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Ripples from Washington: How big changes to our east are impacting Rappahannock County

Ripples from Washington: How big changes to our east are impacting Rappahannock County

by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Aug 4, 2025 | Features, Politics, Sidebar, Top Story

Here’s what we know…and don’t yet know. We read about “the cuts,” then waited for what they’d mean. With the signing into law of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act earlier this month, and now six months into President Trump’s administration, a picture slowly...
Historic Madison County church hosts Madison-Monroe debate

Historic Madison County church hosts Madison-Monroe debate

by Emily Oaks | Aug 3, 2025 | Features, People, Sidebar, Top Story

A political debate, utterly free of animosity, took place July 20 at Hebron Lutheran Church in Madison County where two men in 18th-century breeches and tricornered hats reenacted an event that occurred on the same spot in January 1789. Friends James Madison and James...
Moo-ving moments at annual Culpeper-Madison-Rappahannock farm show

Moo-ving moments at annual Culpeper-Madison-Rappahannock farm show

by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jul 20, 2025 | Agriculture, Education, Top Story

Young 4‑H and Future Farmers of America (FFA) exhibitors from around the region paraded their prized livestock around the arena last weekend at the Culpeper-Madison-Rappahannock (CMR) Farm Show.  The show took over the Culpeper Agriculture Enterprise from last...
Bobby G: Rockin’ on bandstand, teaching in classroom

Bobby G: Rockin’ on bandstand, teaching in classroom

by Daphne Hutchinson | Jul 12, 2025 | Features, People, Sidebar

“Music became a part of my life because I always loved it,” said Robert Glasker, looking back on 56 years and counting in Rappahannock County. Weekends at the microphone with his guitar, he’s Bobby G, the front man for the Heavies, energizing audiences across...
Inn spa gets rezoning go-ahead, Patty O’s Cafe rezoning on hold

Inn spa gets rezoning go-ahead, Patty O’s Cafe rezoning on hold

by Ireland Hayes | Jun 29, 2025 | Local Government, Sidebar, Town

Town of Washington officials Monday changed the zoning of The Inn at Little Washington’s planned luxury spa property but withheld ruling on the rezoning of the parking lot behind Patty O’s restaurant after hearing comments from neighbors.  The Town Council and...
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