Festival of Trees, parade kick off holiday weekend events
Dec 4, 2024 · Holiday happenings are in full swing now in Gloucester and Mathews counties. The Gloucester Resource Council’s Festival of Trees will begin this weekend’s fun tomorrow, followed by Gloucester’s Christmas & Holiday Parade on Saturday.
School Brief - Gazette Journal
Dec 18, 2024 · The Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal is a weekly print newspaper and online news source serving Virginia's Middle Peninsula.
First Christmas - Gazette Journal
Dec 18, 2024 · Two-month-old Zoey Marie Torres won’t remember this first visit with Santa Claus, and she even slept through the encounter on Saturday afternoon at the Mathews Visitor and Information Center. For more visits with Santa Claus, see photos here ...
Dunkin set to open in mid-December - Gazette Journal
Nov 26, 2024 · A new Dunkin will be opening around mid-December with an official grand opening in January. This location is in Gloucester Point, across the street from the Raceway convenience store.
Legislative visit - Gazette Journal
Dec 4, 2024 · Diane Kaufman, who is the regional director of U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine’s Eastern Virginia office, visited Abingdon Elementary School as part of the Virginia School Boards Association’s Take Your Legislator to School Month on Nov. 15.
Community concert - Gazette Journal
Dec 11, 2024 · Among the performers at Sunday’s Community Christmas Singalong and Concert at Central United Methodist Church in Mathews were William Earl Sadler, in photo below, performing “Mary Did You Know?” and the Ebenezer Church Choir, consisting of, front row from left, Kim Davis, Lorelei Williams, Karen Thomas, Sherry Jarvis; back row, Marilyn Burrell, Malvina Robinson, and Judy Gaskins ...
College tour - Gazette Journal
Dec 26, 2024 · The Irene Morgan Scholarship Fund Committee sponsored a field trip on Dec. 5 for 32 Gloucester High School students to tour Rappahannock Community College and Christopher Newport University. Transportation by Newton’s Bus Service and lunch at Anna’s Pizza were funded by a grant from the ...
Planners recommend denial of solar farms - Gazette Journal
Dec 11, 2024 · The Mathews County Planning Commission resoundingly rejected two applications for conditional use permits for solar farms during Tuesday night’s meeting, held in the historic courthouse.…
Here Comes Santa Claus - Gazette Journal
Dec 18, 2024 · Gloucester County Public Library held its Santa Visits and Holiday Open House Saturday at its Main Street Center location. In photo above, children on their way to see Santa Claus were greeted by library staff member Marlee Tegan Harlow, left, and Gloucester Daffodil Festival Queen Taryn Legg.
YMCA proposal dominates discussion - Gazette Journal
Dec 18, 2024 · For the second month in a row, a proposal by the Mathews Family YMCA to offer a preschool/day care program for 2-, 3- and 4-year-olds on school property dominated public discussion during Tuesday’s meeting of the Mathews County School Board. The proposal, which was introduced by the Y at the ...