Sherry Hamilton

Mathews Meals on Wheels is in need of volunteer drivers who are willing to give up two hours once a month to deliver meals to Mathews seniors who are homebound. Duffy and Bill Crowe, shown at left, have been “sharing their grace and love” by volunteering for the program for over 19 years, said Meals on Wheels coordinator Laura Matthews, third from left. As Bill and Duffy have shown over the past two decades, said Matthews, “the simple act of offering your skills and enthusiasm will positively impact the lives of others, as well as your own.” Jackie Satterly, at right, helps prepare the Bay Aging-sponsored meals at Thomas Hunter Middle School. To look into volunteering, call Matthews at 804-725-7850 or email [email protected].

The Mathews County Board of Supervisors held three public hearings during its board meeting on Thursday, Oct. 17, approving changes to the language governing short-term vacation rentals and adopting a no-wake zone for Put-In Creek, but tabling action on adopting new fee schedules for the planning and zoning and building departments.

Mathews supervisors have adopted a resolution asking the Virginia Department of Historic Resources to rescind its recent approval of a highway marker recognizing the early 20th century exodus of black residents from Gwynn’s Island. Members voted 3-2 to approve the resolution during the board’s Oct. 17 board meeting, held in the historic courthouse.

SHERRY HAMILTON / GAZETTE-JOURNAL Mathews Memorial Library Head of Youth Services Carol McCormack gives students in Kristen Ashburn’s third grade class at Mathews Elementary School the word “volunteer” to look up as part of an exercise in familiarizing them with the new personal dictionaries they were given on Oct. 15 by the library’s Dictionary Program. Friends of the Mathews Memorial Library annually provides funding to purchase a dictionary for each third grader and the parent of each Head Start student.

A crew with Verizon contractor Sites Unlimited, Inc., met with Mathews officials on Tuesday for an initial site visit to the Mathews-owned communications tower at Fire Station 2 Bohannon. They were there to determine the scope of work needed to place Verizon cellular equipment on the tower. Shown, from left, are Verizon construction manager Stephen Loftheim and acquisition agent Rui da Silva, Mathews Broadband Advisory Board vice chairman Willie Love, Verizon engineer Morgan Wagner (in background), broadband consultant Jeff Beekhoo of Broadband Telecom, and Mathews Volunteer Fire Department president Donnie Lewis.

SHERRY HAMILTON / GAZETTE-JOURNAL During the Oct. 17 meeting of the Mathews County Board of Supervisors, Mathews Sheriff April Edwards recognized her office’s 911 dispatchers for going beyond the call of duty during a time when one of the dispatchers was injured in a serious accident. Dispatchers present at the meeting included, standing front from left, Chrissy Kesler, Heather Thomas, Patricia Miles; back row, Connie Miller, Laura Carson (partially visible), Shannon Bristow and Kamryn Cooper.

Southwind Café was the winner of the Mathews Main Street’s annual award for Halloween décor, presented on Friday as part of Main Street’s Howl-a-Palooza celebration…

Liliana and Layla Fogler of Mathews, take their pick of the Halloween candy handed out on Saturday at Doodlebugs Consignments during Mathews Main Street’s Howl-A-Palooza, when Mathews businesses welcomed children to drop by for Trick or Treat. Dozens of children participated in the festive events, which began at Mathews Memorial Library with a pumpkin-carving contest, a costume contest, and a Goosebumps at the Library Party.

SHERRY HAMILTON / GAZETTE-JOURNAL Mathews County Triad received the Virginia Attorney General’s Office’s first-ever Jim Gilmore Award for TRIAD Excellence. Members of Mathews TRIAD’s S.A.L.T. Council (Seniors and Law Enforcement Together) are, seated from left, Dr. Linda Johnson, Phyllis Hudgins, Polly Morgan, treasurer Cathy Rowe; standing, community coordinator Maria Sadler, secretary Jill Coffey, Jim Warren, Mathews County Sheriff’s Office liaison Corp. Sid Foster, president Alice Stewart, vice president Diane Vogel, Sharon Frye, and Bentley Callison. Not pictured: founding member Jack Cranford and Nicholas Proffitt, community liaison for the Virginia Attorney General’s Office.

Maci Parrott of Hayes, at left, and family friend Cindy Torres of Williamsburg, ride the T&T Express, a Calloway Enterprises amusement ride, with Jason Parrott of Hayes, during the DMV Classic Car Show, held on Saturday at the York River Crossing Shopping Center, Hayes. For more on the show, click here.