Background: Assistant chief, Amissville Volunteer Fire and Rescue (AVFR); part-time EMT medic, Rappahannock advanced life support program; longtime president and coach, Rappahannock Athletic Association/Rappahannock Culpeper Baseball (RAA/RCB), Amissville; former...
Background: Co-owner, Waterpenny Farm in Sperryville; director, Rappahannock Nature Camp; member, Rappahannock County School Board representing the Piedmont District since 2008; member, Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection Education Committee; former vice...
Rappahannock couple receives prestigious award Nestled along Long Mountain Road is one of Rappahannock County's most precious jewels – the Jones Nature Preserve. Like the county’s motto, “A scenic masterpiece made perfect by nature,” the preserve is an ecological...
Project expanding with shops, services, warehouses Only three miles east of the Rappahannock County line at Clevengers Corner – where routes 211 and 229 intersect – sits Stonehaven, an imposing 500-plus-acre housing development. The project calls for the construction...
After several years of deliberations and meetings on the future of the county courthouse, the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors (BOS) seems to be closing in on final concept plans. The supervisors and members of an advisory courthouse Planning and Oversight...
Board of Supervisors Special Called Meeting (Joint with Courthouse Planning Oversight Committee), Dec. 19, 2024Click above to watch a full video of the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors' special called meeting to discuss the courthouse project. The Rappahannock...
Background: Owner, Country Cafe Pit Stop, Sperryville. Rappahannock native whose family goes back several generations in the county. Former 30-year board member of Belvoir Assembly of God church in Marshall, Va. Supports county community service programs through...
Deer Road.jpgDeer on the road in Tiger Valley. On a clear November night around 11 p.m., Edie and David Tatel of Castelton were traveling on a twisty, narrow section of Rock Mills Road toward the bridge that crosses the Thornton River. Out of nowhere a deer jumped in...
laurel ridgeDonna Comer explains HVAC training to students and Lions Club members. Rappahannock Lions Club members visited the Laurel Ridge Skilled Trades Center in Warrenton recently to learn more about a program helping Rappahannock County High School (RCHS)...
2023-11-07-Election-Chester-Gap--10-web.jpgVoting booths inside the Chester Gap polling station on Election Day Nov. 7, 2023. From dates to register to combating voter fraud, Rappahannock’s Registrar of Voters has answers Rappahannock voters will head to the polls...
Biodiversity restoration taking root in Rappahannock County and around the region Speed dating isn’t just for singles who want brief meet ups with prospective partners — not in Northern Virginia’s Piedmont, anyway. In a new twist on the “mini-dating” phenomenon, a...
Can new farming practices increase numbers? The call of the northern bobwhite, the trill of the eastern meadowlark, the sweet high notes of the grasshopper sparrow — imagine a walk down a quiet country lane without enjoying the beautiful songs of these and other...