by Tim Carrington | Jul 3, 2026 | Features, People, Sidebar, Top Story
Volunteers rally for July 3 ‘Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday Concert’ On a sunlit afternoon, retired Marine Col. John R. Bourgeois settled onto his Tiger Valley porch with a glass of chilled white wine, surrounded by antlers, flags and memorabilia. Will...
by Daphne Hutchinson | Jul 12, 2025 | Features, People, Sidebar
“Music became a part of my life because I always loved it,” said Robert Glasker, looking back on 56 years and counting in Rappahannock County. Weekends at the microphone with his guitar, he’s Bobby G, the front man for the Heavies, energizing audiences across...
by Ireland Hayes | Jul 1, 2025 | People, Sidebar
‘Celebrate America’ with patriotic music Col. John R. Bourgeois, the venerable director emeritus of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band — with a notable career spanning nine presidential administrations — returns to Avon Hall in the Town of Washington on...
by Tim Carrington | May 4, 2025 | Art, Education, Features, Top Story
Songwriter celebrates 25 years of making music with kids For a quarter century, Paul Reisler and his collaborators at Kid Pan Alley have inspired nearly 3,000 songs, written and performed by about 80,000 school kids across the United States. Reisler — songwriter,...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Oct 21, 2024 | Business, Crime and Courts, Education, Health, Politics
A private man in public service, Rappahannock resident celebrates 100 years “I am an old Navy man, and I heard a bosun’s pipe.” In 1978, that was William H. Webster’s reason for leaving a distinguished judicial career and the possibility of a future seat on the United...
