by Ireland Hayes | Jul 21, 2025 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
From what appeared to be a classroom in the Lunenburg Correctional Center in Victoria, Va., accused murderer Chester Brown, 64, appeared by video call in Rappahannock County District Court Tuesday for a less than three-minute hearing — one his attorney, Ryan Rakness,...
by Tim Carrington | Jul 8, 2025 | Business, People, Sidebar
The Inn at Little Washington is expected to name as its new general manager Michael G. Tompkins, a seasoned executive in luxury hospitality, with special expertise in the development and management of spas, a key element in the inn’s planned expansion. Tompkins began...
by Ireland Hayes | Jul 1, 2025 | People, Sidebar
‘Celebrate America’ with patriotic music Col. John R. Bourgeois, the venerable director emeritus of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band — with a notable career spanning nine presidential administrations — returns to Avon Hall in the Town of Washington on...
by Sophie McLeod | Jun 29, 2025 | Education, People, Sidebar, Top Story
Nyanyano, a coastal town in Ghana, West Africa, is a time warp from Sperryville, Virginia, but that’s where Kara Draper, a Rappahannock teacher turned agent for change, began her environmental journey. She first went to Ghana in 2024, seeking a cultural deep dive...
by Emily Oaks | Jun 27, 2025 | Local servcies, People, Sidebar, Top Story
New beginning includes working with recently formed African American Association Scores of Rappahannock residents gathered in one of the oldest buildings in the Town of Washington last Sunday to celebrate a hopeful new beginning for an organization that has been the...
