Robinson graduates from ODU (5/14/2025) - Brian Robinson, recipient of the Mathews NAACP’s Beatrice Bobo Scholarship for the last three years, graduated Saturday from Old Dominion University with a bachelor of science degree in strategic communication.… …School board readopts budget, grapples with CEP (5/14/2025) - The Gloucester County School Board adopted its budget for fiscal year 2026 in the amount of $81.9 million Tuesday night, following its previous budget adoption of $83.5 million in March.… …
Lancaster’s Brookvale H.S. to receive historical marker (5/14/2025) - The state Department of Historic Resources announced recently the approval of nine new historical markers, including one in Lancaster County to commemorate a school that served the community’s black student… …
Teachers of the Year (5/14/2025) - Gloucester County Public Schools celebrated its Teachers of the Year last Thursday in the T.C. Walker Education Center Café and announced its District Teacher of the Year as Gloucester High… …Third-quarter honor rolls announced (5/7/2025) - Page Middle School Page Middle School has released its honor rolls for the third quarter of the 2024-2025 school year. Students receiving all As during the marking period were: Eighth… …
Senior walk (5/7/2025) - Graduation is right around the corner, and on Monday, the Mathews High School seniors marched through Mathews Elementary and Thomas Hunter Middle School, with the younger students cheering them on.… …
GHS Future Problem Solvers take first in state comp (5/7/2025) - The Gloucester High School Future Problem Solvers team placed first in the Virginia State Bowl in March and will travel to Indiana to compete with teams around the world in… …
Purple Up (5/7/2025) - American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75 from Gloucester, has been presenting Purple Up goodie bags to the five elementary schools in the county. From left, Auxiliary president Cheryl Slavnik and Sawyer… …
Community support (5/7/2025) - Thomas Hunter Middle School principal Jodie Simpson reached out to Ron Lambert to get the boys’ locker room painted ahead of this year’s Tour de Chesapeake, which will be held… …MHS students of the month (5/7/2025) - Mathews High School’s students of the month for April are eighth grader Christian Wells, freshman Mya Schroeder, sophomore Jacob Heimerich, junior Nora Suthard and senior Seth James. Students are chosen… …
DAR Good Citizen Award (5/7/2025) - The Cricket Hill chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, presented Mathews High School senior Suki Zheng its 2025 Good Citizen Award. Pictured left to right are Mathews High School principal… …
Lemon receives VCCSphilanthropy award (4/30/2025) - Carolyn A. Lemon of Gloucester was presented the 19th annual Virginia Community College System’s Chancellor’s Award for Leadership in Philanthropy during a luncheon ceremony in Richmond on April 15, hosted… …
Tri-M Music Honors Society (4/30/2025) - The Mathews High School chapter of the Tri-M Music Honors Society inducted six new members on Tuesday, April 22. They were selected based on academic performance, leadership and character qualities,… …
Crochet club (4/30/2025) - Botetourt Elementary School’s crochet club will be attending Gloucester County Parks, Recreation and Tourism’s Spring Kids Craft Market this Saturday in the court circle. “The Bulldog Boutique,” led by technology… …
Reading Challenge winners (4/30/2025) - Thomas Hunter Middle School Library’s second annual March Madness Reading Challenge winners and their English teachers were treated to a celebratory lunch at Southwind Café on Friday. Each student had… …
Disaster training (4/30/2025) - The Gloucester High School HOSA club and health sciences students helped with Rappahannock Community College’s disaster simulation training on Friday at the Glenns campus. The GHS students acted as victims… …
Burns named 2025 Outstanding Principal (4/30/2025) - Northumberland High School principal Dr. Travis Burns, who previously was principal of Page Middle School in Gloucester, has been named the 2025 Outstanding High School Principal of Virginia by a… …
Encouraging young readers (4/30/2025) - Abingdon Ruritan Club’s Public Service Committee, led by Raven Cash, visited Achilles Elementary School on Friday. The committee presented 60 Scholastic books to each third grader and helped them personalize… …
SMART workshop (4/30/2025) - The Irene Morgan Scholarship Fund presented a SMART workshop at Peasley and Page middle schools recently. The purpose was to prepare eighth grade students for high school. The speaker at… …
Mathews Music Department (4/23/2025) - Earlier this month, the Mathews High School Music Department performed in Newport News at their spring competition. The String Orchestra finished first in their class with an Excellent rating and… …
FFA plant sale (4/23/2025) - The Gloucester High School agriculture department held its annual spring plant sale over the weekend as a fundraiser for the school’s Future Farmers of America chapter to travel to competitions,… …
A visit from Canto (4/23/2025) - Fourth graders at Mathews Elementary School met their accelerated reading goals and earned a special visit on April 11 with Canto, a Canine Companions’ dog. The children read their own… …School board recognizes student achievement (4/23/2025) - The Gloucester County School Board recognized several students for their recent achievements during last Thursday night’s meeting held in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium. Madison Roady and Jackzel Quinones… …
Easter fun (4/23/2025) - The Gloucester High School Renaissance Leadership Class hosted an egg hunt, as well as other Easter activities, for the community Saturday on the field hockey practice field. In top photo,… …
Child abuse prevention (4/23/2025) - Cheryl Adams with Shaheen, Ruth, Martin & Fonville Real Estate, business sponsor of the Exchange Club of Gloucester-Mathews, helped pack and deliver 90 information/snack bags for kindergarten and first grade… …