hold its 36th annual Essex County Community Celebration… …

Jubilee Churches to hold Unity Service (1/15/2025) - The Jubilee Churches of Gloucester will hold a Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Worship Service at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 23, at The Church of St. Therese Roman… …
Celtic service Sunday at Kingston (1/15/2025) - Kingston Episcopal Parish, Mathews, will hold its first Celtic service of 2025 at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the Kingston Parish Chapel. This candlelight service with music, the Holy Eucharist, and… …
March hearing date set for HITW case (1/8/2025) - A civil case filed by Hole in the Wall Waterfront Grill in November of 2023 against the Mathews Board of Supervisors as a whole and supervisors Dave Jones and Mike… …
Community cat meeting at library on Jan. 16 (1/8/2025) - The Friends of Gloucester Community Cats and the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society’s Fixin’ to Save Spay & Neuter Clinic are holding a meeting on the trap, neuter/spay and release (TNR) process… …
Events Jan. 9-16 (1/8/2025) - THURSDAY PARKS & REC: The Mathews County Parks and Recreation Commission will meet at 4:30 p.m. today, Thursday, Dec. 9, in the Historic Courthouse on Court Street. BEE CITY: The… …
Mathews Polar Plunge to be held Jan. 18 at Haven Beach (1/8/2025) - The sixth annual Mathews Polar Plunge, a fundraiser for Meals on Wheels in Mathews, will be held on Saturday, Jan. 18, at Haven Beach in Diggs, beginning at 8 a.m.… …
Hearing Tuesday on aviation facility CUP (1/8/2025) - The Mathews County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on a request for a conditional use permit during its meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the historic courthouse on… …
Virtual meeting Saturday for MPAAGHS (1/8/2025) - The Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society will hold a virtual meeting at 11 a.m. Saturday to review the organization’s highway marker initiative and to hold a discussion of… …