Letter: Weakening the country (2/7/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Our Secretary of Defense went missing for six days. Even the White House didn’t know he was in the hospital for three days. Secretary Austin admitted that he… …
Letter: Clouding the issue (2/7/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: It is so indicative for the Mathews Sheriff to use national methods of personal tallies. This was illustrated in Sherry Hamilton’s Feb. 1 article (“Gloucester Sheriff questions numbers… …
Super Bowl LVIII (2/7/2024) - The big game is only a few days away and we asked our Facebook followers this week which team they are pulling for in Super Bowl LVIII: Kansas City Chiefs… …Editorial: Know your school boards (1/31/2024) - Public schools arguably produce our single most important resource—educated young men and women. A community’s future is inexorably tied to the success of its educational system. In addition to producing… …
Letter: Al Booker, the mayor of Gloucester C.H. (1/31/2024) - Editor-Gazette-Journal: One thing I could count on when stopping by Tri-County before it closed was my good friend Al Booker. Whether it was local politics, the Red Sox, UVA sports,… …
Letter: I just don’t get it (1/31/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Biden has used Trump since the 2020 election to instill fear into the American people. Trump has served four years and accomplished more than any president in this… …
Favorite streaming platform (1/31/2024) - Which streaming service do you use the most? This question was posed on our Facebook page last week. Our followers were heavily split between Netflix and Hulu, which each receiving… …Editorial: Know your Mathews supervisors (1/24/2024) - It’s a new year, and Mathews County begins 2024 with three new members on its governing board—with two of those three new members serving in leadership roles, elected earlier this… …
Letter: Say ‘No’ to cruiseship plans (1/24/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Many of the residents in your coverage area are unaware of the issue with a major cruise line planning to anchor in the York River, on the Gloucester… …
Letter: The Ultimate Power (1/24/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I was motivated by Joel Emerson’s letter to the editor last week, “Resting on His shoulders,” to write this letter. I, too, have been very dismayed by our… …
Letter: Take a deep breath (1/24/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: This letter is written in response to the last meeting of the Mathews County School Board on Jan. 16 and the issue of graffiti on the bathroom wall.… …
Letter: Citizen investigators? (1/24/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Please watch this 10-minute report from PBS (www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-citizen-investigators-are-helping-the-fbi-track-down-jan-6-rioters). It details how private citizens have taken it upon themselves to hunt down Americans who attended the January 6th riots.… …
Where do you look first? (1/24/2024) - In this week’s Facebook survey, we asked which part of our paper you enjoy the most and the results are in. Most of our Facebook survey takers said they enjoy… …Editorial: Know your county board: Gloucester (1/17/2024) - “I’d like to call the Jan. 2 meeting of the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors to order.” With these words from board chairman Chris Hutson, a new year in Gloucester… …
Letter: Resting on His shoulders (1/17/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: What a pleasant surprise! I was invited to the Commonwealth Prayer Breakfast by my friend Harvey Morgan who is a former State Delegate.This has been an annual event… …
Letter: Lingering Covid questions (1/17/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: From early in the onset of the Covid-19 virus theory, the many incongruities and irregularities should have been questionable. The early revelation that the virus was accidentally released… …
Favorite genre (1/17/2024) - We asked our Facebook friends last week what their favorite genre is to read. The largest number of those responding, 28 percent of survey takers, said their favorite genre was… …Know your legislators (1/10/2024) - While many of us are still recovering from Christmas and New Year’s celebrations, it’s only a week until the General Assembly gets going, so it’s time for a refresher course… …
Letter: A threat to our Republic (1/10/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Our republic has withstood many challenges since it became a sovereign nation in 1784. These have been both external and internal. The greatest internal threat came in the… …
Letter: Take action against gun violence (1/10/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The mass shooting at a rural high school in Perry, Iowa compels me to solicit readers of this letter to do something or take action to eliminate a… …
Letter: The Chili Cook-Off returns (1/10/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: In 2014, the Mathews Volunteer Rescue Squad started the wonderful community event “The Chili Cook-Off”’ which they successfully held for six years. Then along came COVID which caused… …
Business survey (1/10/2024) - What business would you like to see in Gloucester and Mathews? Nearly 900 responses were submitted this past week based on this question posed on our Facebook page. This pie… …
Editorial: ‘A many-faceted treasure’ (1/3/2024) - Anyone who has been lucky enough to gaze up at the sky and spot a bald eagle soaring high above has benefitted from it. The “it” we’re referring to is… …Letter: The new year (1/3/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: As we go into 2024 we need to reflect upon everything God has done for us in 2023. It’s time to stop being foolish in the New Year,… …
Letter: A deep breath (1/3/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: U.S. debt has gone from millions to billions to trillions, and soon to be quadrillions. There is no longer any possibility of the debt ever being repaid in… …