Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal

12/10/2025

The Mathews Volunteer Fire Department’s Lighted Boat Parade was held on Saturday along the East River, with a large, bustling crowd gathering at Williams Wharf to watch the boats parade by. The winning boat, shown here, was The P.E. Pruitt, owned by Waynie Hudgins of Horn Harbor Marina.

The next two weeks will provide two opportunities, weather permitting, to watch and possibly pilot boats, large and small, and decorated in the Christmas spirit.

Read more about these planned upcoming lighted boat parades by visiting https://www.gazettejournal.net/lighted-boats-on-local-waters/

12/10/2025

The Gloucester County Planning Commission voted to recommend denial of a rezoning request that would allow 427 residential units along Fox Centre Parkway during a meeting last Thursday evening in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium.

The property owner is Evergreen Development Company, LLC, the applicant is Robert Kubicki and the developer is D.R. Horton. They requested to rezone 130.8 acres of undeveloped, wooded land along Fox Mill Centre Parkway from Rural Countryside (RC-1) and General Business (B-1) to Planned Unit Development (PUD-1).

The rezoning would allow for the construction of 214 townhouse units and 213 single-family units, for a total of 427 units, on the undeveloped land through a planned unit development.

Read all about the public hearing at the link below.

The Gloucester County Planning Commission voted to recommend denial of a rezoning request that would allow 427 residential units along Fox Centre Parkway during a…

12/10/2025

This year’s Mathews Christmas Parade, to be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, will honor two people who have deep, lasting ties to the county and a commitment to public service—Mathews Memorial Library Director Bette Dillehay and Gwynn’s Island Museum Director Tom Edwards. The two will serve as grand marshals of the parade, which this year has the theme “Jingle on the Bay.”

Learn more about this year's grand marshals by visiting https://www.gazettejournal.net/dillehay-edwards-to-lead-mathews-parade/

12/10/2025

The Mathews County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a conditional use permit for a telecommunications tower at Cobbs Creek after a public hearing held during a special called meeting on Monday afternoon.

The permit will allow Verizon Wireless to construct a 195-foot self-supporting monopole telecommunications tower with a four-foot lightning rod on property owned by Matthew and Stephanie Lowe near the intersection of Cobbs Creek Lane and Buckley Hall Road. Verizon explained in its application that the tower is critical to its goal of “providing state of the art voice and data services in Matthews (sic) County, including wireless broadband.”

The public hearing had been scheduled for the November meeting, but was delayed at the request of Mathews County Attorney Andrea Erard, who said at the time that she had not reviewed the application, and that she needed time to develop an ordinance for the project that would address safety issues and ensure that emergency services could place radio equipment on the tower.

Read the full story at the link below.

The Mathews County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a conditional use permit for a telecommunications tower at Cobbs Creek after a public hearing held during…

12/10/2025

The Gloucester County Christmas & Holiday Parade was held Saturday afternoon along Main Street. Check out these photos from the parade and other Main Street festivities 🎄 Be sure to read all about the parade by visiting https://www.gazettejournal.net/an-estimated-2500-attend-gloucester-holiday-parade/

12/09/2025

A few flowers linger from warmer days, but the scene is gradually changing over to winter 🌷

12/09/2025

12/09/2025

Congratulations to these Dukes for receiving all-district honors for football 🏈

12/09/2025

The Gloucester County School Board meeting originally scheduled for tonight has been rescheduled to tomorrow, Dec. 10. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium.

12/09/2025

12/08/2025

Ware Academy eighth graders are working on an oyster project sponsored by Virginia Farm Bureau and the Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association. The students have been responsible for helping build the oyster cages, growing the oysters, monitoring their growth and testing the water quality.

Shown are participating students, front row from left, Arabella Thorne, Nina Donis, Isaac Dye, Gracen Billups, Vick Spain of TOGA, Jackson Miller, Anna Foster, Amelia Reynolds; back row, Luke Masiak, teacher Natalie Fleet, Katie Ly, Dominic Williams, Chase Murphy, Marshall Hudgins, Landon Williams, Reylan Miltenberger, Piper Ward, Olivia Millard and Rylee Foster.