The people, livestock and roads of Rappahannock County — blanketed in 19 to 26 inches of wet, heavy snow over the weekend in a once-in-a-century storm — appeared to have made it through a second storm Wednesday without major incident or loss of life. Which is not to say it was easy. And which...
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By Beverly Hunter and Roger Piantadosi The idea that we all share a watershed — but that each farmer and landowner has to overcome unique hurdles to helping keep clean the water running through his or her part of it — came across clearly at a workshop sponsored by local environmental and soil conservation...
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On television, High School Musicals seem so completely effortless. Characters go about their lives and frequently break into perfectly choreographed song that ideally expresses the moment. Russell Paulette, the RCHS drama teacher, would guffaw at such romanticized notions of easily producing those “perfect” snapshots of time. This May 7 and 8, Paulette and some...
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Look like groundhog Punxsutawney Phil’s weather prediction may be right so far. We are heading for six more weeks of bad weather. Considering the conditions over the weekend, Brian Noyes at Warrenton’s Red Truck Bakery and R.H. Ballard in Washington decided to postpone Red Truck Bakery deliveries to the shop on Main Street, and...
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Over 30 years ago a small ski lodge was opened in Harris Hollow. The entrepreneurial idea was a good one: It was the closest such recreational facility to all the would-be skiers and snow bunnies in metropolitan Washington. The only problem was: there was never enough snow. If memory serves, the ski run struggled...
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By Bette Mahoney Though lots more has fallen since, the snow that fell on Saturday, Jan. 30 did not keep away the 200-plus hardy individuals who came to work, party, and raise funds for a good Rappahannock cause: the Rappahannock Benevolent Fund, and its Celebrity Waiters’ Dinner at The Link in Sperryville. The Benevolent...
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Note: This program has been postponed due to snow until March 12. Among the unique and talented individuals who call Rappahannock County home is an Irishman with a worldwide reputation for creating incredible works of art in gold and silver, including pieces made for dignitaries ranging from the British House of Commons to King...
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“Love cures people — both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.” Dr. Karl Menninger, author of that quote, could have looked into many corners of Sperryville and found ample evidence of the expression of love in its most authentic form this last week. Those of us who sat comfortably...
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All this snow is messing up the postseason schedules for Rappahannock County High School’s athletic teams. The Scholastic Bowl team does not know if and when it will play its Bull Run District tournament, while the wrestling team awaits word of the format that the Region B championships will take. Tuesday night, Rappahannock County...
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As I watched The Weather Channel on Monday evening, I was pleasantly surprised to see my neighbor, Bob Ryan, reporting live from Washington, D.C. He said that if we have one more inch of snow this year, it would officially be the snowiest winter in more than a hundred years. By the time you...
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