Braxton and Tessa Hall (L-R), great-grandchildren of longtime Mathews Volunteer Fire Department member Terry Putt and his ...

“The Village Blacksmith” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was one of my favorite poems I learned to recite in high school. Longfellow is certainly one of my favorite all-time authors. There is one person ...

Fall colors and late-blooming flowers tell us that autumn is firmly in place. Please send your photos to [email protected]. Dolphins in Chesapeake Bay from Bob Waldrop. Mary Bourne of Bena ...

The Court House Players will present “Dead Giveaway,” a mystery by Pat Cook, this weekend at the Cobbs Creek Arts Center, 61 Cobbs Creek Lane, Cobbs Creek. Show times are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, ...

Mathews High School will hold its homecoming parade at 4 p.m. Friday, beginning at Thomas Hunter Middle School, winding through Mathews Court House, and ending at MHS. This year’s grand marshal will ...

On Friday, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced that 104 local tourism programs will receive more than $625,000 in matching grant funds to boost the period between peak and off-peak season travel across the ...

In the last game of the regular season, the Gloucester High School varsity field hockey team defeated the New Kent Trojans, 11-0, Tuesday night at home. As the highest-seeded team, the Lady Dukes will ...

Dave L. Curtis of Urbanna, passed away on Oct. 17, 2025 at Riverside Walter Reed Hospital in Gloucester. He was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Curtis; one daughter, LaKeyia S.

Ella Bell Guthrie, 87, of Jeffersonville, Indiana, died on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. Services are under the direction of Hogg Funeral Home, Gloucester Point.

Rufus “Raymond” Robinson of Blakes, a U.S. Air Force veteran, died on Oct. 18, 2025. He worked at Newport News Shipbuilding, and helped to build the original Coleman Bridge. He was born on Nov. 14, ...

LCDR Roland Wade Callis, USCG-retired, set sail for far more peaceful waters early Sunday morning, October 19, 2025 at the ripe age of 85. He was born in Onemo, Virginia, to George Haywood and Inez ...

Plans are underway for the Ware River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons 2025 Christmas Open House, which will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 9, at Kaleda, the home of Mark and Melissa Christian.