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Library’s biggest challenges, possible solutions

Library’s biggest challenges, possible solutions

by Ireland Hayes | Sep 8, 2025 | Education, Local servcies, People, Sidebar

The feasibility study conducted to determine the possibility of raising the $6.5 million needed to expand and renovate the Rappahannock County Public Library found, based on responses from community members, the biggest challenges to be: Fundraising goal is perceived...
Roger Jenkins ‘has the DNA’ to serve

Roger Jenkins ‘has the DNA’ to serve

by Ireland Hayes | Aug 27, 2025 | Features, People, Sidebar, Top Story

Chief deputy sheriff retires after 30 years…sort of After nearly three decades wearing a Rappahannock County Sheriff’s Office badge — from his early days as a jailer to chief deputy — Maj. Roger Jenkins has closed that chapter of his life and retired.  Well, for the...
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...
Bourgeois concert honors military, salutes Rappahannock’s 100-year-olds

Bourgeois concert honors military, salutes Rappahannock’s 100-year-olds

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...
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