One day he feels fine . . . next comes a diagnosis of cancer, five kinds “I’m a very blessed man. My whole life, I’ve had everything I wanted or needed,” said Ted Pellegatta, looking back on 84 years from the vantage of his recliner in the tiny cottage next door to...
• More money for public schools — but less than requested• Residents real estate, personal property taxes would rise Rappahannock County’s budget debate is about distributing the distress. Local budgets by law must be in balance, but to get there, the Rappahannock...
Bill Dietel portrait crop Bill Dietel lived in the ripple effects he helped create. As an educator, he sent thousands of young people into the world more convinced of their own capacities to live a fruitful life. As a philanthropist, he helped convert bank accounts...
In big cities, small towns and rolling Piedmont counties like Rappahannock, Culpeper and Fauquier, homes have become scarcer, costlier and more likely to be beyond the financial reach of many residents communities value and count on — teachers, health aides, elderly...
Protecting it ‘depends on goodwill of people in the town’ Rappahannock’s dark sky is rare, so rare that it’s one of the darkest spots along the East Coast and advocates want to keep it that way. So, too, its county park has received top international recognition for...
Emily Oaks worked for years as a local journalist in this region Emily OaksEmily Oaks is set to become executive director of journalism nonprofit Foothills Forum on April 15. Veteran journalist Emily Oaks has been named the new executive director of Foothills Forum,...
Background: Glass artist and teacher; co-owner, Thornton River Art; owner, De’Danann Glass; member RAAC Art Tour committee; past president of Middle Street Gallery; volunteer with Headwaters and the Food Pantry; stained glass instructor at Rappahannock public schools,...
‘We go to extraordinary lengths to serve our [county] voters’ Although Election Day is two months away, Rappahannock County’s roughly 6,000 registered voters can begin casting their ballots beginning Sept. 18 by mail or in person. And local officials are confident...
03202024_Fire_Hayes_01-web.jpgA firefighter watches a brush fire through thick smoke along Route 211 in Washington the afternoon of March 20. County official: ‘I could not have had more pride’ The Rappahannock County volunteer fire and rescue system was challenged on...
The Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors on Monday unanimously approved allowing the Flint Hill Volunteer Fire Company to temporarily operate under the county’s EMS license until the company can operate independently. Because the station has been without an EMS...
Foothills Forum and the Rappahannock News are hosting a Storytelling Contest for Rappahannock County students for a chance to win up to $500. We want you to showcase your creative ability to tell a story and be featured in the Rappahannock News. Who can participate?...
Smithsonian study seeks to protect species If you spend a lot of time in the woods, but you’ve never seen a bobcat, chances are a bobcat has seen you. Virginia’s bobcat population is thriving, and these elusive creatures can show themselves—or not—with ease. Though...