by Bob Hurley | May 4, 2025 | Features, People, Top Story
‘We never identified ourselves as hippies’ Many of the women who moved here during what some Rappahannock locals called the “hippie invasion” in the 1970s — a movement of peace, love and free-spirited lifestyles — stayed on. Over the decade, communes like “Spyder...
by Tim Carrington | May 4, 2025 | Art, Education, Features, Top Story
Songwriter celebrates 25 years of making music with kids For a quarter century, Paul Reisler and his collaborators at Kid Pan Alley have inspired nearly 3,000 songs, written and performed by about 80,000 school kids across the United States. Reisler — songwriter,...
by Gracie Hart Brooks | May 1, 2025 | Agriculture, Top Story
Tariffs imposed by the Trump administration are causing uncertainties in the global agricultural sector. Once again, local farmers may be affected. Tariffs of at least 10% across all countries are now in effect, with higher rates for those deemed “worst offenders”...
by Sophie McLeod | Apr 30, 2025 | Business, Top Story
From apple packing co-op to trendy shops Coming up on the one year anniversary of its grand opening last April, The Marketplace Sperryville seems to be thriving. All of the 17 original spaces that opened almost a year ago are still in operation, except for two that...
by Daphne Hutchinson | Apr 29, 2025 | Features, People, Top Story
What ‘love, prayer and laughter’ can do Late March last year, Rappahannock icon Ted Pellegatta went to bed feeling fine, a little achy now and then but still chipper at 84, covering two or three miles daily along Sperryville’s Thornton River with his walking buddy Ed...
