Gwynn News

With its historic Court Green and shops and restaurants, the village area of Mathews is like a step back in time - especially considering the county still doesn't have a stoplight.

Tom Karow, left, and Forrest Morgan, members of the Archaeological Society of VirginiaMiddle Peninsula, will have a variety of 17th century Mathews artifacts on display Saturday at the Gwynn's Island Festival.

Over its 30 years of operation, owners Ralph and Mary Valdrighi, back, have often been found in the kitchen behind the counter of Seabreeze Restaurant on Gwynn's Island.

The remnants of Hurricane Ida proved to be no Isabel on the lower Middle Peninsula.

Casey Charnick uses a boat to traverse the ditch in front of his Maryus Road home.