by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jan 16, 2024 | Agriculture, Business, Education, Health, Politics
Supervisor championed his beloved county Roger Allen Welch believed in service. It was a belief he practiced faithfully for a lifetime, continuing his good works through a hard-fought battle with Parkinson’s disease that ended Dec. 11 at the age of 77 in his Flint...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jan 16, 2024 | Business, Crime and Courts, Education, Politics
Joe-Whited-80-web.jpgMayor Joe Whited Jan. 7: Joe Whited, the Town of Washington’s new mayor, advocates a two-year holiday on meals and lodging taxes for new and expanding businesses in the community. Jan. 9: By a 3-2 margin, the county’s Board of Supervisors votes to...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jan 16, 2024 | Agriculture, Education
Rae Ann Gaedke spent a lifetime turning food into love. At Nature’s Foods, Mountainside Market and Rae’s Place, for potlucks, benefits, fundraisers and barbecues, in restaurants and home kitchens, she practiced her magic. The bibbity-bobbity-boo was equally divided...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jan 16, 2024 | Art, Business, Education
Seven years ago a dream came true for Kevin “KC” Bosch, a craftsman who has lived in Rappahannock County for 28 years. Poetry flowed out of him — enough to fill a book. But it wasn’t until one of Bosch’s clients told him about grant money available through the...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jan 10, 2024 | Education, Local Services, Politics
rcps school budget stacey whittRCPS Chief Financial Officer Stacey Whitt, far right, talks to the school board last March. Rappahannock planners face more wrangling over the school budget in 2024, with continued suspense over levels of state and county support. ...
