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daffodil festival driving tour Driving tour (3/29/2023) - Take part in this year’s Daffodil Driving Tour. This visual tour is sponsored by the Gloucester Daffodil Club. Respect each property and view the daffodil locations from your vehicle or…
gloucester mathews exchange Exchange Club chartered (3/22/2023) - The Exchange Club of Gloucester-Mathews was officially chartered last Wednesday, March 15, with 30 members in a program at Gloucester Library, Main Street Center. Leading the Exchange Club members as…
1a daffodil grand marshals Bruce and Martha Soles named parade grand marshals (3/22/2023) - Bruce and Martha Sue Soles of Gloucester have been selected as this year’s grand marshals for the Gloucester Daffodil Festival Parade, which is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Saturday, April…
1a pocahontas Pocahontas memorial service (3/22/2023) - A small crowd including county officials turned out at noon on Tuesday to remember Gloucester’s most famous resident, the Native American princess Pocahontas. The annual Pocahontas memorial service was held…
Gloucester board considers department budget requests (3/22/2023) - Gloucester supervisors took a deeper dive into budget requests for the county’s two volunteer fire and rescue squads, as well as Social Services and the county’s HR department during a…
Gloucester school board, supervisors hold work session (3/22/2023) - Gloucester school board members and supervisors held a joint meeting Tuesday night in the T.C. Walker Education Center Auditorium to receive an update on capital improvement projects, listen to the…
point ruritans Hunters for the Hungry (3/22/2023) - At the Abingdon Ruritan Club’s March 13 meeting, Chesapeake District Zone 4 Governor Donald Sandridge, at right, presented club president Tony Dziadul with a Certificate of Appreciation from The Hunters…
Bill Weaver to discuss family’s history Monday at Buck’s Store (3/22/2023) - The Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia will feature a talk by Gloucester native Dr. William “Bill” Weaver at its March meeting at 10 a.m. Monday at Buck’s Store Museum in…
gloucester radio Bobby Forrest and Dean Marzocca Ham operators to participate in Gloucester Collaboration (3/22/2023) - The Middle Peninsula Amateur Radio Club will be participating again in the Gloucester Collaboration this weekend from the Court House area on Saturday. Under the leadership of club president Alan…
gloucester NARFE White Elephant exchange (3/22/2023) - Chapter 1757 of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees held a White Elephant exchange following lunch at Olivia’s in the Village in Gloucester on March 21, the group’s usual…
gloucester pc Two years (3/22/2023) - After serving as chair for the past two years, Gloucester County Planning Commission member Chris Poulson (at right) was presented a plaque by vice chairman John Meyer to commemorate Poulson’s…
spring fixup mcdaniel house 5 Old Gloucester farmhouse being lovingly restored (3/22/2023) - Tusnee McDaniel of Gloucester grew up one of 10 children in a small house in her home country of Thailand. All the children slept in the same room, on mats…
Schools achilles book fair ‘Paws to read good books’ (3/15/2023) - Students and staff of Achilles Elementary School donated more than 180 items to the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society through the school’s Book Fair and Humane Society Fundraiser. “Paws to read good…
gloucester museum donation Museum donation (3/15/2023) - Ronald Lawson, president of the Piankatank Ruritan Club, at left, recently presented a $50 donation from the club to Robert Kelly, coordinator of the Gloucester Museum of History.
gloucester st patricks goodies Saint Patrick’s Day goodies (3/15/2023) - Members of the American Legion Gloucester Unit 75 Auxiliary filled goodie bags with cards and candy for veterans in local convalescent care facilities. Shown here with some of the bags…
gloucester ruritans top Gloucester Ruritans (3/15/2023) - The Gloucester Ruritan Club held its February dinner meeting at the Courthouse Restaurant on Main Street. Rose Sullivan, member of the Bee City Gloucester Committee and a Master Gardener Board…
Clean Gloucester Day to be held March 24-25 (3/15/2023) - Clean Gloucester Day returns to Gloucester on Friday, March 24 and Saturday, March 25. The event is held a week before the Daffodil Festival and is a way for county…
Werowocomoco Youth Program explores park maintenance (3/15/2023) - In February, members of the Werowocomoco Youth Program spent time with the maintenance division of the Colonial National Historical Park. This is one of the several National Park career paths…
New internship available at park (3/15/2023) - The Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail is seeking a candidate to develop an education program at Werowocomoco, an Indigenous site located on the north side of the York…
IMG_9479 Historic Gloucester mill temporarily stabilized (3/15/2023) - A portion of Gloucester’s Cow Creek Mill collapsed recently, making it necessary to remove the damaged back section of the top floor last week. Owner Tommy DuBose said he not…
Meetings next week in Gloucester (3/15/2023) - The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors will hold a pair of budget meetings next week. On Tuesday, supervisors will hold a joint meeting with members of the Gloucester County School…
flowers onemo child In bloom (3/15/2023) - The Gloucester Daffodil Festival may still be more than three weeks away, but daffodils are already in full bloom throughout the area. Here, Avery Shinault picks daffodils in Onemo under…
other news heart health Heart health starts now (3/15/2023) - Caring about your heart health does not begin when you receive an unfavorable diagnosis, begin having health complications or even as you get older. It starts now. According to Dr.…
Garden Club to meet at Brent and Becky’s (3/15/2023) - The Garden Club of Gloucester and Mathews will meet at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, March 22, at Brent and Becky’s Chesapeake Room which is located behind their shop in Ware Neck.…
Bay Aging, GUEST awarded state homeless reduction grants (3/15/2023) - Bay Aging and the GUEST program were among recipients of state grants aimed at reducing homelessness, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday. In total, more than $12 million in Virginia Housing…

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