Weems News

The 23rd annual Memorial Day Ceremony will be held at Bethel United Methodist Church at 9 a.m. If weather permits, the ceremony will be held outside near the cemetery, said Robert V. Smart.

The Foundation for Historic Christ Church in Weems has chosen "Valuing Our Heritage" as its theme for 2012 season.

A 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the July 2011 murder of Joseph Maurice Waller.

For its 12th annual conservation symposium, the Garden Club of the Northern Neck, in partnership with the Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula, will offer "The ABCs of the Chesapeake Bay Oyster, a New Industry." The presentation will be February 21 in the Bayne Center at Christ Church at 420 Christ Church Road in Weems.