Honor Band (2/11/2026) - This past week, six students from the Mathews High School Blue Devil Band participated in the VBODA All-District VIII Honor Band at Woodside High School. The students rehearsed for 10… …
Regional competition (2/11/2026) - The Gloucester High School Scholastic Bowl team competed in the regional competition at Jamestown High School last Wednesday, Feb. 4. Gloucester advanced to the semifinals by defeating Churchland, 285-115, but… …
GHS FFA holds winter degree ceremony (2/11/2026) - The Gloucester chapter of the Future Farmers of America held its winter degree ceremony on Jan. 30. Virginia Setterholm and Jordan Lynch received their Greenhand Degrees and Charlotte Evans received… …MHS students of the month (2/11/2026) - Mathews High School’s students of the month for January are eighth grader Devi Morrison, freshman Finn McKinster, sophomore Bella Hockenberry, junior Taylor Hubbard (clockwise from top left) and, not pictured,… …
Local students named to CBGS Director’s List (2/11/2026) - Several local students from Gloucester and Mathews were named to the Chesapeake Bay Governor’s School for Marine and Environmental Science’s Director’s List for the first semester of the 2025-2026 school… …
Reality Store (2/11/2026) - Abingdon Ruritan Club members helped out with Peasley Middle School’s Reality Store program, which was held on Jan. 29-30. Reality Store is a financial simulation that allows students to learn… …
STEM night (2/11/2026) - Ware Academy third graders recently worked collaboratively to research, plan and create a new colony. The students then designed STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) projects to address the hardships… …School Briefs (2/11/2026) - Ailin Harpole of Hayes, was named to the dean’s list at the University of Rhode Island for the fall 2025 semester. To be included on the dean’s list, full-time students… …
Second place (2/11/2026) - The Chesapeake Bay Governor’s School Glenns team placed second overall at the 28th annual Blue Crab Bowl, held Saturday at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point. Students had… …Abingdon Ruritans offer scholarships to Gloucester students (2/11/2026) - Gloucester High School students and Gloucester County home-schooled students who are seniors are encouraged to apply for one of the Abingdon Ruritan Club’s scholarships. Students planning to attend a four-year… …
Local student selected to performat Carnegie Hall (2/4/2026) - Middlesex High School student Madeline Inge has been selected for the High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Inge will play clarinet this weekend with… …
Curiosity (2/4/2026) - Students from each grade at Ware Academy are selected and recognized for a character trait every month. Those recognized for curiosity include, from left, Jackson Miller, Nelson Bradford, Samuel Coggeshall,… …Gloucester Library announces teen photo contest (2/4/2026) - Gloucester County Public Library has announced its teen photography contest open for students in ninth through 12th grades. Teens are asked to submit their most creative photo using forced perspective,… …
Tidewater SWCD has two scholarship opportunities available (2/4/2026) - The Tidewater Soil and Water Conservation District, through the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, has two scholarship opportunities available. These scholarships are intended to promote the education… …
Abingdon Ruritans offer scholarships to Gloucester students (2/4/2026) - Gloucester High School students and Gloucester County home-schooled students who are seniors are encouraged to apply for one of the Abingdon Ruritan Club’s scholarships. Students planning to attend a four-year… …
New CNAs (1/28/2026) - Gloucester High School graduated a number of students from its Certified Nursing Assistant program in a pinning ceremony held on Jan. 16. New CNAs are, in first photo from left,… …
Top teacher (1/28/2026) - Mathews County teacher Michelle Williams recently traveled to Nashville to take part in the 2025 CareerTech VISION Conference and New Teacher of the Year Award Nomination. Williams was named Outstanding… …
Spelling Bee champ (1/28/2026) - Fifth grader Oliver Brown placed first in Achilles Elementary School’s spelling bee competition on Jan. 16. Students in third through fifth grades prepared for weeks from lists of words distributed… …School Briefs (1/28/2026) - Colby Morris, Lauren King, Gavyn Talbot, Haley Gsell and Julie Trist, all of Gloucester, were named to the fall 2024 dean’s list at Bridgewater College. To receive this honor, students… …
Gloucester School Board begins budget considerations (1/28/2026) - The Gloucester County School Board began discussing its FY27 budget during a work session held last Thursday evening in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium. “Gloucester County Public Schools delivers… …
Blue Ribbon celebration (1/28/2026) - Bulldog pride was on full display at the end of the school day on Friday afternoon as Botetourt Elementary School held an assembly in its gymnasium for the school’s students… …
Jostens Renaissance names Gloucester High couple as ambassadors (1/21/2026) - Jostens Renaissance has announced that Gloucester High School counselor Joshua Coleman and his wife, GHS teacher Beth Coleman, have been selected to be two of 34 school culture and climate… …
6 MHS students qualify for VBODA District VIII Honor Band (1/21/2026) - Twelve students from Mathews High School traveled on Jan. 10 to Hampton to audition for the VBODA District VIII Honor Band. Six of these students qualified for the band, which… …
CNU Honor Band (1/21/2026) - Three Gloucester High School students, members of the Marching Dukes and the GHS band program—Alexis Chattin, Samantha Ramaglino and Sophia Salisbury, from left—participated in Christopher Newport University’s Honor Band led… …
Oratorical Contest winner (1/21/2026) - Charis McTurnal of Gloucester, is the winner of the American Legion Mathews Post 83 High School Oratorical Contest held on Jan. 10. McTurnal will now compete with other winners from… …