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The Sperryville Volunteer Fire Department is looking for a few good underwriters to help put on its fourth annual Rappahannock County July Fourth Celebration, and the new Visitors Center is hoping to train more than a few good volunteeers on May 12.
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The Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors, in a tense , at times stormy meeting, approved the School Board’s $11.6 million budget Monday after narrowly defeating an effort supported by two supervisors to allocate how the money is spent. The big issue before the supervisors was not the total amount of money sought in the...
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Rappahannock County lost a piece of its history Friday as the oldest continuously operated restaurant in the county was destroyed by fire.
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Elderly man dies after a minor accident coming down the mountain on U.S. 211, and a county school bus collides with a car on U.S. 522 near Chester Gap.
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In races that were in all cases uncontested — except for one, at the very last minute — not quite three dozen of Washington’s 120 registered voters turned out Tuesday to elect their town leaders for the next four years. Councilman John Fox Sullivan was elected mayor, garnering the most votes of any single...
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The Rapp Happenings section lists events, generally in Rappahannock County, on a space-available basis. (The rappnews.com Web site will always list all calendar items we receive.) If your event absolutely must appear in the paper, on a certain date, please call Rappahannock News advertising consultant Patti Engle at 540-878-2417. Listings must be received by...
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With more divergent storylines than a Shakespearean drama, the 2010 Virginia Gold Cup turned out one part Dick Francis mystery, one part “My Friend Flicka,” with a side order of The Keystone Cops.
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esides capturing the featured Gold Cup race, rider Paddy Young also scored Saturday with steeplethon winner The Whacker.
Young, riding for owner Robert Kinsley and champion trainer Tom Voss, said the second-season jumper was “a bit surprised” with the variety of fences he found on the unique course that combines timber, brush, a stone wall,...
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On behalf of my family and the Poe family we would like to say thank you for all of your support, concern and love over the loss of “our icon.” Over the years and through its many eras Lombardy Restaurant had at times developed an improper name for itself even though it had been...
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The hotly contested campaigns in the Town of Washington’s municipal elections brought much- needed public debate on all the important issues. Still, there are no clear winners from Election Day this past Tuesday. The vote is that close! The razor-thin margins mean a recount is in order . . . . Not. Instead, with...
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50 years ago May 6, 1960 A soft reflection from the lighted pool cast a warm glow of welcome to the two-hundred and forty guests at Meadow Brook Hall, the lovely country place of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Duncan near Flint Hill where the Rappahannock Hunt Club held its annual Hunt Ball Saturday evening,...
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“He was struck by a cannon ball, taking both legs nearly off between the body and the knees.” So reads the memorial of my 31-year-old Great (three times) Uncle David Christian Hite, whose body was never recovered from the Third Battle of Winchester in September of 1864. A member of the Stonewall Brigade, a...
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The RCHS varsity boys soccer team stands with a 5-3 overall record. Though more than half their season is completed, they have quite a few Bull Run District games yet to play. With an awareness of their challenges and an eye on the future, several of the players paused recently to reveal their Panther...
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What has happened to Rappahannock County? My family moved here in 1991. Initially I was a “city” girl and hated the “stinkin’ fresh air.” I had just graduated from Chantilly High School and my parents moved out here that very weekend. As the years moved on and I got older, I started to enjoy...
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How splendid that Blue Rock has again opened with its new owner and management team. My husband and I have already enjoyed a fabulous Sunday brunch, last evening, the first of what I know will be more superb meals. What a splendid addition to Rappahannock County, again in the truly gorgeous location. We wish...
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Missing Claybert Smoot, remembering birthdays and thinking about Mother's Day -- including flowers and plants for Mom at the Rappahannock Farmer's Coop.
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The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has announced that Austin James Burnett is the recipient of the 2010 Pamplin Leader Award at Rappahannock County High School (RCHS). The Pamplin Leadership Scholarship is a one-year, $1,000 tuition scholarship to Virginia Tech. It is presented annually to a top student from each public high school...
