by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Sep 17, 2023 | Politics
How engineers are making it fit for development For many in Rappahannock County, the approval process for Rush River Commons was the main game. But behind the scenes teams of engineers already were busy, wrangling with their own major task: how to build on a site that...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Sep 11, 2023 | Art, Business, Politics
Remembering era of rotary phones, change that came next Remember the time before cable, satellite and wireless telecommunications, back when AT&T had a monopoly on phone service in the United States? Award-winning filmmaker Cliff Hackel, a long-time Rappahannock...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Sep 8, 2023 | Agriculture, Crime and Courts, Politics
Rapp son Ben Raines dives into river, discovers ship shards Ben Raines, author of “The Last Slave Ship,” is coming to Little Washington Theatre on Sept. 16 to discuss the story of the criminal transport of slaves to the United States in 1860, and his own discovery of...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Aug 27, 2023 | Art, Business, Crime and Courts, Fire/Rescue, Local Services, Politics
2023-02-FF-FlintHillVFD-13.jpgThe Flint Hill Volunteer Fire & Rescue department, Rappahannock County’s Company 4, on Fodderstack Road. A Virginia State Police investigator found evidence of possible embezzlement, credit card theft, tax fraud and forgery at the...
by Bob Hurley | Aug 26, 2023 | Business, doers, Education, Local Services, People, Politics
Background: Ann — Undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of Mary Washington and George Mason University respectively; retired Prince William County elementary school teacher; volunteers for the Rappahannock Food Pantry, RAAC Art Tour, Headwaters,...
