School Brief (6/24/2026) - Travis Cornbau of Gloucester, Amber Kolenc of Hayes, and Molly Morgan of Mathews, graduated from the College of William and Mary during commencement exercises held last month. …
NN Vegetable Growers announce scholarship winners (6/24/2026) - The Northern Neck Vegetable Growers Association announced its 2026 NNVGA scholarship winners. In first place in the four-year scholarship program, winning $4,000, is Chloe Garner of Montross. Garner graduated from… …
Gloucester Library to hold children’s programs in July (6/24/2026) - Gloucester County Public Library has announced a few upcoming children’s programs for July, which will all be hosted at its Main Street Center location. Gloucester Museum of History Museum Specialist… …
GHS grads receive $584,975 in local scholarships (6/24/2026) - Students from Gloucester High School’s newest graduating class received a total of $584,975 worth of scholarships earlier this month from local organizations. Recipients and their scholarships include the following. Landen… …
Supporting young leaders (6/24/2026) - At a recent Piankatank Ruritan Club meeting, club treasurer Alice Dennis presented a $1,150 check to Tim Roscher, commander of American Legion Post 83, Mathews, to sponsor two Mathews High… …
VSBA Showcase for Success (6/24/2026) - The Virginia School Boards Association has recognized Gloucester County’s Community Engagement Coordinator program within Gloucester County Public Schools as a Showcase for Success. Coordinators improve student achievement by bringing together… …
School consolidation plans move ahead in Mathews (6/17/2026) - Preparations are well underway to convert Mathews County Public Schools from a three-school division into one with two only schools, and Superintendent of Schools. Dr. David S. Daniel briefed school… …
FCCLA members present mirror project to county leaders (6/17/2026) - Falon Cook and Grace Keel, members of Mathews High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America chapter, met last month with Mathews Visitor and Information Center board members and… …
Kenley Voting Award (6/17/2026) - Members of the Betty and Jim Kenley Citizen Voting Award Scholarship Committee recently met with this year’s recipients at Mathews High School. Pictured here, from left, are committee members Bert… …
P.E.O. scholarship (6/17/2026) - P.E.O. Chapter CA awarded Gloucester High School senior Emerson Dutton a $500 scholarship at the GHS awards ceremony on June 1. Dutton will attend Appalachian State in Boone, North Carolina,… …St. Margaret’s School all-girls’ microschool to be launched in fall (6/17/2026) - More than a century after its founding, and a year after it closed its doors, the spirit of St. Margaret’s School is alive again. The St. Margaret’s School Foundation, a… …
Christchurch School celebrates 105th commencement (6/10/2026) - Christchurch’s 17th Head of School, William J. “Billy” Coyle, delivered the commencement address on May 23 to the class that arrived at the Middlesex County private school as ninth graders… …
Stamp contest winners (6/10/2026) - Several third, fourth and fifth grade students at Bethel Elementary School placed in the Daughters of the American Revolution Junior American Citizens Stamp Design Contest. This year’s theme was “Celebrating… …Students of the Year (6/10/2026) - Each month during the school year, Mathews High School students are selected for the Student of the Month honor. From among those students, one in each grade level is selected… …
Peasley NJHS (6/10/2026) - Peasley Middle School held its National Junior Honor Society induction ceremony on June 1. New members are, front row from left, Dylan Fox, Landon Epling, Joshua Davis, Sienna Colby, Veronica… …
GCDC scholarship (6/10/2026) - The Gloucester County Democratic Committee awarded Gloucester High School graduate Alexandria Feliciano its annual $1,000 GHS scholarship. GCDC’s scholarship honors Eldridge N. Cook. Cook was a Gloucester native who demonstrated… …Colonial Williamsburg trip (6/10/2026) - Mathews Elementary School student Sawyer Wagner learns how spoons were made in colonial times while visiting with Master Silversmith George Cloyed in Colonial Williamsburg. Third graders from MES visited the… …
P.E.O. scholarship (6/10/2026) - Members of P.E.O. Chapter CA recently presented its 2026 scholarship award of $500 to Mathews High School senior Felicity Hartlove. Hartlove will attend James Madison University this fall to major… …
Museum field trip (6/10/2026) - Thomas Hunter Middle School seventh graders toured the Virginia Museum of History & Culture in Richmond on June 1. Students took guided tours through the exhibits and enjoyed a picnic… …
At Richmond museum (6/10/2026) - Thomas Hunter Middle School sixth graders toured the Virginia Museum of History & Culture on June 2. Students had guided tours through the exhibits and enjoyed a picnic on the… …
Girl Scouts partner with Gloucester Boys & Girls Club (6/10/2026) - In Gloucester, the Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast is building meaningful connections that are helping girls thrive. Through community troop program partnerships with local organizations such as the Boys… …
Achilles Elementary (6/10/2026) - On June 1, Raven Cash, chair of the Abingdon Ruritan Club’s Public Service Committee, and her son Brody provided 250 munchkins and four boxes of coffee from Dunkin Donuts for… …
Tompkins Cottage visits (6/10/2026) - Mathews Elementary School second and fourth graders visited Tompkins Cottage the last full week of school. The ca. 1820 building stands across from the Historic Court Green and is one… …School board discusses alternative education funding needs (6/10/2026) - The Gloucester County School Board unanimously approved to forward a legislative proposal for the Virginia School Boards Association’s consideration that addresses state gaps in alternative education funding. School board member… …
Workforce readiness (6/10/2026) - Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Montross) recently toured the Glenns campus of Rappahannock Community College with Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling (above from left). The visit allowed the two to… …