Post 75 holds Community Breakfast Sunday (2/14/2024) - American Legion Post 75, Gloucester, will hold its monthly Community Breakfast fundraiser from 8-11:30 a.m. Sunday at the post building off Route 17, south of Gloucester Court House. The cost… …
Appreciation dinner (2/14/2024) - The Piankatank Community League, Harcum, held its semi-annual appreciation dinner for Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad members on Feb. 5. Neighbors and members of PCL donated side dishes and… …Text-to-911 available locally in emergency situations (2/14/2024) - While calling 911 and speaking directly to a dispatcher is the best way to reach out in an emergency situation, there are times when that just isn’t possible. Both Gloucester… …
DMV, VSP remind drivers to make a game night game plan (2/7/2024) - The big game is right around the corner and the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles and Virginia State Police urge drivers to have a game plan to ensure a safe… …
Care Closet available to help meet students’ needs (2/7/2024) - The Gloucester High School Care Closet meets students’ needs, no matter the circumstances. Sally Hartley, special education job coach and special education transition planning and coordination teacher, leads the Care… …Dog training class begins March 4 (2/7/2024) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism will hold a dog training class at 4-5 p.m. Mondays from March 4 through April 8. The class is for those with dogs one year… …
Four Chaplains (2/7/2024) - The Four Chaplains service was held on Saturday at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, Main Street, Gloucester. The service was sponsored by American Legion Post #75 Gloucester, American Legion Post #83… …
Winter Field Day 2024 (2/7/2024) - The Middle Peninsula Amateur Radio Club had a great turnout for its Winter Field Day 2024, which was held on Jan. 27-28 at the Abingdon Rescue Squad Station #3 just… …
Gloucester Library renovations underway (2/7/2024) - Renovations are underway at the Gloucester Public Library, Main Street Center, that are expected to transform the space, making it safer and more enjoyable for patrons and library staff, according… …Daffodil Festival application process begins (2/7/2024) - It may just be early February, but daffodils are already blooming and this year’s Gloucester Daffodil Festival will be here before you know it.The annual rite of spring returns April… …
MPPDC discusses proposed Rt. 17 widening at Gloucester Point (2/7/2024) - The widening of Route 17 from four to six lanes at Gloucester Point was on the Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission’s agenda at its Jan. 24 meeting in Saluda. Gloucester… …
Gloucester plans … from 1974 (2/7/2024) - A parallel road between White Marsh and Gloucester Court House, east of Route 17. Didn’t happen. Construction of eight new schools. Didn’t happen. Containing growth to Gloucester Court House and… …Action tabled on Aberdeen Wharf proposal (2/7/2024) - Gloucester supervisors tabled action on a proposed ordinance that would have limited the county’s Aberdeen Wharf to commercial use only, prohibiting recreational use of the pier, following a hearing Tuesday… …
Population up in Gloucester; Mathews declines (2/7/2024) - The population in Gloucester County continues to grow, while the numbers continue to decline in Mathews County. These statements are based on estimates of the counties’ populations on July 1,… …
Objects in mirror … (2/7/2024) - Are normally closer than they appear, but we doubt this curious cardinal could have gotten any closer to the mirror in this photo captured earlier this week by Hayes photographer… …Black Men Cooking returns Feb. 17 (2/7/2024) - Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Incorporated Epsilon Eta Chapter, will host its annual Black History Celebration and Black Men Cooking Event on Saturday, Feb. 17. The program will be held from… …
Library to hold gardening, fashion programs (2/7/2024) - Gloucester County Public Library will hold a pair of programs later this month on gardening and fashion at its Main Street Center location. Gloucester Master Gardener Rollin Woolley will give… …
Baylands FCU takes part in Heart & Sole shoe drive (2/7/2024) - Baylands Family Credit Union has partnered with the Omicron Xi Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., for the second annual Heart & Sole shoe drive. Members of the… …
Pump/operator training (2/7/2024) - Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue’s Fire Training team recently provided some pump/operator training to newer firefighters including pump operations, water relay, and managing multiple lines simultaneously. Here, firefighter/EMT-I Nick Bonniville,… …Bay Aging available to present on Medicare fraud (2/7/2024) - Medicare fraud is big business for criminals, causing Medicare to lose billions of dollars each year to fraud, errors and abuse. Your club could play a vital role in fighting… …
Best Years Trip planned for Quilt Festival (2/7/2024) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism is sponsoring a Best Years Trip (for ages 55 and older) on Thursday, Feb. 29, to the 35th annual Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival at the Hampton… …
Chesapeake Bay Program notes increase in wetlandsacross watershed (1/31/2024) - Experts from the Chesapeake Bay Program report that between 2014 and 2022, the Chesapeake Bay watershed gained 4,310 acres of newly created or restored wetlands. This is a slight increase… …
‘Graveyards of Guinea’ (1/31/2024) - David Bristow, owner and director of Hogg Funeral Home in Hayes, was the guest speaker for the Guinea Heritage Association’s first Fourth Friday program of 2024 at Buck’s Store Museum,… …
Bethany UMC to host forum on aging on Feb. 21 (1/31/2024) - Bethany United Methodist Church, 1860 Hayes Road, Gloucester Point, will hold a panel forum on aging from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Feb. 21. The forum is open to… …
DAR program speaker to discuss Dragon Run (1/31/2024) - The Augustine Warner Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 10, in the Abingdon Episcopal Church Parish House, Route 17, White… …