by Ireland Hayes | May 21, 2024 | Art, Business, Education, Features, Local Services, People, Politics, Real Estate
Town of Washington to consider developer’s plans to restore it After years of uncertainty surrounding the fate of the old apple packing shed on Porter Street in the Town of Washington, the run-down property has been sold to Jim Abdo who plans to demolish decaying...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | May 20, 2024 | Art, Education
Watch the awards ceremony: Video: Foothills Forum-Rapp News Storytelling Contest, 2024The Foothills Forum and the Rappahannock News hosted a ceremony that announced this year’s Storytelling Contest winners at the Little Washington Theatre on Thursday, April 18, 2024....
by Ireland Hayes | Apr 7, 2024 | Business, Politics
The Rappahannock County Public Library is nearing completion of the final design concept of its expansion and plans to present it to the Board of Supervisors next month. With a growing user base comes a need for more space, and according to library officials, library...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 3, 2024 | Business, Politics
Protecting it ‘depends on goodwill of people in the town’ Rappahannock’s dark sky is rare, so rare that it’s one of the darkest spots along the East Coast and advocates want to keep it that way. So, too, its county park has received top international recognition for...
by Ireland Hayes | Dec 13, 2023 | Business, Education, Health, Politics
The Rappahannock County School Board voted Tuesday to join 400 other school districts across the country in a lawsuit seeking damages from social media companies for their “harmful and addictive nature” that affects school children. The body voted unanimously on a...
