Harvard professor charts a path back together Robert D. Putnam, a widely quoted prophet of America’s social isolation, economic inequity and political rancor, traveled to the Virginia Piedmont last Friday to talk about “the roots of the malaise we’re in right now and...
Background: President of Fathom Creative, a Washington, D.C.-based design and communications firm; purchased Avon Hall in Little Washington in 2016 and resides in a cottage on the property; Virginia resident since 2018; serves on the town’s Architectural Review...
‘It was intimidating at first’ For Flint Hill resident Amanda Frye Bywaters, becoming a farmer meant walking into a world where she often felt she didn’t belong — little experience, plenty of unspoken doubt and a field largely shaped by older men. “It was intimidating...
Volunteers rally for July 3 ‘Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday Concert’ On a sunlit afternoon, retired Marine Col. John R. Bourgeois settled onto his Tiger Valley porch with a glass of chilled white wine, surrounded by antlers, flags and memorabilia. Will...
The annual Amissville Volunteer Fire & Rescue carnival and parade drew crowds to the department's grounds last week, as residents and visitors turned out for four evenings of rides, games, food and one of the department's biggest annual fundraisers. Photos by Luke...
Band director composes a life in Rappahannock Retired Marine Col. John R. Bourgeois’ road from a Bayou boyhood in Louisiana to conducting music for presidents at the White House took a turn into Rappahannock County in 1984, and he decided to stay. After enjoying a...
Background: English and theater teacher at Rappahannock County High School; chorus and drama program manager for the Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community (RAAC); previously taught seventh grade in Fauquier County schools and at Rappahannock County...
By Rachel Stanley After a recommendation from a friend who has a home in Rappahannock County, I applied to Foothills Forum for a three-week internship for my senior capstone. Living in Fairfax, attending an Arlington high school, city lights and rush-hour traffic is...
Despite steady rain, the Sperryville Summer Concert Series opened last Thursday night with music and a packed indoor crowd — marking the first time the popular series has moved inside instead of postponing for weather. Sponsored by the Rappahannock Association for...
She knew nothing about cattle farming. Then she changed it. Monira Rifaat never expected to become a cattle farmer. Trained as a pathologist under the British medical system in Egypt where she was born in 1938, she arrived in the United States in the 1960s, completed...
Thousands of Civil War reenactors and spectators gathered at Brandy Station Battlefield last weekend for the 165th anniversary reenactment of the Battle of First Manassas, billed by organizers as the country’s largest Civil War reenactment this year. The two-day...
Ordering delivery from a pizza shop is pretty standard practice — unless you live in Rappahannock County, where the convenience has never existed. Now it does. Xpress Mart & Pizza, a convenience store and restaurant on Route 211 near Leeds Manor Road in Warrenton,...
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