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The Lancaster Virginia Historical Society (LVHS) recently announced “Zooming In On Local History: Virtual Speaker Series II,” featuring a second round of seven presentations by authors, researchers and historians. The programs will be presented via Zoom at 3 p.m. on select Thursdays and will be available later as recordings, reported...

The Bergamot Quartet will provide music at an opening reception for artist Deliece Blanchard, who will give a demonstration. The reception is set for 5-5:45 p.m. and 6-6:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 2 at Gloucester Arts on Main at 6580-B Main St. in Gloucester. Guests are limited to 25 per...

History Known as the Gateway to the Northern Neck, Richmond County was established in 1692 from the old Rappahannock County. Originally explored by Captain John Smith in 1607–1608, the county was settled in 1640 when people migrated up from settlements below the Rappahannock River. It was presumably named after the First...

History Mathews County was an established shipbuilding center for the Chesapeake Bay when it broke away from Gloucester in 1791 to become a separate county. About that time, 12 sailing ships over 20 tons each were built in a single year in Mathews, which the Chiskiake Indians had called Werowocomico. Between 1790...

The Lancaster Virginia Historical Society (LVHS) will host “Black Voices: Recollections of Working Women in mid-20th-century Lancaster and Northumberland” at 3 p.m. Thursday, February 4. The virtual program is the next installment in the “Zooming In On Lancaster County History” series. “The presentation will feature audio clips and information selected from...

Deltaville Maritime Museum Boat Shop Director John England, right, and volunteer Roland Anderson work on Hull 103 recently. Progress on Hull 103 can be viewed through large windows in the museum’s boat shop. The museum is at 287 Jackson Creek Road off General Puller Highway in Deltaville. Museum appointments...

During February, the RAL Art Center, 19 North Main Street, Kilmarnock, will feature the exhibit, “A Touch of Red.” This mixed-media exhibit promises to provide gallery visitors with a diverse and colorful interpretation of artwork that must include a shade, value or color of red, reported executive director Doug Mock. ...

History Established in 1653 by the colonial government in Jamestown, Westmoreland County was named for a British shire. The county’s most significant contributions to history include its fostering of more statesmen than any other county in the country, and for the Leedstown Resolutions. Considered the forerunner of the Declaration of Independence,...

The 2021 Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society Top Hats and Tails Gala is going “virtual,” so the community’s homeless pets can continue to receive the real care they deserve and everyone stays healthy and safe! Tickets and tables for the Saturday, Jan. 30 event are on sale now. You don't want to miss the chance...

The RAL Art Center gallery windows at 19 North Main Street, Kilmarnock, will have a split personality this month as the window artist of the month shares space with the “Snowmageddon” snowman competition.  “Snowmageddon” is the RAL Art Center’s challenge to their member artists to create a   snowman, or woman,...