by Ireland Hayes | Feb 23, 2024 | Business, Education, Politics
The ‘super’ in school superintendent takes on new meaning Grimsley-15c-web.jpgGrimsley took on the job of driving a school bus to help fill a need for drivers in the county, but really enjoys driving and has continued to substitute drive after all of the district’s...
by Ireland Hayes | Feb 19, 2024 | Education, Politics
School Board, supervisors hope for more state funding Rappahannock’s School Board and Board of Supervisors worked through their fiscal year 2025 budget at a joint meeting Tuesday highlighted by a survey from parents that teacher and staff salaries and benefits are...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Feb 18, 2024 | Agriculture, Business, Education, Health, Politics
‘His heart was always in Rappahannock’ John Anderson was the quintessential local kid who made good, a hometown hero who died on Jan. 31 at the age of 77, after a months-long battle with COVID and its complications. anderson-6-web.jpgJohn Anderson with his first pup,...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Feb 16, 2024 | Art, Education, People, Politics
Background: Joined the staff of Rappahannock County Library in 2011 as a youth services librarian and was named library director in 2020, former library assistant at Culpeper County Library; Virginia Tech University, BA, English; Longwood University, MA, English;...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Feb 11, 2024 | Agriculture, Politics
Residents reflect on village’s rich past What’s to become of Flint Hill, a sleepy crossroads village, that now finds itself at a crossroads? Is a renaissance on the horizon with new residents and businesses leading the way? There was a time when Flint Hill’s...
