by Ireland Hayes | Dec 7, 2024 | Art, Business, Education, Local Services, People, Politics
Supervisors weigh in on who’s to pay Schools Superintendent Shannon Grimsley told the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors Monday that “significant progress” is being made in the community fundraising effort to fund a lobbyist through the upcoming state...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Dec 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Willie ShanksWaste Management Consultant and Manager Willie Shanks at Flatwood Refuse and Recycling in Washington, Va. Willie Shanks Born and raised in Rappahannock, Willie Shanks built a career from the ground up. From “pushing a broom to running a crew,” Shanks...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Nov 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
Managing trash in a rural setting like Rappahannock County can be a challenge. Locals who use the Flatwood Refuse and Recycling Center — better known as “the dump” — may remember an open pit of rubbish surrounded by barbed wire and covered with an often-malfunctioning...
by Bob Hurley | Nov 27, 2024 | Art, Local Services, People
Background: Owner, Country Cafe Pit Stop, Sperryville. Rappahannock native whose family goes back several generations in the county. Former 30-year board member of Belvoir Assembly of God church in Marshall, Va. Supports county community service programs through...
by Randy Rieland | Nov 26, 2024 | Agriculture, Art, Broadband, Business, Education, Health, Local Services, Politics
Rappahannock students opt for ‘hands on’ careers It wasn’t that long ago, remembers Dani Pond, when conventional wisdom had it that if you wanted a good career, you better have a degree from a four-year college. “It didn’t matter what degree,” said Pond, supervisor of...
