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Washington ARB tables inn’s plans for tower on guesthouse

Washington ARB tables inn’s plans for tower on guesthouse

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...
One year later, Ted Pellegatta celebrates life . . . his way

One year later, Ted Pellegatta celebrates life . . . his way

by Daphne Hutchinson | Apr 29, 2025 | Features, People, Top Story

What ‘love, prayer and laughter’ can do Late March last year, Rappahannock icon Ted Pellegatta went to bed feeling fine, a little achy now and then but still chipper at 84, covering two or three miles daily along Sperryville’s Thornton River with his walking buddy Ed...
Easter sunrise on Red Oak Mountain: ‘a magical moment’

Easter sunrise on Red Oak Mountain: ‘a magical moment’

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...
Rappahannock had a little lamb — lots of them

Rappahannock had a little lamb — lots of them

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...
Howard Lambert’s mission: to honor Black Civil War soldiers

Howard Lambert’s mission: to honor Black Civil War soldiers

by Ayana Summerlinrosa | Feb 27, 2025 | Features, Pathfinders, People, Politics

Rappahannock County’s calming beauty and rolling hills hold stories from the Civil War era waiting to be told. Howard Lambert, a Culpeper native and the first African American president of the Brandy Station Foundation, has worked tirelessly to bring these stories to...
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