by Julia Shanahan | Jan 11, 2025 | Art, Business, Crime and Courts
More snow possible for weekend Rappahannock County employees and students were able to enjoy about eight inches of snow that fell earlier this week as life as we knew it shut down — county offices closed, students got an extended winter break and most businesses took...
by Bob Hurley | Jan 9, 2025 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Health, Infrastructure, Politics, Real Estate
Project expanding with shops, services, warehouses Only three miles east of the Rappahannock County line at Clevengers Corner – where routes 211 and 229 intersect – sits Stonehaven, an imposing 500-plus-acre housing development. The project calls for the construction...
by Ireland Hayes | Jan 8, 2025 | Art, Business, Education, Infrastructure, Politics, Real Estate
Developers asking community for input As construction of housing in the new privately-funded Rush River Commons development in the Town of Washington nears completion, the project’s engineers and designers are already looking ahead to the second phase of the...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jan 5, 2025 | Art, Education, People, Politics
‘Conclave’ opens 2025 movie season The new year in RAAC movies at the Little Washington Theatre opens Friday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. with “Conclave,” the papal suspense film starring Ralph Fiennes and directed by Edward Berger. Nominated for Best Film, the movie is drawn...
by Tim Carrington | Dec 19, 2024 | Health
‘Owl-struck’ author tells what an owl knows One of five sisters growing up in Washington, D.C., Jennifer Ackerman from age seven would set out before sunrise to observe birds along the Potomac with her father, who held a demanding job in government while nurturing a...
