Background: Held positions at the National Security Agency for 30 years while working part time as a house painter and contractor. Korean War veteran, chairman of the Deacon Board and trustee at Shiloh Baptist Church, Woodville for more than 50 years. Active in the...
Pioneering program is first of its kind in Virginia The saying, “Let kids be kids,” may hold more merit than you think. An innovative program at Rappahannock County Elementary School allows students to expend some of their energy in ways that will improve their...
Veditz_groupPaula Veditz Marotta, Debbie Veditz Griffith, front row, with Greg Randall, Ray Veditz, Frank Veditz, Rick Veditz and Joey Seifner at Veditz and Company Brewing’s Fall Family Fest last month. Veditz and Company Brewing makes history as county students,...
mop-up firefightingFirefighters conduct mop-up operations on the Quaker Run fire line. Monday, Nov. 13 update: Ahead of tonight’s possible wind event, firefighters will continue breaking apart debris piles and downed trees, according to a Monday update from the...
Background: Retired director of survey research with the National Institutes of Health and subsequently, a psychiatric social worker focused on gerontology and bereavement. Active in the newly-created National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and the Wendt...
Photos | Headwaters Harvest Festival 2023 The Headwaters Foundation hosted its second annual Harvest Festival at Eldon Farms last Saturday as a celebration of Rappahannock County’s rural roots and commitment to education. The festival boasted many activities for both...
Bill Dietel obit portraitBill Dietel at Over Jordan Farm in 2016. Longtime Rappahannock County resident and philanthropist Bill Dietel, 96, died peacefully at his Flint Hill home, Over Jordan Farm, surrounded by his family Tuesday night. Dietel, who lived in the...
Ed Gannon Inn general managerPrior to coming to Little Washington, new Inn general manager Ed Gannon helped launch a 700-acre resort in California’s Napa Valley. Ed Gannon, The Inn at Little Washington’s new general manager, is taking on the storied enterprise’s most...
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...
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...
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,...
“Shifting to a ‘we’ instead of a ‘me’ mindset” critical for the future, say some of those interviewed A consulting firm hired by the county to help develop a vision for how Rappahannock shapes its fire and rescue system unveiled its first report Tuesday at a joint...
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