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On Saturday, February 1, at 10 a.m. the Friends of the Gloucester Museum and the Black History Committee will unveil and dedicate a memorial marker and stand in honor of Irene Morgan. The marker will be placed at Hook Road...

Abingdon Episcopal Church on Route 17 at White Marsh in Gloucester County will host “New York Polyphony” in the second concert this season in the Arts at Abingdon Series. The concert will be held Saturday, January 18, at 5 p.m. at the...

In 2011 Camp Kekoka kicked off its first Polar Bear Plunge to raise money for the Guardian Program, which funds the subsidies that allow children whose parents couldn’t otherwise afford camp to attend. Last year’s Plunge raised $25,000, which...

In response to the devastating loss by fire of 133-year-old Saint Paul’s Baptist Church in Jamaica, Christ Church Parish (Episcopal) at Christchurch is coordinating a musical benefit “Share the Love Concert” to assist in its restoration efforts. The concert...

Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society (GMHS) will host The Golden Paws Gala and Auction on Saturday, January 25, from 5:30-11 p.m. at the Abingdon Ruritan Club near Gloucester Point. Presented by Guardian Sponsor Chesapeake Bank and Chesapeake Wealth Management, the annual...

by Bill Powell Events Director Deltaville Maritime Museum –  Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park will open its 2020 Turner Lecture Series with a presentation this Sunday, January 12, at 2 p.m. Whit Perry, Plimoth Plantation’s Director of Maritime Preservation and...

Nearly 60 pets brought their humans to the 3rd Annual Urbanna Children and Pet Parade on December 21. With tails wagging, “man’s best friends” were in dog heaven as they led their owners down Virginia Street to the town...

Only 50 days until Mardi Gras! This year’s Middlesex Mardi Gras promises to be a festive evening filled with good food and drink, great music and dancing, and a chance to take home auction items that all will enjoy....

A Suicide Prevention Awareness and Opioid Misuse Awareness Task Force meeting will be held on Thursday, February 13, in the Bay Aging meeting room, 5959 Fiddlers Green Rd., Gloucester. The suicide prevention meeting will be from 2-3 p.m., and the...

Fairfield Foundation team Members of the Fairfield Foundation team conducting an archeological dig at the Gressitt House in Urbanna, are, from left, Dave Brown, Ashley McCustion, Anna Rhodes and Thane Harpole. The team found a brick foundation behind the 18th-century...