by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Dec 21, 2023 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Local Services, Politics
A special delivery of fresh apples — a whole lot of apples — helps residents in need This is a story about apples. Lots of apples. Enough apples to make more pies than you can eat in a few lifetimes. Eugene Triplett’s role in the tale began early on a Friday the week...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Nov 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Saturday morning before Thanksgiving at the Rappahannock Food Pantry is busy. Really busy. Dozens of volunteers show up every year to assemble meals for many more of their neighbors. This busyness has become ordinary. But it’s extraordinary: The pantry expects to...
by Randy Rieland | Nov 20, 2023 | Agriculture, Politics
Drought draining ag resources Mike Sands remembers a gut feeling he had around the middle of July. Something didn’t seem right about the weather patterns, he said. There had been a thunderstorm with heavy rain on July 3, but next to no precipitation since then. He...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Nov 3, 2023 | Art, Education
It’s art tour weekend! RAAC’s 18th annual art tour runs from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 4 and Sunday, Nov. 5. Admission is free. Here’s a map of the studios and venues across Rappahannock open with weekend. arttour-22_Michael Dennis Studio.jpg...
by Ireland Hayes | Oct 31, 2023 | Agriculture, Education
rces path lorisJason Loris and his daughter stand next to their world-record winning squash displayed in the RCES cafeteria on Oct. 27, 2023. Loris grew two record-breaking butternut squash this season, and both were featured at the Virginia State Fair last month....
