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Archive for January 14th, 2010
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Town gets $500K state DEQ grant
Posted on January 14, 2010 | No CommentsThe Washington Town council authorizes Mayor Eugene Leggett to negotiate the terms of a nearly half-million-dollar Water Quality Improvement Fund grant from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. -
Editorial: Make the News!
Posted on January 14, 2010 | No CommentsYou will have heard by now that this newspaper is under new ownership, and that the new owners, along with the publisher and editor, are all local, Rappahannock-based folks. This is a good thing. But the more important reality is that it’s you, our readers,... -
Comings and Goings
Posted on January 14, 2010 | No CommentsRae’s in Sperryville will be closing at the end of the month, as Thornton River Grille and the Corner Store take on former ECow owner Terri Lehman as a catering partner. -
School board reelects Mills chairman for a busy year
Posted on January 14, 2010 | No CommentsThe Rappahannock County Board of Education, meeting for the first time in 2010 Tuesday at the high school, unanimously reelected Wes Mills as its chairman, and faces a year of tough challenges. -
Letter: Is there a mouser in the house?
Posted on January 14, 2010 | 1 CommentThe colder the weather, the more mice seem to come into my home! While I feel sorry for them and understand their desire for warmth, I do not like sharing my food with them. Nor, I must confess, do I appreciate their lack of bathroom... -
Letter: Who made the first Senior Angel Tree Project a success? You.
Posted on January 14, 2010 | No CommentsThis year was the initial launching of the Senior Angel Tree project in Rappahannock County, modeled after a similar successful program in Culpeper. When the trees were first set up in late November, there were 85 senior “angels” placed on three separate trees — at... -
Letter: Amissville Community Christmas gives thanks
Posted on January 14, 2010 | No CommentsThe Amissville Area Community Christmas group delivered 22 food boxes, 50 flower bouquets and 25 fruit baskets to area residents for the 2009 holiday season. We would like to thank the many donors and the faithful who came out to assemble the boxes and baskets.... -
Work o’ The Weavers
Posted on January 14, 2010 | No Comments“Work o’ The Weavers” played at the Theatre at Washington to such enthusiasm last year that they were invited back for a second concert here, 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24. The music and the spirit of the group derives from the original pioneering folk quartet,... -
Rapp Notes
Posted on January 14, 2010 | No CommentsWashington's MLK Celebration, RLEP's celebrity bartenders and The Inn's Local Stimulus Package. -
Washington: First edition
Posted on January 14, 2010 | No CommentsThe Rappahannock News first edition came out under the new owners last Thursday, and the paper really looks great! I want our readers to think of this newspaper as a positive force in our community. I want the readers never to forget that this newspaper... -
Static alacrity
Posted on January 14, 2010 | No CommentsA gasoline fire caused by a static spark is contained by quick-thinking customers at Washington's Quicke Mart.