Friday a busy night for local firefighters (3/13/2024) - Members of the Gloucester and Abingdon fire and rescue squads had a busy Friday night with a huge influx of emergency calls. Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad received 18… …
Fire causes significant damage to Guinea home (3/13/2024) - A fire early Friday evening caused significant damage to a home in Guinea, displacing two people. There were no injuries reported. Firefighters from Abingdon Volunteer Fire and Rescue were called… …Bipartisan group of Virginia lawmakers address USPS delays (3/13/2024) - A bipartisan group of Virginia lawmakers came together this week to send a letter to the Inspector General of the United States Postal Service, sharing stories of USPS disruptions and… …
Weekend flooding (3/13/2024) - Much of the area experienced moderate to heavy flooding this past weekend as a storm blanked much of the East Coast. Here, water covers the road on Saturday afternoon at… …
Goose napping (3/13/2024) - Two Canada geese, presumably a mated pair, flew onto the Timberneck Creek dock of Larry and Meg Sherertz Monday afternoon and proceeded to take a catnap … or rather goose… …PCL to hold program on oyster reefs (3/13/2024) - The Piankantank Community League, Harcum, will host Heather Lockwood, a project manager of the recently completed Phase II Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery Program for the Piankantank River Reef Habitat, on… …
Legion breakfast is Sunday (3/13/2024) - American Legion Post 75 of Gloucester will hold its Community Breakfast Fundraiser from 8 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Sunday at the post home located behind River Bend Apartments. Admission is $10 for… …
Pocahontas memorial to be held March 21 (3/13/2024) - The annual Pocahontas memorial service will be held at noon next Thursday, March 21, at the Pocahontas Statue and Gardens, which is located at the intersection of Main Street and… …
Spring comes Tuesday (3/13/2024) - Spring on the East Coast begins at 11:06 p.m. Tuesday, just before midnight. Daylight is just about even now at the vernal equinox. On Wednesday, March 20, the first full… …
Kale recognized as Outstanding Pharmacist (3/13/2024) - Kelly Hasty Kale, formerly of Gloucester, has been named Virginia’s Outstanding Pharmacist for 2024 by the Virginia Pharmacy Association. Kale is the daughter of Patricia K. Hasty and the late… …
Berkley Traveling Gavel (3/13/2024) - Achilles Masonic Lodge took in the Berkley Lodge Traveling Gavel after visiting Botetourt Lodge in Gloucester on March 5 to qualify. Botetourt had been awarded the gavel a month earlier… …
Confederate President and Mrs. Davis to be portrayed (3/13/2024) - The Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia will meet at 10 a.m. Monday, March 25, at the Buck’s Store Museum at Bena. Living history interpreter Sam Winkler of Roanoke, and Cookie… …
Gloucester launches Youth Needs Survey (3/13/2024) - Gloucester County has launched a Youth Needs Survey using its Zencity citizen engagement tool. The survey, which will help local leaders gauge citizen interest in need-driven community-wide youth programming, will… …Main Street sculpture is being restored (3/13/2024) - The Cook Foundation and Gloucester Arts Festival have announced that a local treasure, known locally by “Fred” and other pet names, is currently being restored and was temporarily removed. The… …
Best Years Club to visit Smithfield (3/13/2024) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation & Tourism has announced a trip of the Best Years Club to Smithfield on Saturday, April 13, to attend the Second Saturday Pickers Market there. Participants will… …
Few surprises, low turnout in Tuesday’s primary (3/6/2024) - Virginia’s double primary presidential election, held on Tuesday, yielded few surprises. Those voting in the Republican race largely supported former president Donald Trump, giving him 63.31 percent of the vote,… …Supervisors advance county budget (3/6/2024) - Gloucester’s FY 2025 budget was unveiled this week at Monday’s meeting of the county’s board of supervisors, an approximately $85.4 million county general fund budget that does not include a… …
All About Pets contest tops 139 entries (3/6/2024) - The Gazette-Journal’s All About Pets photo contest (Section C in this week’s paper) reached new heights this year with 139 entries collected since the contest was first announced on Feb.… …
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday (3/6/2024) - Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday and will remain in effect until Nov. 3. Timepieces should be set ahead one hour (“spring forward”) upon retiring Saturday night. Residents… …
Page descendant to speak to DAR Saturday (3/6/2024) - The Augustine Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet on Saturday at the parish house at Abingdon Episcopal Church, Ordinary, at 2 p.m. and will host speaker… …
Spring garden tours to resume at Brent and Becky’s Bulbs (3/6/2024) - It’s March, and spring garden tours resume next week at Brent and Becky’s Bulbs, Gloucester. Tours are $10 and reservations are required. Those attending will stroll through the business’s trial… …
Bay Aging receives state grant to address homelessness (3/6/2024) - Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development have reaffirmed their commitment to addressing the problem of homelessness in Virginia by awarding a $12 million boost… …
Let’s go fly a kite (3/6/2024) - The Richmond Air Force put on a show at Abingdon Park in Hayes to celebrate Kite Day on Sunday. The wind picked up right before the event, which provided the… …Spring Break Parks Passport Camp to be held April 2-4 (3/6/2024) - Spring break is almost here, and Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism has something fun to do that week. A Spring Break Parks Passport Camp will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday… …
Work on Rt. 17/Guinea Road intersection begins Monday (3/6/2024) - Construction on a Virginia Department of Transportation project to improve safety at the intersection of Route 17 and Route 216 (Guinea Road) in lower Gloucester County will begin Monday. The… …