by Tim Carrington | Jan 1, 2026 | Art, Sidebar, Top Story
Kathy Waller Stewart, currently the featured artist at the Middle Street Gallery, followed a road to art that ran through years of medical training, parenthood, a career as an oncologist, then, after early retirement, a rigorous four-year immersion at the Studio...
by Julia Shanahan, Ireland Hayes | Dec 27, 2025 | Education, People, Sidebar
Carrying glowing lanterns through the dusk, more than a dozen Hearthstone School students marked the Winter Solstice with their annual lantern walk through the Town of Washington on Dec. 18, led by teacher Kitty Keyser. “Special thanks to The Inn at Little Washington,...
by Ireland Hayes | Dec 22, 2025 | Education, People, Sidebar, Top Story
‘It’s sad to leave’ after decades of devotion to education For Larry Grove, service on the Rappahannock County School Board — where as vice chair he was seen as an unwavering voice of reason — was always about the students. Now, after nearly 13 years representing the...
by Ireland Hayes | Dec 18, 2025 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
A Rappahannock County District Court judge decided there was not enough “probable cause” to send a malicious wounding charge against Kenneth Allison to a grand jury after hearing testimony about a stabbing in Flint Hill in October. “I don’t think there’s enough...
by Ireland Hayes | Dec 15, 2025 | Education, Sidebar
The Rappahannock County School Board began its last meeting of the year Tuesday recognizing longtime educator Larry Grove, who is retiring as vice chair and Stonewall-Hawthorne representative. Chair Wes Mills read a resolution calling out Grove’s “nearly 13 years of...
