by Emily Oaks | Sep 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
web_LittleForkChurch-26c.jpgJulie Basic, Michelle North and Erin North worked together to plan Little Fork’s proposed park and walking trail, as well as securing grants from the Recreational Trails Program (RTP) and the PATH Foundation to fund the project. State,...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jun 14, 2024 | Art, Health, Politics
FF-Nol_Putnam-250-web.jpgNol Putnam works in this Huntly forge. In the way he would plan in pencil a creation to be rendered in iron, Nol Putnam is sketching out his own transition. Rappahannock County’s celebrated blacksmith, now 87, is preparing to leave his forge...
by Bob Hurley | Apr 27, 2024 | Health, People
Background: Part-time missionary and Rappahannock native who provides support for community residents and animals in need; regularly cares for stray cats, oversees llamas, goats and sheep at The Inn at Little Washington; with a green thumb, cares for gardens around...
by Ireland Hayes | Feb 23, 2024 | Business, Education, Politics
The ‘super’ in school superintendent takes on new meaning Grimsley-15c-web.jpgGrimsley took on the job of driving a school bus to help fill a need for drivers in the county, but really enjoys driving and has continued to substitute drive after all of the district’s...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Feb 18, 2024 | Agriculture, Business, Education, Health, Politics
‘His heart was always in Rappahannock’ John Anderson was the quintessential local kid who made good, a hometown hero who died on Jan. 31 at the age of 77, after a months-long battle with COVID and its complications. anderson-6-web.jpgJohn Anderson with his first pup,...
