Editorial: Making an impact (3/26/2025) - What a great way to celebrate and support Gloucester County Public Schools. On Saturday morning, nearly 400 people came out to Gloucester High School to take part in the 13th… …
Editorial: For the ospreys (3/26/2025) - The ospreys, our much-loved companions on the waterways, are returning. We wish for them a good year nesting, to reverse the recent worrisome decline and failure of their young. This… …
Spring! (3/26/2025) - Spring began March 20 and there are so many outdoor activities to look forward to as the weather warms up. In a Facebook survey asking what our followers were most… …Letter: We are all lifted up (3/26/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: On behalf of the Board of Directors of the GUEST Shelter, a faith-based organization, we want to publicly extend our gratitude to the Mathews-Gloucester community for the care… …
Letter: The rest of the story (3/26/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The mainstream media and Democrats are determined to paint Trump in as bad of a light as they can. Headlines are heralding the impending demise of critical cancer,… …
Letter: Judicial terrorism (3/26/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Judicial terrorism is a phrase I have coined due to the plethora of attempts to take over the duly elected Presidential Office of the United States. As numerous… …
Letter: What’s in a name? (3/26/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: If President Biden had publicly humiliated Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, called him a dictator, accused him of being responsible for the war with Russia, required Zelenskyy to sign… …
Editorial: Give us liberty (3/19/2025) - “Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace—but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of… …
Daylight Saving Time (3/19/2025) - Daylight Saving Time began March 9 at 2 a.m., causing our clocks to be sprung forward by one hour. We asked our Facebook followers how they are handling the time… …Letter: Changing times and a tribute to Bullet (3/19/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Last week Mathews lost one of our native sons, James Brownley Hudgins, better known to all who were blessed to know him as “Bullet.” He was a bit… …
Letter: Who knew? (3/19/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Did you know that U.S. Presidents and their appointees have not had access to the federal government’s payment system since 1946? A Feb. 10 New York Times article,… …
Letter: Support Ukraine (3/19/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: When I moved to the Northern Neck in 1997, I found something remarkable, “your word is your bond.” A bank loan officer said, “All we need to process… …
Letter: Two freedoms (3/19/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Franklin Roosevelt articulated four freedoms: speech and worship and from want and fear. I believe there are only two: freedom from personal responsibility and freedom from external control,… …
Letter: Do you remember? (3/19/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: We recently returned from vacation, and in reviewing the last couple editions of our local newspaper, the amount of Democratic angst over what President Trump had not done… …
Editorial: Fraud is everywhere; consumer, beware (3/12/2025) - Most of us have received those text messages (lying text messages) that inform us we are behind paying our tolls. Some people will fall for that. We are sure the… …
Editorial: To our readers (3/12/2025) - The forecast for last Wednesday, March 5, called for a line of strong, possibly damaging thunderstorms and winds, passing through in the late afternoon. The forecast was correct. Considerable wind… …
Storm impacts (3/12/2025) - A storm hit the area last Wednesday, March 5, causing businesses to close early, power outages throughout both counties and lots of fallen trees and debris. We asked our Facebook… …Letter: Brewer for interim seat (3/12/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The Gloucester County School Board is faced with another effort to replace one of its own, which is no easy task. It was a true loss with the… …
Letter: Supporting Girls State (3/12/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I’d like to thank our great Gloucester community for the generous assistance it has given in past years to The American Legion Auxiliary’s Virginia Girls State program. Many… …
Letter: Congress: Find redline (3/12/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I’m trying to understand where the redline is for our GOP members of Congress. Apparently allowing almost every single unqualified cabinet member to be confirmed isn’t it. Allowing… …
Letter: No longer leader of the free world (3/12/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I come from a military family. My grandfather received the Distinguished Service Cross in WWI; my father was decorated for 6 years in the army serving in North… …
Letter: What they think (3/12/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Since Nov. 5, there has been a flurry of Democrat/Left letters. This is understandable; the authors are frustrated because their great hopes for the first black female president… …
Letter: A display of disrespect (3/12/2025) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: To those who watched President Trump speak to Congress and all the dignitaries: Did you see what happened Especially when he introduced the wife of an officer who… …
Editorial: Long overdue (3/6/2025) - The brick. With the thumbprint of its maker, presumably a slave. The towering ruins of the greatest house in Virginia.The contradiction and the connection: great wealth, slavery. Now recognized. Rosewell,… …Editorial: Public water (3/6/2025) - Seventy-eight years ago, in 1947, the Mathews County Board of Supervisors approved a report to supply public water and sewer at Mathews Court House. The price was to be $150,000,… …