by Ireland Hayes | Dec 15, 2025 | Education, Sidebar
The Rappahannock County School Board began its last meeting of the year Tuesday recognizing longtime educator Larry Grove, who is retiring as vice chair and Stonewall-Hawthorne representative. Chair Wes Mills read a resolution calling out Grove’s “nearly 13 years of...
by Ireland Hayes | Dec 13, 2025 | Local Government, Sidebar, Town
In a 3-2 vote, the Washington Town Council appointed Vice Mayor Fred Catlin to the vacant Architectural Review Board (ARB) seat at its Monday meeting. Catlin announced his resignation from the council following the vote. The council will now need to fill its vacant...
by Ireland Hayes | Dec 12, 2025 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
Chester Brown’s wish for a new attorney was granted in Rappahannock County Circuit Court Monday, but a change of venue request was not accepted for his trial on charges of murdering Doris Critzer in her Washington home in August 2023. Brown’s attorney Ryan Rakness...
by Ireland Hayes | Nov 24, 2025 | Art, Local Government, Sidebar, Town
Town architectural board approves partial plan Representatives from the Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community (RAAC) presented preliminary designs for its renovation of the Little Washington Theatre to the town’s Architectural Review Board (ARB) Monday...
by Ireland Hayes | Nov 2, 2025 | Infrastructure, Local Government, Sidebar, Town
A year later, little has changed in Rush River Commons’ quest for approval to develop a second site in the Town of Washington. At its meeting Monday, the Town of Washington Planning Commission voted against the development plans expressing the same chief concerns it...