Ruritan speaker (5/1/2024) - Gloucester Ruritan Club president Bill Naquin is shown here presenting a club mug to Jane Wenner, coordinator of the Gloucester County Department of Emergency Management, who was guest speaker for… …
Sprucing up (5/1/2024) - Gloucester County’s Facilities Management Department is in the process of sprucing up the Treasurer’s Office drop box. The drop box will be removed temporarily and will be unavailable for use… …Thursday Thoughts to be held May 9 (5/1/2024) - Beaverdam Park’s first Thursday Thoughts program, a talk about bees and pollinators, will be held at 6:30 p.m. next Thursday, May 9, at the park’s amphitheater. The program is free,… …
Senior chair yoga classes start June 5 (5/1/2024) - Senior chair yoga classes will be held on Wednesday mornings from June 5 through July 31 in the Stewart Building. The classes will be held from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.… …
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,… …Vegan cooking class offered in Gloucester (5/1/2024) - A free class in vegan cooking will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Disabled American Veterans Building at 6265 Professional Drive in Gloucester. A release said vegan cooking… …
New club to explore international cuisine (5/1/2024) - A new club, sponsored by Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism, will explore international cuisine, characteristic cooking practices and traditions. The International Cuisine Culinary Club, for ages 16 and older, will… …
500 attend Saturday’s Garden Week tour; nearly 400 Sunday (4/24/2024) - A warm, overcast day was waiting for the 500 visitors of the 2024 Garden Club of Gloucester and Mathews Historic Garden Week tour Saturday. Nearly 400 braved the rain for… …
Sign unveiling (4/24/2024) - Bethel Baptist Church held an unveiling Saturday for the new historical marker celebrating Gloucester’s Bethel Rosenwald School, which served the black community of Sassafras in the days of school segregation.… …Use of rec area subject of controversy (4/24/2024) - The Captain Sinclair Recreational Area in Gloucester has been the subject of controversy recently, with the Gloucester High School Crew Team Booster Club raising an issue with students sharing the… …
Gloucester Museum refreshes Old Country Store display (4/24/2024) - The Gloucester Museum of History updated and refreshed its Old Country Store display, which has been at the museum for about 10 years. Intern Sidney Ripley and museum coordinator Robert… …
FODR speaker to address invasive aquatic species (4/24/2024) - Clint Morgeson of the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources will discuss invasive aquatic species introduction in Virginia and will review past, present and future invasive species management at the next… …
Oyster restoration (4/24/2024) - Gov. Glenn Youngkin joined Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources Travis Voyles and representatives from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Virginia Institute… …
Library renovations on track for May 30 completion (4/24/2024) - Renovations to Gloucester Public Library, Main Street Center, are on track to be completed by May 30. Until that time, library staff members have said they appreciate the patience of… …
Democratic Congressional hopefuls take part in candidate forum (4/24/2024) - Area Democrats gathered last Thursday night at St. Clare Walker Middle School in Middlesex to hear from the two candidates vying for the chance to unseat Rep. Robert J. Wittman… …
Spaghetti dinner fundraiser (4/24/2024) - Abingdon Volunteer Fire and Rescue, Inc., hosted a spaghetti dinner fundraiser Sunday at Station 2 in Bena for AVFR Capt. David Thurston, who is battling Stage 4 lung cancer. The… …
Abingdon Ruritan donation (4/24/2024) - Abingdon Ruritan Club Citizens and Patriotism Committee chairman John Atherton, at left, presented three checks from the club to American Legion Post 75 commander Dr. David C. Workman. The combined… …
Lodge Foundation donation (4/24/2024) - The Botetourt Lodge #7, AF & AM Foundation, recently donated $2,500 to the Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic as the clinic’s newest Community Health Partner. This gift will benefit patient care… …Final defendant sentenced in Gloucester meth trafficking conspiracy (4/24/2024) - A Gloucester man was sentenced last week to 12 years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine, according to a release from U.S. Attorney Jessica D. Aber of the Eastern District of… …
Drug Take Back Initiative Saturday in Gloucester (4/24/2024) - In conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office will be at both the Gloucester Walmart and Kroger from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday to receive… …
Best Years Trip planned to Henricus (4/24/2024) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism is sponsoring a Best Years Trip to Henricus Historical Park in Chester on Wednesday, May 15. The bus will leave Gloucester at 8:45 a.m. and… …
Machicomoco holds ‘Clean the Park for Earth Day’ Saturday (4/17/2024) - In recognition of Earth Day, Virginia State Parks are hosting more than 50 events to celebrate and preserve the natural wonders of the commonwealth. Machicomoco State Park, Hayes, is hosting… …
Library to hold next Yum Yum May 9 (4/17/2024) - The Gloucester County Public Library, Main Street Center, will hold its next Yum Yum Cookbook Club meeting on Thursday, May 9, at 6:30 p.m. Library Chef Chris Thomas will demonstrate… …
Library to hold woven craft program May 4 (4/17/2024) - Gloucester County Public Library will hold a woven wreath craft on May 4 at the Main Street Center location, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Master Weaver Tamme Durant will teach participants… …
Free prostate cancer screenings offered Saturday (4/17/2024) - The Gloucester NAACP Health Committee, in collaboration with Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc., Epsilon Eta Chapter, will host Prostate Cancer Early Detection Event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday… …