by Ireland Hayes | Nov 2, 2025 | Infrastructure, Local Government, Sidebar, Town
A year later, little has changed in Rush River Commons’ quest for approval to develop a second site in the Town of Washington. At its meeting Monday, the Town of Washington Planning Commission voted against the development plans expressing the same chief concerns it...
by Bob Hurley | Nov 1, 2025 | Agriculture, Sidebar, Top Story
A new way of using solar power with crops — the first project of its kind in Virginia — is already catching the eye of some Rappahannock farmers. Called agrivoltaics, the innovative, renewable energy project places solar panels over crop plantings, allowing both solar...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Oct 30, 2025 | People
Early’s Carpet in Amissville celebrated its 59th anniversary on Friday with an all-day open house, welcoming customers to enter to win gift cards, door prizes and enjoy its newly-renovated showroom. Sonja Early-Betts poses in the new showroom that recently became a...
by Ireland Hayes | Oct 17, 2025 | Local Government, Sidebar, Town
Washington Town Council tables application The Washington Town Council accepted the Planning Commission’s recommendation to table an application for the second development phase of Rush River Commons (RRC) until the commission’s meeting later this month. The Planning...
by Ayana Summerlinrosa | Oct 14, 2025 | Pathfinders, People, Sidebar
Preserving his family’s history — and his town’s soul Charles Jameson’s life is a journey through history itself—from the farmlands of Culpeper to the battlefields of Vietnam and back to the very soil his family tended for generations. At 78, he is a pathfinder,...
