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 Bob Hurley | Jan 8, 2025 | Crime and Courts, Local Services, Politics
After several years of deliberations and meetings on the future of the county courthouse, the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors (BOS) seems to be closing in on final concept plans. The supervisors and members of an advisory courthouse Planning and Oversight...
by Randy Rieland | Jan 8, 2025 | Art, Business, Education, Fire/Rescue, Health, Local Services, Politics
Rappahannock County officials continue to look at ways to play a bigger role in the community’s emergency services without threatening the independence of local volunteer fire and rescue companies. WHY IT MATTERS For years now, the aging of Rappahannock’s population —...
by Ireland Hayes | Jan 8, 2025 | Art, Business, Education, Health, Local Services, People, Politics
Library trustees gearing up to fund expansion, renovation The Rappahannock County Library Board of Trustees is preparing to embark on a projected $6 million fund-raising effort to support an expansion and renovation of the public library. There’s a long way to go...
