by Randy Rieland | Aug 12, 2024 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Education, Health, Local Services, Politics
This is the second part of a series on the mental health struggles of today’s generation of teenagers, the urgent need for more support in schools and how families can get help. Read Part 1 here. If there’s any question about how teachers, school administrators and...
by Ireland Hayes | Jul 26, 2024 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Education, Politics
Theresa Wood steps down after seven years of service Businesses of Rappahannock (BOR) revealed a change in leadership at its quarterly networking event last Wednesday, with longtime president Theresa Wood announcing that she is stepping down and Laurie Smith is her...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jul 6, 2024 | Art
Star performer appearing in July 6Rappahannock County concert Doreen Ketchens thrilled the audience at last July’s salute to America concert, and this year, the New Orleans’ clarinet virtuoso seems equally thrilled to be invited to Little Washington for an encore at...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jun 14, 2024 | Art, Health, Politics
FF-Nol_Putnam-250-web.jpgNol Putnam works in this Huntly forge. In the way he would plan in pencil a creation to be rendered in iron, Nol Putnam is sketching out his own transition. Rappahannock County’s celebrated blacksmith, now 87, is preparing to leave his forge...
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...
