by Bob Hurley | Jan 13, 2025 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Education
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...
by Bob Hurley | Jan 9, 2025 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Health, Infrastructure, Politics, Real Estate
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...
by Ireland Hayes | Dec 16, 2024 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Education, Features, Health, Infrastructure, Politics, Real Estate
Town walking path needs more funding Steve Plescow, engineer of the Rush River Commons project, presented plans Monday to the Washington Town Council to restore a collapsing stream, fulfilling creator and backer Chuck Akre’s vision of a “green heart” in the center of...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Nov 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
Managing trash in a rural setting like Rappahannock County can be a challenge. Locals who use the Flatwood Refuse and Recycling Center — better known as “the dump” — may remember an open pit of rubbish surrounded by barbed wire and covered with an often-malfunctioning...
by Bob Hurley | Oct 22, 2024 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Crime and Courts, Health, Infrastructure, Local Services
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...