by Ireland Hayes | Aug 3, 2024 | Art, Business
The Rappahannock County Public Library hosted its annual summer Community Celebration last Friday, where visitors filled the side lawn with blankets and chairs, listening and dancing to live music by Rocknoceros, a children’s band from Washington, D.C....
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jun 14, 2024 | Art, Business, Education, Health
For half a century artist-blacksmith Nol Putnam transformed one of the Earth’s hardest and most unyielding substances into flowing forms, such as leaves, stems, tendrils and seed pods. His forge was loud, fiery and dangerous, and though he made his work seem plausible...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | May 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
culpeper stormStorm damage from the evening of May 26 along Eggbornsville Road. • ‘It sounded like a train rolling through’ • F1 storm packed 95 mph winds A confirmed F1 tornado touched down in northern Culpeper County for a span of nearly five miles Sunday night,...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | May 12, 2024 | Business, Crime and Courts, Health, Politics
Cruising along serene Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park (SNP), it’s easy to forget how quickly the park juts into backcountry wilderness, where innumerable rocky trails lead to breathtaking vistas, cliffs and waterfalls but also expose Sunday tourists and even...
by Ireland Hayes | May 2, 2024 | Health
‘Fun little attention getter’ Don’t worry, you’re not seeing dead people. From shady front porches and construction sites to the post office counter, skeletons have started popping up across Flint Hill. Dressed in colorful costumes and staged doing everyday tasks,...