Gloucester PRT sponsors Spring Break Passport Camp (2/28/2024) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism is sponsoring a Spring Break Parks Passport Camp on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, April 2, 3 and 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each… …
VIMS to participate in VLM’s Career Day Saturday (2/28/2024) - The Virginia Institute of Marine Science will be participating at the Virginia Living Museum’s first STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Career Day from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday… …
Gloucester supervisors to meet Monday, Tuesday (2/28/2024) - The Gloucester Board of Supervisors will hold a pair of meetings on Monday and Tuesday, with both beginning at 6 p.m. in the colonial courthouse. On Monday, the board will… …
Library to hold two programs in March (2/28/2024) - Gloucester County Public Library will hold programs on growing herbs and preparing for retirement in March at its Main Street Center location.Master Gardeners will present on growing herbs on March… …
LifeSkills Training grant awarded regionally (2/28/2024) - The Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck Community Services Board’s Prevention, Health and Wellness Division has been awarded a $159,000 three-year grant from the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth Foundation starting July 1,… …
Two Best Years Trips offered (2/28/2024) - A pair of Best Years Trips will be held in the coming weeks, with the deadline to sign up fast approaching, according to the Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department.… …
50 -year Masonic veteran (2/21/2024) - Members of Achilles Lodge No. 281 AF&AM celebrated the 50th anniversary of Carol Evans Brown, who joined Masonry at that lodge on Jan. 22, 1974. The evening included a dinner… …
Hunters for the Hungry (2/21/2024) - Abingdon Ruritan Club president Rick Scott and past president Mary Lou Privott are shown with a Certificate of Appreciation which was presented to the club at the recent Ruritan National… …
Life membership (2/21/2024) - At the February meeting of the Middle Peninsula Amateur Radio Club Dr. David Justus was presented with a life membership. Justus has been a dedicated member of the club, showing… …
GMCC spring gala combines old favorites and new (2/21/2024) - The Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic’s spring fund-raising gala returns this year with a nod to the organization’s Casino Nights of years past. The second annual Derby de Mayo, GMCC’s largest… …Kite flying show at Abingdon Park March 3 (2/21/2024) - The Richmond Air Force Kite Club will put on a kite flying show at Abingdon Park on Sunday, March 3, beginning at 11 a.m. This event is sponsored by Gloucester… …
Valentine’s Day treats (2/21/2024) - Several members of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75, Gloucester, made deliveries on Feb. 13 for Valentine’s Day. Auxiliary members crafted handmade cards and filled goodie bags with treats for… …
Gloucester man helps clean up his community (2/21/2024) - Sheldon Linger of Gloucester, is a volunteer for Gloucester’s Clean Community and Adopt-a-Highway programs and has been working since the start of the year to clean up his community. During… …Broadwater Academy wins Blue Crab Bowl at VIMS (2/21/2024) - Students from Broadwater Academy in Exmore on Virginia’s Eastern Shore won this year’s Blue Crab Bowl, a regional ocean science academic competition that is part of the National Ocean Sciences… …
Woodville School open house Sunday (2/21/2024) - An open house for the public will be held from 1-4 p.m. Sunday at the Woodville School on Route 17, Hayes, across from LightHouse Church. The Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation… …
Gloucester BOS looks at reassessment process (2/21/2024) - Gloucester supervisors received an update on the county’s reassessment process during Tuesday’s meeting in the colonial courthouse, including discussion of moving from the present two-year cycle to conducting the reassessment… …
Shift change (2/21/2024) - It’s nesting time again for eagles. This pair was spotted last week by Mike Cunningham of Hayes, swapping egg warming duties in Yorktown Battlefield. “She’s in and he’s definitely out,”… …
Canine Companions presents to Gloucester Woman’s Club (2/21/2024) - Canine Companions, a national organization that trains service dogs and provides them free of charge to people with physical and cognitive disabilities, gave a presentation to the Gloucester Woman’s Club… …4 p.m. state burn law in effect (2/21/2024) - Beginning last week and continuing through April 30, Virginians are prohibited from outdoor burning before 4 p.m. when the fire is within 300 feet of the woods or dry grass.… …
Happy Valentine’s Day (2/21/2024) - Rudy Ruritan Bear of the Abingdon Ruritan Club, Bena, visited the Riverside Middle Peninsula Cancer Center in Gloucester on the campus of Riverside Walter Reed Hospital last Wednesday on Valentine’s… …
Tea at Timberneck returns March 16 (2/21/2024) - The Fairfield Foundation will hold its second annual Tea at Timberneck on Saturday, March 16, at Timberneck House, which is located within Machicomoco State Park, Hayes. From 2-4 p.m., Timberneck… …River County Quiltersto meet Tuesday (2/21/2024) - The River Country Quilters will meet Tuesday in the Fiddlers Crossing Community Center, Gloucester. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m., with the meeting to follow at 7. RCQ member Lee Taylor,… …
Property owners encouraged to find, remove invasive plant species (2/14/2024) - The week of Feb. 26-March 3 is National Invasive Species Awareness Week and the Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society is encouraging local private land owners to… …
Petition seeks moratorium on menhaden landings (2/14/2024) - A public petition for rulemaking regarding Atlantic menhaden was submitted by the Chesapeake Legal Alliance and the Southern Maryland Recreational Fishing Organization in December to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission.… …
All invited to ‘OPEN School HOUSE’ at Woodville on Feb. 25 (2/14/2024) - The Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation will welcome the public to an “OPEN School HOUSE” event from 1-4 p. m. on Sunday, Feb. 25, to celebrate a significant milestone in the… …