Letter: Values on display (10/2/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Hans Christian Andersen’s story, “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” resembles our current political climate. For fear of looking foolish, the people of the empire pretend to believe they can… …
Editorial: This means us (9/25/2024) - Friends, it is time to contact our members of Congress again about the U.S. Postal Service. While on-time delivery through the Richmond center has improved, a new plan threatens to… …
Guinea Jubilee (9/25/2024) - The 2024 Guinea Jubilee will be held this weekend, so we asked our Facebook followers what they like most about the annual festival. A total of 44.4 percent of respondents… …Letter: Lions support the community (9/25/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: “We Serve” is the mission of Lions Club International. Over the past 65 years, this is what the Lions in Mathews have been exceptional at accomplishing. Just this… …
Letter: Helping hands lift us up (9/25/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Two recent events remind me of the amazing community which we are blessed to call home. First, about three weeks ago Hands Across Mathews (HAM) received an urgent… …
Letter: Keep calm (9/25/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Thank you for an excellent newspaper. Now that election season is getting into a very high pitch, I would suggest that we take a cue from the British… …
Letter: A good movie (9/25/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 2024 A.D. came out September 6. My mom and I went to the YRC Cinema to watch it. We wore matching hats that I custom designed… …
Letter: For Harris, for democracy (9/25/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Over 700 high-ranking national security officers have just released their endorsement of Kamala Harris for President of the United States. While many of these over 700 officials come… …
Letter: Vote for Trump (9/25/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The many big failings in the Biden-Harris administration are: Record high inflation threatening economic security of our citizens; Loss of energy independence; An open southern border with millions… …
Letter: Something dangerous in the air (9/25/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Re: “Something in the air” (Readers Write, Sept. 19). There is, indeed, something in the air, and it is a scent I first encountered during my nearly 6… …
Leter: Inflation down, wages up (9/25/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: If you only get your news from one source, you may be missing out on a lot of good news. Inflation is down to 2.5%, the lowest it’s… …
Letter: Vote Harris, Walz for the economy (9/25/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, I absorbed the concept that one crucial building block that made the United States great was a strong middle class. Small… …
Letter: The politics of guns (9/25/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I am not a gun owner. I didn’t grow up around firearms, nor have I ever shot a gun. My husband owns guns and has offered to teach… …
Letter: We are not the world’s flophouse (9/25/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: This is in reference to Jim Knupp’s letter (“We all would suffer,” Sept. 19 Readers Write). His letter decries the Republican’s stance on illegal immigration, which includes deportation… …
Letter: Signs of the times (9/25/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Every fall for the last eight years, I’ve helped erect the large Democratic Party campaign signs you’ll see along Routes 14 and 198 in Mathews County. Each of… …
Editorial: Voting 103 (9/18/2024) - Okay, so you’ve decided how you’re voting. You’ve selected your choice for president and vice president. You’ve made up your mind whether you’re supporting Tim Kaine’s reelection bid for U.S.… …
Favorite fall sports (9/18/2024) - Fall sports are in full swing at Gloucester and Mathews high schools, so we asked our Facebook followers which fall sport is their favorite. Cross country raced into first place… …
Your hometown newspaper (9/18/2024) - Some things never change! This cartoon appeared in the Mathews Journal on September 18, 1924. We still want your news! …Letter: Station 1 should stay on Main Street (9/18/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I’m writing in support of the Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad Station 1 remaining on Main Street. As a fifth generation Gloucester resident, I recognize that not… …
Letter: An attack, not a ‘tragedy’ (9/18/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: September 11th, 2001 was not a “tragedy” as headlined in last week’s Gazette-Journal. It was an attack … bravely responded to by police, firefighters, other first responders and… …
Letter: Factually informed sense (9/18/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: This is in reply to “Common sense” (Sept. 5, Readers Write). Governor Youngkin should know how our voting system works. The executive order he signed was basically just… …
Letter: The beginning of the end (9/18/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: My dad served two tours in Vietnam. For him, serving his country was the highest of honors. When Dad retired from the military, he continued to serve in… …
Letter: School choice (9/18/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Virginia released the Standards of Learning (SOL) test results that were covered in a recent paper. Despite a rather opaque discussion by local officials, our students are (again)… …
Letter: Blatant racism (9/18/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Donald Trump’s racist lies may cost Republicans Ohio’s 17 Electoral College votes. The Ohio media is exploding with denunciations of the Trump/Vance lies about Haitian-born Springfielders abducting and… …
Letter: Something in the air (9/18/2024) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Yes, there are many Democrats in Mathews, Gloucester and Middlesex counties and we are working together to convert some of the disenchanted Republicans and having some luck, especially… …