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,...
Fate of Waterpenny Farm, Sperryville River Trail in question The unwinding of the Clifford Miller III family’s vast Sperryville landholdings and partnerships accelerated last weekend when a local couple, Pat Snyder and Bob Kramer, signed a contract to buy 17 acres...
Background Emily: Former speech pathologist and now an attorney specializing in end-of-life legal matters; leads the pastoral care team at Trinity Episcopal Church and is active in the altar guild; provides behind-the-scenes support for RAAC Theatre productions;...
Tradition shifts for valedictorian, salutatorian speeches In Rappahannock, tradition isn’t just remembered, it seems to be expected. So when Rappahannock County High School (RCHS) announced changes to this year’s May 29 graduation ceremony, people took notice. For...
Pat Giles didn’t expect to make history — she just didn’t want to miss it. But four hours after taking her place along a barricade in downtown Front Royal last Thursday, the Town of Washington resident found herself face to face with King Charles III and Queen Camilla...
‘Pretty much a total loss’ As Bill Gadino walked through his vineyard at Gadino Cellars in Washington, he stopped several times last Friday to pick dried, withering leaves off grapevines. “These had all emerged,” he said, examining the nubs left where fresh...
Residents and local groups weigh uncertainty as longtime land arrangements are revisited For nearly two centuries, the Miller family has been Sperryville’s dominant landowner, farming and stewarding 845 acres of Rappahannock countryside while quietly supporting the...
Virginia’s love affair with data centers is experiencing turbulence. The chief disrupter isn’t a wave of angry neighbors or land conservationists, but L. Louise Lucas, a determined 82-year-old Democratic state senator from Portsmouth, Va., who has pledged to undo a...
An additional felony charge prompted a continuance Tuesday in the case of a Sperryville woman accused of financially exploiting an 89-year-old woman, days after a judge denied the prosecution’s request to allow the elderly woman to testify remotely from her nursing...
‘Residents are being squeezed economically’ At first, it was a ripple. There were more people coming more frequently to the Rappahannock Food Pantry, more seeking help from the Rappahannock Benevolent Fund, more uninsured showing up at the Fauquier Free Clinic. In...
Stories of grandparents, neighbors and local history took center stage Monday as Foothills Forum and the Rappahannock News honored 15 student writers during a ceremony at The Washington School in the Town of Washington. Now in its eighth year, the annual Storytelling...
The Rappahannock County Farmers’ Market opened for the season Saturday on the Sperryville Schoolhouse lawn, drawing a crowd to its many local vendors. The weekly market will continue through Nov. 21, with 25–30 vendors expected this year. Plans are in the works to...
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