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National Gallery exhibit opens featuring Sullivans’ Haitian art collection

National Gallery exhibit opens featuring Sullivans’ Haitian art collection

by Ireland Hayes | Oct 6, 2024 | Art, Education

An exhibition featuring Haitian art from the collection of Beverly and John Fox Sullivan opened this weekend at the National Gallery of Art, the first permanent Haitian art display in the gallery’s history. 2024-06-28-Haitian-Art-Society-6-web.jpgJohn Fox Sullivan...
Free speech or ‘managed speech’ at Rappahannock County government meetings?

Free speech or ‘managed speech’ at Rappahannock County government meetings?

by Ireland Hayes | Sep 13, 2024 | Art, Business, Crime and Courts, Education, People, Politics

BOS redrafts ordinance after public comments A proposed amendment to the Rappahannock County Code putting time limits on public comment went back for a redraft after residents spoke heatedly against it at last Wednesday’s Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting.  The code...
New mental health resources come to RCPS

New mental health resources come to RCPS

by Ireland Hayes | Sep 13, 2024 | Art, Business, Education, Health, Local Services, People, Politics

Schools fully accredited, lobbyist working in Richmond The Rural Education Achievement and Community Health (REACH) Initiative was introduced at Tuesday night’s School Board meeting, a program in Rappahannock County Public Schools (RCPS) focused on creating a...
Rappahannock bids farewell to beloved artist-blacksmith Nol Putnam

Rappahannock bids farewell to beloved artist-blacksmith Nol Putnam

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...
Judge David Tatel’s memoir of blindness and justice

Judge David Tatel’s memoir of blindness and justice

by Tim Carrington | Jun 3, 2024 | Art, Crime and Courts, Education, Health, Local Services, People, Politics

A Rappahannock County resident’s journey in both worlds Memoirs generally roll out the particularities of an individual’s adventure in the world. But some move to a larger stage, addressing questions of living in a just society, or simply being human....
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