Charlie Koenig

More than 22 percent of eligible voters in Gloucester have already cast their ballots ahead of Tuesday’s 2024 presidential election, while in Mathews, nearly 40…

Superintendents in Gloucester and Mathews counties reported smooth openings to the 2024-2025 school year. Classes began Monday in both counties. In Gloucester “We had a…

Fresh off his state championship win in the 110-meter hurdles, Mathews High School junior Donovan Forrest competed this past weekend in the Adidas Track Nationals…

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Beginning in the fall, Mathews County’s eighth grade class will be moving from Thomas Hunter Middle School to Mathews High School. While the choice to…

Despite the heat and having to shut down early on Saturday due to rainstorms, last weekend’s 48th annual Mathews Market Days festival was again another…

In Mathews Valedictorian Ethan Hudgins and salutatorian Savannah Hartlove will lead the rest of the 54 members of the Mathews High School Class of 2023…

While rainy weather kept away large crowds to Sunday afternoon’s local Memorial Day ceremonies, a dedicated few attended services in Mathews and Gloucester to honor…

A little-known, yet extremely significant piece of Gloucester County history is now available to the public online, with the recent addition of a digital database…

Lifelong Guinea waterman Jackie Bonniville was supposed to be the 2021 Guinea Jubilee grand marshal, but a rise in Covid cases caused the rather sudden…

The Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal is a weekly print newspaper and online news source serving Virginia’s Middle Peninsula.

For some, it’s the thrill of finding a tangible piece of the past that they can hold in their hands. For others, it’s a chance…

The Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal is a weekly print newspaper and online news source serving Virginia’s Middle Peninsula.

For all the challenges facing Realtors this year in the current economic climate, 2022 is very different from the 2008 housing crisis. That was just…

During the height of World War II, four military chaplains of different denominations had their faith put to the ultimate test. And, nearly 80 years…

The Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal is a weekly print newspaper and online news source serving Virginia’s Middle Peninsula.

CHARLIE KOENIG / GAZETTE-JOURNALSunday’s Mathews High School graduation ceremony definitely looked different from celebrations in years past, as precautions were taken in the light of…

David Kyle presented a wreath at the Gloucester ceremony on behalf of the Abingdon Ruritan Club. Memorial Day—noting the sacrifice of America’s men and women…