by Ireland Hayes | May 2, 2024 | Health
‘Fun little attention getter’ Don’t worry, you’re not seeing dead people. From shady front porches and construction sites to the post office counter, skeletons have started popping up across Flint Hill. Dressed in colorful costumes and staged doing everyday tasks,...
by Ireland Hayes | Apr 26, 2024 | Crime and Courts, Politics
Two men were each sentenced to three years in prison in Rappahannock Circuit Court Thursday after pleading guilty to multiple charges linked to a December 2021 shooting in Washington where they shot into a home occupied by six people. Judge Dennis L. Hupp sentenced...
by Bob Hurley | Apr 23, 2024 | Art, doers, Features, People
Former Board Member, Friends of the Rappahannock County Library, former Board Member and Chair Library Board of Trustees, former Board Member and Chair of Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Board. A resident of Woodville, she’s lived in Rappahannock since 1968....
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 21, 2024 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Health, Politics
One day he feels fine . . . next comes a diagnosis of cancer, five kinds “I’m a very blessed man. My whole life, I’ve had everything I wanted or needed,” said Ted Pellegatta, looking back on 84 years from the vantage of his recliner in the tiny cottage next door to...
by Randy Rieland | Apr 13, 2024 | Education, Local Services, Politics
• Expected $1.5 million subsidy removed in Richmond budget negotiations • Costly mandated staff raises possible The prospect of a $1.5 million shot-in-the-arm for Rappahannock County Public Schools (RCPS) is fading. Subcommittees in both the Virginia Senate and...