by Ireland Hayes | Jan 26, 2026 | Education, Sidebar, Top Story
A class of farm-to-table students at Rappahannock County Elementary School (RCES) and a local vegetable grower are now world-record holders after harvesting nearly 900 hot chili peppers from one plant. The Guiness World Record honor was given to Jason Loris of...
by Bob Hurley | Jan 14, 2026 | doers, People, Sidebar, Top Story
Background: Co-founder, In True Nature, a wellness center located on Slate Mills Road in Boston; practitioner of Ayurvedic wellness, which seeks to connect individuals with their inner self and the rhythms of the natural world; manages a community fund to support...
by Tim Carrington | Jan 1, 2026 | Art, Sidebar, Top Story
Kathy Waller Stewart, currently the featured artist at the Middle Street Gallery, followed a road to art that ran through years of medical training, parenthood, a career as an oncologist, then, after early retirement, a rigorous four-year immersion at the Studio...
by Julia Shanahan, Ireland Hayes | Dec 27, 2025 | Education, People, Sidebar
Carrying glowing lanterns through the dusk, more than a dozen Hearthstone School students marked the Winter Solstice with their annual lantern walk through the Town of Washington on Dec. 18, led by teacher Kitty Keyser. “Special thanks to The Inn at Little Washington,...
by Ireland Hayes | Dec 22, 2025 | Education, People, Sidebar, Top Story
‘It’s sad to leave’ after decades of devotion to education For Larry Grove, service on the Rappahannock County School Board — where as vice chair he was seen as an unwavering voice of reason — was always about the students. Now, after nearly 13 years representing the...
