by Ireland Hayes | May 14, 2025 | Art, Education
The Rappahannock County High School drama department presented its rendition of “Beetlejuice Jr.” last weekend, a musical based on the 1988 movie turned Broadway show that follows “the story of a strange and unusual teenager” grieving the loss of her mother. Students...
by Ireland Hayes | May 5, 2025 | Local Government, Town
Patrick O’Connell: ‘Forty-seven years. Give me a little trust’ The Town of Washington’s Architectural Review Board tabled an application from The Inn at Little Washington to build a tower addition to The Parsonage guesthouse, despite pleas from chef proprietor Patrick...
by Tim Carrington | Apr 20, 2025 | Features, People, Top Story
Trinity Church carries on 40-year-old tradition The Trinity Episcopal Church Sunrise Easter Service on Red Oak Mountain — 6 o’clock April 20 — is all about overlapping: The highest feast in the Christian calendar overlaps with the celebrated burst of spring, which...
by Ireland Hayes | Apr 7, 2025 | Agriculture, Top Story
Entering the world, fashionably It’s that time of year — farms across Rappahannock County are welcoming spring flocks of new lambs and goat kids. Four little lambs, only a few days old, took their first steps outside of a barn Tuesday morning, braving the cold in...
by Randy Rieland | Mar 19, 2025 | Features, Local servcies, People, Top Story
Growing old and alone in Rappahannock County Nancy Studds is 79 and lives by herself in her Sperryville home. And that gives her pause. “If you fall and you can’t get up,” she said, “you know nobody’s checking on you.” She zeroed in on a common fear among seniors...
