The Rappahannock County Library Board of Trustees will unveil its renovation plans and concept renderings at the Board of Supervisors’ July 1 meeting as library officials gear up for the building’s first major expansion since it opened in the 1990s. At a library...
Rappahannock County Elementary School sixth grade students and Hearthstone School students enjoyed participating in the annual Watershed Education Field Day on May 16. 2024-05-16-FF-RLEP-Watershed-1-2-web.jpgRappahannock County Elementary students submerge a tarp in...
Plans for demolishing portions of a decaying packing shed at 330 Porter St., in the Town of Washington moved forward after a proposal was approved by the Architectural Review Board (ARB) on Tuesday. D.C. developer and Rappahannock resident Jim Abdo and property...
Class of 2024 started high school when the pandemic began The class of 2024, whose entrance into Rappahannock County High School (RCHS) was defined by the COVID-19 pandemic and all of the irregularity that came with it, walked to the stage and collected their...
‘With his art, he shared a window into his soul’ Kevin Adams painted the real. He found it beautiful. Born on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, he traveled and looked, searching out the visual secrets of his subjects. Outside, at the easel, he would draw the contours,...
Town of Washington to consider developer’s plans to restore it After years of uncertainty surrounding the fate of the old apple packing shed on Porter Street in the Town of Washington, the run-down property has been sold to Jim Abdo who plans to demolish decaying...
Watch the awards ceremony: Video: Foothills Forum-Rapp News Storytelling Contest, 2024The Foothills Forum and the Rappahannock News hosted a ceremony that announced this year’s Storytelling Contest winners at the Little Washington Theatre on Thursday, April 18, 2024....
Rappahannock County School Board Meeting, May 14, 2024 The Rappahannock County School Board is searching for community members interested in advocating for the school district at the state level to help the district “play the Richmond game” amid recent funding...
Town still needs to raise more funds The Washington Town Council decided Monday to hold off construction of a proposed walking path through the town until all funding for the project is raised. If the funding is secured, construction should begin this summer. Vice...
‘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 used to...
Former Board Member, Friends of the Rappahannock County Library, former Board Member and Chair Library Board of Trustees, former Board Member and Chair of Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Board. A resident of Woodville, she’s lived in Rappahannock since 1968....
Member, County Buildings Committee; set painter/designer, RAAC Theatre; Rappahannock Senior Center; Headwaters reading program; after-school Bible Club, band percussionist, Reynolds Memorial Baptist Church; Rapp At Home; mentor, Education for Ministry, Twelve-Step...
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