Gloucester County News

The Ware Academy Middle School Student Council sponsored a Food Drive during November to benefit local families in need.

Officials in Gloucester County have begun the process of assessing the damages to residences and businesses caused by the nor'easter. If you received significant or substantial damage to your primary residence or business, call 693-1382 to report your damage.

Starting in early December during daylight hours, Gloucester County utility inspection crews will be conducting a physical survey of the sanitary sewer system.

The Gloucester County VA Health Clinic has a new phone number. The new phone number is 823-5230 . The VA Clinic is located at 211 County House Road.

Another day, another lawsuit in Richmond. Although this time it's an appeal. The 40 Gloucester petitioners filed an appeal Wednesday with the Virginia Supreme Court, saying that the $80,000 in sanctions levied against them by Judge Westbrook J. Parker violates the First and Fourteenth amendments to the Constitution.

An agreement to allow a family in Guinea to hook up their trailer to a septic system on property owned by Gloucester County has been scuttled by state and federal agencies.

Occasionally a gift just falls into your lap. For an opinion writer, the Gloucester Gang of Four has been a blessing.

Last week's nor'easter that flooded a number of families out of their homes combined with approaching holidays have prompted county officials to put out a plea for non-perishable food items to stock Gloucester food pantries.

Gloucester County Gloucester County Emergency Services is 804-693-3000. Hampton Residents can call the city's information line by dialing 311.

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

Four county supervisors have each filed $1.35 million lawsuits against Commonwealth's Attorney Robert D. Hicks, saying that he made defamatory and false statements against them that smeared their reputations.

Urbannaa TMs Virginia Street was filled with onlookers at the 52nd annual Oyster Festival Firemana TMs Parade on Friday night.

SOUTH HARRISON - A man who says he endured slashed tires and death threats just before he became rural South Harrison Township's first black mayor is stepping down.

Assessments of Gloucester properties climbed an average of 8 percent in this year's reassessment.

The U.S. Postal Service has violated federal regulations by failing to provide financial details that justify the planned closing of a mail-processing facility in Gloucester County, according to U.S. Rep.

Finally, the gloves are off. And so are the masks. Gone is the illusion that four hugely unpopular Gloucester County supervisors have the interests of constituents at heart.

The Gloucester County Task Force on Community Concerns is seeking a parent representative to serve on the task force.

If you were waiting for an acknowledgement from the Gloucester Board of Supervisors that one among them retained her seat and two other citizens won seats on the board in Tuesday's election, it may be a while.

Staff photos of life in Gloucester County and the rest of the Middle Peninsula. Image 1 of 26 The Catlett Islands that are part of the Timberneck Farms estate in Gloucester may be sold to the Virginia Institute for Marine Science.

John Northstein easily won a seat on the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors, defeating opponent Eric Weisel.