Coffee Shop Jazz (4/2/2025) - The Mathews High School Music Department held its second annual Coffee Shop Jazz program last Wednesday. Community members filled the school’s cafeteria to hear the MHS Jazz Band and the… …Woman with ties to Mathews honored by USPS (4/2/2025) - Millie Dunn Veasey, who taught four years at Thomas Hunter High School in Mathews in the mid-1950s, has been honored in Raleigh, North Carolina, her hometown. In Mathews, she taught… …
‘I Am Enough’ Youth Girls Retreat to be held April 25-26 (4/2/2025) - Blessed Couples United Outreach (B.C. United Outreach), the Gloucester-based community organization, will hold its annual “I Am Enough” Youth Girls Empowerment Retreat on April 25-26 at Camp Piankatank, 1586 Stamper’s… …
GHS Class of 2005 to hold reunion June 28 (4/2/2025) - The Gloucester High School Class of 2005 will hold its 20th reunion this summer and is looking for members of that class to register for the event. The reunion will… …
Scholarship deadline fast approaching (4/2/2025) - Abingdon Ruritan Club scholarships, with an April 18 application deadline, are available in two forms this year, according to the club. One scholarship will be awarded to a student who… …
RCC celebrates community college month (4/2/2025) - Rappahannock Com- munity College is joining institutions across the country in recognizing April as Community College Month. Many community colleges, including RCC, are known for providing affordable education and workforce… …
Running for a cause (3/26/2025) - It was a beautiful day, as 376 entrants took part in Saturday’s 13th annual Gloucester County Public Schools Educational Foundation 8K Run and 3K Run/Walk at Gloucester High School. The… …
Ribbon cutting (3/26/2025) - Ware Academy celebrated the second phase completion of its Ware Opportunities Arise building project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony last Wednesday, March 19. Students, faculty, families and supporters gathered on campus… …
Teacher honored (3/26/2025) - Virginia Association for Career and Technical Education President Bo Bundrick was on hand at the Mathews County School Board’s March 18 meeting to formally present Thomas Hunter Middle School teacher… …
VSBA Art Contest (3/26/2025) - Three Mathews students were recognized for artwork that represented the county at the Virginia School Boards Association’s Spring Regional Art Contest at the Mathews County School Board’s March 18 meeting.… …
Sensory Support Backpacks (3/26/2025) - Last week, Allean “Beanie” Rowe and Abigail Henry, two members of the Thomas Hunter Middle School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America chapter, presented 35 Sensory Support Backpacks to… …School board approves personnel matters (3/26/2025) - The Gloucester County School Board approved several personnel matters during its last regular monthly meeting, held March 11 in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium. Lauren Jacob and Maria Zeledon,… …
Busy week for band students (3/26/2025) - The Mathews County Public Schools Music Department has had a busy week. Last Wednesday, the Mathews High School band traveled to Warhill High School in Williamsburg to participate in the… …
Information session (3/26/2025) - Rappahannock Community College Dean of Strategic Enrollment Management Dr. Kendra Wood provided information on dual enrollment and other topics to members of the Gloucester Branch of the NAACP, from left,… …School board put on notice budget cuts ahead (3/26/2025) - “I don’t want to cut your budget … but I don’t see how we cannot cut this budget,” Mathews supervisor Janice Phillips said during a joint work session Friday morning… …
School board recognizes Richardson’s Café (3/19/2025) - The Mathews County School Board named Richardson’s Café to the 2025 Virginia School Boards Association Business Honor Roll in recognition of the support that the business has provided to the… …
State conference (3/19/2025) - The Gloucester High School HOSA Club attended the Virginia HOSA State Leadership Conference the second weekend of March, where Peasley Middle School student Jocelynn Nester placed first in the categories… …
MHS Coffee Shop Jazz (3/19/2025) - On Wednesday, March 26, the Mathews High School Music Department will hold its second annual Coffee Shop Jazz event in the school’s cafeteria, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10… …
Read Across America (3/19/2025) - Students and staff at Achilles Elementary School celebrated Read Across America at the beginning of March by dressing up as their favorite book characters. Those dressing up as characters from… …K&Q to build new elementary school (3/19/2025) - King and Queen County has awarded Grimm + Parker Architects the contract to develop a master site plan for the construction of a new elementary school and academic campus. The new school… …
School Brief (3/19/2025) - Mahaila Burton of Port Haywood, and Virginia Silberhorn of Gloucester Point, were named to the dean’s list at Hollins University for the fall 2024 semester. To attain this distinction, students… …
Ochoa Zepeda places first in oratorical competition (3/19/2025) - Gloucester County Public Schools Department of Secondary School Leadership, in collaboration with the Gloucester Branch of the NAACP and the Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation, held the second annual student oratorical… …
Gloucester School Board adopts $83.5M budget; Brewer named to board (3/19/2025) - The Gloucester County School Board adopted Superintendent of Schools Dr. Anthony Vladu’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026 totaling $83,530,279 during its joint meeting with the Board of Supervisors Tuesday… …
VHSL Speech Super Regionals (3/12/2025) - Mathews High School hosted the VHSL 1A/1B Speech Super Regionals on Saturday, welcoming teams from Appomattox Regional Governor’s School, and Brunswick, Cumberland, Buffalo Gap, Galileo Magnet and Northampton high schools.… …
MHS String Orchestra (3/12/2025) - The Mathews High School String Orchestra received Straight Superior Ratings for the second year in a row at last weekend’s VBODA State Assessment. The orchestra traveled to Menchville High School… …