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Students get a close-up look at effects of drunk driving

Students get a close-up look at effects of drunk driving

by Ireland Hayes | May 7, 2024 | Crime and Courts, Education, Health, Local Services

Emergency responders recreate fatal crash before prom Rappahannock County High School students and county emergency responders simulated a fatal car crash last Friday, hoping to teach young drivers about the dangers and consequences of impaired driving, before the...
PATH Foundation awards nearly $1.4 million in grants to local organizations

PATH Foundation awards nearly $1.4 million in grants to local organizations

by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 30, 2024 | Business, Health, Politics

The PATH Foundation recently granted more than $1.377 million to 55 local nonprofit organizations in their latest cycle of Flexible Funding grants.  Several Rappahannock County organizations got grants: Kid Pan Alley, Rappahannock Association for the Arts and the...
SperryFest! 2024: A guide to the festivities

SperryFest! 2024: A guide to the festivities

by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 26, 2024 | Uncategorized

It’s time for SperryFest! Here’s a look at this year’s celebration: Where to Park Parking is generously provided by the festival’s neighbors’ private lands. Please always respect their property and pack out whatever you brought in. Parking...
And then there was one doctor in Rappahannock County

And then there was one doctor in Rappahannock County

by Randy Rieland | Apr 22, 2024 | Agriculture, Business, Health, Local Services, Politics

Dr. McCue closing medical practice: How his departure affects community health Dr. John McCue tells the story of a visit from a patient he had come to know well. They chatted about serious science – physics and chemistry, as he remembers it – until finally McCue asked...
Facing his last chapter, Ted Pellegatta is still living large

Facing his last chapter, Ted Pellegatta is still living large

by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 21, 2024 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Health, Politics

One day he feels fine . . . next comes a diagnosis of cancer, five kinds  “I’m a very blessed man. My whole life, I’ve had everything I wanted or needed,” said Ted Pellegatta, looking back on 84 years from the vantage of his recliner in the tiny cottage next door to...
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