by Ireland Hayes | Mar 22, 2025 | Local Government, Politics, Town
The Inn at Little Washington has submitted a draft proposal for an in-ground swimming pool behind its Parsonage guesthouse on Main Street. The application will be considered at the town Planning Commission’s meeting March 24 at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 485 Gay St....
by Ireland Hayes | Mar 8, 2025 | County, Infrastructure, Local Government, Politics, Real Estate
Work on revisions to transient lodging draft The Rappahannock County Planning Commission recommended approval of two tourist homes and an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) at its meeting last Thursday, but recommended denial of a third tourist home application. Tourist...
by Sara Schonhardt | Jun 27, 2023 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Education, Local Services
Stories of the search for home in Rappahannock By Sara Schonhardt — For Foothills Forum Home means something different to everyone. Yet what we discovered through responses to a Community Housing Questionnaire we circulated last year is that those who choose to make...
by Randy Rieland | Sep 30, 2021 | Agriculture, Business, Politics
Rappahannock and its neighbors seek to balance solar power, farming and open space In the past four months: – Fauquier County’s Planning Commission has rejected two proposals to build utility solar fields on farmland in the county. – Culpeper County’s...
by Tim Carrington | May 6, 2021 | Education, Real Estate
How a changing county will fund its schools and other priorities in the years ahead It’s springtime, 2031. The dogwoods and redbuds are as spectacular as anyone can remember, and the machinery for preparing an annual county budget is churning out the numbers. The...
