by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Dec 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Through a unique partnership, the Rappahannock News and Foothills Forum provide expanded local coverage Foothills Forum is a new type of community-supported journalism organization for a time of severe challenges to quality local news in Rappahannock, across Virginia...
by John McCaslin | Dec 18, 2020 | Art, Local Services
‘While I am excited for a new opportunity to be closer to home and my family, there is a big part of me saddened to leave the community I have called home for the last 10 years’ Jennifer “Jen” Parker, for more than three years the director of Social Services in...
by Randy Rieland | Dec 14, 2020 | Agriculture
‘Close to 80 inches of rain fell on Rappahannock in 2018 … almost double the annual average’ It seems that almost anyone who makes their living off the land in Rappahannock has a 2018 story. Jenna Brownell, co-manager of Whippoorwill Farm, remembers standing in the...
by Sara Schonhardt | Dec 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
Part 3 of 4 in a special report by Rappahannock News and Foothills Forum on preserving the unique environment of Rappahannock County. It was a report card few residents were anticipating. Ahead of its release last October, a crowd of roughly 70 buzzed around Pen Druid...
by Tim Carrington | Dec 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Tax system is key to preserving farms and vistas The grain mills have rusted away, the clothing assembly lines are silent, and the apple business has mostly rolled off to North Carolina, Winchester, the Pacific Northwest and China. Rappahannock County’s surviving...
