by Tim Carrington | Nov 11, 2025 | Infrastructure, Real Estate, Sidebar, Top Story
Longtime resident buys land to explore housing project at village’s edge Two families with Rappahannock roots that go back generations were buyer and seller in a land transaction last week that could result in Sperryville being the site of the most ambitious housing...
by Ireland Hayes | Nov 1, 2025 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
Judge to decide if it has to release records A legal battle is underway in Rappahannock County Circuit Court to determine whether the Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad (SVRS) is a publicly-funded organization — and therefore required to provide its records under the...
by Bob Hurley | Oct 29, 2025 | doers, People, Sidebar
Background: Former volunteer and current manager of the RappCats Adoption Center and shelter in Flint Hill — a nonprofit that rescues stray, abused, abandoned and unwanted cats and finds them homes; customer service manager for 23 years at Food Lion stores in Prince...
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...
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...
