by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 30, 2024 | Art, Crime and Courts, Education
‘Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It.’ Rappahannock native Connie Compton leads law enforcement in a ‘small town’ county A Rapp News/Foothills Forum Special Report FF-RCSO-Compton-66-web.jpgSheriff Connie Compton at the Laurel Mills Store, where at age 14 she...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | May 9, 2023 | Business
O’Connell and Fasce – artist and manager duo – map expansion, diversification A Foothills Forum • Rappahannock News special report Inn_Robert Fasce and Patrick O’ConnellGeneral Manager Robert Fasce and Proprietor-Chef Patrick O’Connell. Rappahannock County’s largest...
by Tim Carrington | Jan 17, 2023 | Business, Real Estate
Rappahannock home builders scaled up their plans in 2022, gaining 40 building permits, up from 28 the year before. Commercial permits also jumped in the year just ended, to 30, from 12 in 2021. Experts point to several recent trends that would explain the surge, but...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report, Bob Hurley | Jan 8, 2023 | Business
About 50 co-workers, friends, and “clients” gathered at Headmaster’s Pub in Sperryville Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 4) to honor Troy Jenkins in his retirement. Jenkins, Systems Maintenance Operator and problem solver for the Rappahannock Water and Sewer...
by Randy Rieland | Nov 20, 2022 | Art, Business, Fire/Rescue
New data shows ranks of most active county fire and rescue volunteers down as service calls increase, force ages It’s one of Rappahannock’s more worrisome fault lines. For years, the aging of the county’s population has rippled through the community’s fire and rescue...