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If you haven’t noticed them yet, and you’d be hard-pressed not to, there are two brand spanking new historical markers down at the foot of the mountain right across from the Appalachian Inn.
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Mother's Day, Shenandoah National Park news and 69-year friends celebrate their 89th birthdays.
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What's so funny? If you attended “What’s So Funny,” the Rappahannock Association for the Arts and Community (RAAC) Theatre's latest offering last weekend, the answer was immediately obvious. From start to finish, the production illustrated how life can be funny in both amusing and poignant ways.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced an initiative to help agricultural producers trim their energy costs. State Conservationist Jack Bricker says the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is providing $2 million for on-farm energy audits in 29 states, including Virginia.
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What do you get when you cross a Saint Bernard and a Boxer? Well, come over and see me, Jeremy, and you will discover that you get a big, smart, four-footed pal. One that is very bright, trained to an invisible fence; one who has learned all his manners, and properly so. I weigh...
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Betsy Apple, center, widow of food writer and “Far Flung and Well Fed” author R.W. “Johnny” Apple Jr., chats with CBS News correspondent Bill Plante and PBS’ Terence Smith before the three, as well as publisher and Washington mayor-elect John Fox Sullivan, gave brief readings from Apple’s food memoir – all as part of...
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An exhibition of the new work by Viviane de Kosinsky, “Thought for Food and Beyond” goes on display at the R. H. Ballard Gallery this weekend in Washington. A gallery reception, with Gadino Cellars wines and light hors d’oeuvres, is 4 to 7 Saturday (May 8) with the artist present.
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On Friday, May 14, the Rappahannock Association for Arts and the Community (RAAC) welcomes author Maggie Kast as the featured program for its “Friday at the Library” series. Kast’s sister is Rappahannock resident Sally Nash. Given that connection, the author is well known here in the county and was a featured artist at a...
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Ice House Gallery and Geneva Welch Gallery, both on Washington’s Main Street, join forces to present a special exhibit entitled “Little Galleries – Little Artworks.” Samples of their small but powerful artwork are shown. The exhibit runs May 8 through May 30. For more information, call 675-3332 or 675-3039. Pictured here are details from...
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Master story teller Jon Spelman is coming to Rappahannock! Describing him as “the best company imaginable,” The Washington Post once said that “in Spelman’s hands storytelling is an art, not to be missed.” The Washington Times wrote of his “must-hear spellbinding skill. For the thrills and excitements, giggles and scares of an oral roller...
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When fire destroyed the Rappahannock home of Lynn and Joe Horning, right, in 2007, among the many art works destroyed was a large wood and metal sculpture by local artist Thomas Mullany, left. Lynn Horning had purchased Mullany’s “1st American” in 1994, when she worked with Troyer Gallery in Washington, D.C. As they went...
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District Conservationist Rex Rexrode says there is still time for farmers to sign up for the Conservation Stewardship Program that is administered by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Producers may apply at anytime for CSP; however, the second period for evaluating applications for this year’s funding runs until May 14.
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The Flint Hill area is both rural and historic, but should it be formally designated a "Rural Historic District?" The question is scheduled to be addressed next Monday, May 10, at a public hearing at the Rappahannock County Courthouse on Gay Street, by the state Department of Historic Resources. The hearing is at...
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Two new Sheriff's Office deputies, and a Rappahannock native is Culpeper VFW's Officer of the Year.
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There being no business to come before them, and after consultation with the Chair, the regular May meeting of the Rappahannock County Planning Commission has been canceled. On Thursday, May 6 the Rappahannock County Water and Sewer Authority will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Rappahannock County courthouse on Gay Street. Monday, May 10,...
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These Rappahannock County home and land transfers were recorded in the Rappahannock County Circuit Court Clerk’s office from April 23 to April 29. Wakefield Peter S. Snyder and wife to William J. Hagerty, $150,400, deed bargain sale, tax map 12A-1-18 Daniel B. Clark and wife to Huntly Packing Shred LLC, .5201 acres, deed bargain...
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