Gloucester News

Many people have a favorite kind of animal. For Lizz Lester, it's the animals of the feline persuasion that bring out her spirit of volunteerism.

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.

Ellen Ruth Higgins pulls a freshly baked pecan pie from the oven with a smile, saying, "I don't like them, but I love making them." Photo by Betty Wrenn Day .

A line of voters waits at York district's Achilles precinct Tuesday morning to cast ballots.

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.

Political newcomer Carter Borden will represent the York District on the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors, unseating incumbent Supervisor Teresa Altemus in a stunningly easy victory.

A Newport News woman has been charged with a Halloween night assault that sent a 27-year-old man to the hospital.

A pair of Hayes residents were arrested Friday night for falsely reporting that they were robbed at gunpoint in their front yard on Ashley Street.

Eric Weisel quotes founding father Thomas Jefferson - "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent" - before saying that Gloucester 's Board of Supervisors election is "about restoring decency to government." Weisel faces John Northstein in the race to succeed Rick Allen, who opted not to seek re-election ...

Extending sewer lines to areas of the York District with failing septic systems that are polluting Gloucester waterways should be a priority, said Board of Supervisors candidate Carter Borden.

Public health nurse Juliet Means administers a dose of H1N1 vaccine to Jeri Lee Russ of Gloucester on Tuesday.

A 45-year-old woman was sexually assaulted Sunday night in the Holly Beach subdivision by an assailant who is still at large.

The first its kind was unveiled in Gloucester County Monday. The first propane school bus fleet was celebrated during a ceremony with Congressman Robert Wittman, Delegate Harvey Morgan and the Department of Environmental Quality.

A Gloucester County man died early this morning in an accident on Route 17. George Washington Cash Jr., 50, was pronounced dead at the scene on Route 17 near Ark Road around 5:30 a.m. Sgt.

I have a high-tech environmental database management business in Gloucester County.

Rumors may or may not prove true, but property deeds don't lie. The hot topic lately around Mathews is that Tom Cruise and his wife, Katie Holmes , have forked out $16 million for "Green Plains," a 643-acre estate on the North River with a seven-bedroom brick mansion.

Candidates for the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors seats faced off during a forum Thursday night in the Page Middle School auditorium.

Doug Price of Tractor Supply in Gloucester displays about half of the 350 or so applications he received recently for 25 positions at the new store, which opens in November.

Gloucester Point Magisterial District Board of Supervisor representative Bobby Crewe will hold a town meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at Abingdon Elementary School, 7087 Powhatan Drive, Hayes.

It took Brenda Sledge about 3 minutes - the time it took her to get from Hampton's Church of Jesus social hall to her car - to make the decision to give one of her kidneys to fellow church member, Pat Latham.