The Gloucester United Emergency Shelter Team seeks volunteers for meal deliveries. The meals are delivered to the Gloucester Inn and Tidewater Motel on Sunday and Wednesday of each week through the month of March. These are paud for by the Motel Vouncher grant and are prepared Brown Bag or Carryout Tray meals. The number of … Read more
The Mathews Polar Plunge is set to happen on Saturday. According to the Gazette-Journal the event was rescheduled from last month due to the snowstorm. A $10 donation gets you entry to the water off Haven Beach and donations are also welcome from those who don’t chose to jump in the water. Event organizer Amy … Read more
The Middlesex County NAACP Unit 7091 presents its Black History Month program at 2:00 p.m. this Saturday at the Freeshade Community Center on Regent Road in Topping. According to the Southside Sentinel the program will feature a “Fashion from the Motherland” African fashion show, a Black Wall Street preview and Middlesex High School History Teacher … Read more
Conditional Use Permits in Gloucester County are now valid for 2 years after the Board of Supervisors approves extending the period from one year. According to the Gazette-Journal the county’s Planning and Zoning department found the shorter validity period didn’t grant enough time to establish the permit’s use. The county Zoning Administrator was also given … Read more
The Town of Warsaw is accepting applications from non-profit organizations for grants awarded from the fiscal year 2023 budget. Applicants are required to list the reason for the request and provide their operating budget, the number of paid full- and part-time positions and benefits along with explaining how their organization benefits the town’s citizens. Application … Read more
Virginia’s former COVID-19 vaccine star is named to head the Department of Social Services. Dr. Danny Avula left his position last month so he could resume duties as director of the Richmond City and Henrico County health districts. Last week Governor Glenn Youngkin appointed Avula as commissioner succeeding Duke Storen who had been in that … Read more
Virginia’s daily jury pay could more than triple if a bill in the General Assembly becomes law. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch the bill increases circuit court trial pay from $30 to $100. Supporters say jury pay hasn’t changed for decades. If the bill becomes law it’s estimated to cost around $5 million a year. … Read more
The Virginia Department of Social Services announced it will once again furnish an emergency allotment for its Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program this month. Benefits will be automatically loaded onto recipients’ Electronic Benefits Transfer cards on Feb. 16. The additional funding comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and will go to over 367,000 Virginia residents. … Read more
The Essex County Museum & Historical Society announces an expansion of its current African American history exhibit. It’s called “Dreams Deferred, Goals Advanced: The African American Experience in Essex” and features 3 murals and life-size figures in period costume tracing black history in Essex from slavery times through Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era to … Read more
A reminder that the Northumberland County Public Schools is holding a Three Rivers Health District drive-through COVID-19 testing event tomorrow at Northumberland High School bus loop from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. The event is open to all staff, students and families. There is no testing tomorrow at Lancaster Middle School. You should be tested … Read more