Keep Virginia Beautiful accepting grant proposals (4/17/2024) - Keep Virginia Beautiful, Inc., is accepting grant application proposals from groups all across the state who want to make a difference in their community. Applications for Green Grants are being… …
Welcome to Historic Garden Week 2024 (4/17/2024) - As the nation’s only statewide house and garden tour, approximately 30 tours are showcased each spring during Historic Garden Week, featuring over 200 private and public sites. Highlighted properties change… …
Fine Arts Museum (4/17/2024) - The Fine Arts Museum of Gloucester will also be on the tour docket for Saturday. The museum is currently showing the works of the late Kacey Carneal, a self-taught folk… …Volunteers help make Garden Week a success (4/17/2024) - Behind the scenes and greeting visitors to the Garden Tour are dozens of volunteers, giving their time to help make each year’s event successful. Margaret Singleton is chair of the… …
Historic Garden Week highlights horticulture (4/17/2024) - Much more than a fundraiser, Historic Garden Week is a cherished springtime tradition for both Garden Club of Virginia members, who come together to produce the fundraiser, and for the… …
Mathews NAACP membership drive underway (4/10/2024) - The Mathews Branch of the NAACP, Unit 7090, is holding its annual membership drive through June.The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s mission is to secure the political,… …
Roscher to address aeronautical group (4/10/2024) - Retired U.S. Coast Guard veteran Tim Roscher of Mathews will be the guest speaker at the next luncheon meeting of the Northern Neck-Middle Peninsula Chapter of the Virginia Aeronautical Historical… …
County-owned pier in Hallieford to be replaced (4/10/2024) - The county-owned pier at the end of Old Matthews Lane in the Hallieford area of Mathews is scheduled for replacement in May, and boat owners are being told to remove… …
Tompkins Cottage docents (4/10/2024) - New and returning docents gathered at Tompkins Cottage on Saturday, the opening day of the 2024 season for the Mathews County historical site. Shown here are, seated from left, Diane… …Mathews Maritime Museum reopens April 19 (4/10/2024) - The Mathews Maritime Museum will open for the summer season on Friday, April 19, and Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is located at 482 Main… …
Viewing the eclipse (4/10/2024) - While it didn’t reach totality locally, Monday’s solar eclipse was still an eagerly viewed event in Gloucester and Mathews counties, where coverage was about 80 percent of totality. Popular viewing… …
Dredging project begins in Mathews (4/3/2024) - Long-awaited dredging of the channel on the east side of Mathews County’s Milford Haven, known as Hole in the Wall, was slated to begin this week, along with a restoration… …
Book of Golden Deeds (4/3/2024) - The Exchange Club of Gloucester-Mathews celebrated its one-year anniversary with a dinner at Southwind Pizza in Mathews on March 20, awarding Dan Knott of Knott Alone-Hold Fast with a Book… …
Mush Love (4/3/2024) - Christian Brown of Mush Love, a start-up mushroom farm in Mathews, gave a talk on March 25 to members of the Mathews Historical Museum about plans for beginning a mushroom… …Mathews board receives financial review from Davenport (4/3/2024) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors heard a presentation from a representative of its financial advisor, Davenport and Company, during the board’s March 21 meeting. Accompanied by a slide presentation,… …
Rotary, THMS raise money for South Sudan well (4/3/2024) - The Mathews Rotary Club is teaming up with Thomas Hunter Middle School students to raise money to drill a well in South Sudan and call attention to the need for… …Crabs get temporary taste of freedom (4/3/2024) - There was a flurry of activity at North Star Mart on March 22 as employees and neighbors jumped in to help a crabber catch a thousand or more crabs that… …
Gone in 60 seconds (4/3/2024) - The annual Mathews Community Easter Egg Hunt was held on Saturday morning, with brightly colored, candy-filled eggs scattered throughout the court green. Not much longer than a minute later, all… …
Fly a kite (4/3/2024) - Kitesurfers take advantage of windy weather in late March to go where the wind takes them near Haven Beach in Mathews. …Virginia Young Adult Survey underway (4/3/2024) - Are you 18-25 years old and living in Virginia? The Prevention, Health and Wellness Division of the Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck Community Services Board wants your help. The Virginia Young Adult… …
Watch out for slow-moving farm equipment on roadways this spring (4/3/2024) - As Virginia farmers plant their crops this spring, motorists should keep an eye out for slow-moving farm equipment on public roads, the Virginia Farm Bureau says Agriculture, forestry, fishing and… …
Tompkins Cottage, James Store museums to open for season (3/27/2024) - Two Mathews Court House museums—the Tompkins Cottage Museum and the Thomas James Store Museum—will open for the 2024 season on Saturday, April 6. Tompkins Cottage The Tompkins Cottage Museum, a… …
Be on the lookout for wildlife exhibiting signs of lead poisoning (3/27/2024) - The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources is asking residents in the Foster area of Mathews to be on the lookout for animals that appear to have neurological issues, which could… …
Easter Egg Hunt Saturday on court green (3/27/2024) - The annual Mathews Community Easter Egg Hunt will begin at 11 a.m. sharp Saturday on the county’s court green. This free event is open to children ages 3-10 years. Costumes… …
Board fails to erase Confederate monument boundary line (3/27/2024) - The Mathews County Board of Supervisors failed to get rid of the boundary line that was created on the Mathews Court Green in 2022 in preparation for transfer of the… …