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The lone survivor involved in last week’s fatal shooting in Sperryville was placed under arrest by the Rappahannock County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. 6. David Linwood (“Buddy”) Pullen, 66, of Sperryville, was being held without bond at the Rappahannock jail on the charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Pullen’s stepson,...
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Details of the upcoming Flint Hill Carnival, school orientation news, a medicinal plants workshop, hay-hauling relief and a brush with Hollywood at Ballard's.
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This year's Rappahannock Farm Tour on Sept. 25 and 26 hopes to capitalize on the good showing during the 2009 farm tour when 500 visitors -- not including children -- attended.
Those encouraging results, prompted the Office of Tourism, the Virginia Extension Service and a few volunteers to organize this year's tour.
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Steve Ray and Andrea Wooten have found themselves in the position of a lot of folks trying to sell a home. It's just not happening right now in the current economic climate.
Desiring to move out of their home at 418 Mount Salem Ave. in Washington but not wanting to leave it vacant or renting...
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What happens in the Valley doesn’t stay in the Valley. So it is that Del. Todd Gilbert’s recent comments in the Shenandoah Valley town of Woodstock found their way across the Blue Ridge to Rappahannock, the easternmost portion of his constituency. The Republican delegate was speaking at the fifth annual Farm Bureau Federation Young...
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Though we’re surrounded by nature in Rappahannock County, few of us can go for a walk in the woods and be able to give a name -- other than “weed,” or “that thing with the spiky white flowers” -- to the plants we will come across on that walk.
Even fewer of us will bring...
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Now that former Allegheny Power customers are part of the Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC), they are invited to attend REC’s annual meeting on Saturday (Aug. 14) at Courtland High School in Spotsylvania County.
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The Rappahannock County Public Schools (RCPS) School Board’s Aug. 10 meeting signaled the seamless start of a new school year with both a new superintendent and a new high school principal. “Rappahannock County is a wonderful place to live and raise a child,” said Dr. Aldridge A. Boone, the new superintendent, in a prepared...
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Smack! Crunch! Thud-thud! Ah, the sounds of fall sports practices at Rappahannock County High School.
The Lady Panther varsity volleyball players are already smacking the white leather ball in serving and hitting drills. The football players' helmets are crunching in high-energy drills. And the footsteps of cross country runners are thudding past onlookers as they...
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New teachers were welcomed Monday at the Rappahannock County Public Schools’ orientation session. One thing they have in common is plenty of energy as well as enthusiasm and smiles as they prepare to begin a new school year on Tuesday, Aug. 24. Front row, from left: Jocelyn Alexander, Amy Lilly, Dawn Phillips, Jan McKinney....
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A new birth is always a cause for celebration and Tommy Starks of Washington was no exception when he welcomed his newest additions -- a set of black Angus twin calves.
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Morgan Minyard, an Amissville resident and 2010 graduate of Highland School, recently completed the requirements to letter in equestrian sports through the United States Equestrian Federation’s (USEF) High School Equestrian Athletes program. Minyard has been participating in the new USEF program during her senior year. During this time she balanced her riding, showing and...
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A bright, sharp light was extinguished in Amissville over the weekend; Bill Payne, the auctioneer and valued member of the Amissville community, succumbed to cancer on Sunday. His steady, warm voice presided over auctions for the past two decades, filling the house with regular customers, moving the goods and entertaining everyone at no extra...
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It seems an odd time of year to encourage readers to vote, but this is not politics as usual. This is business. For most readers are now members of the Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC). As in effect shareholders, you are entitled to elect your own board of directors. People like to complain. And one...
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Few challenges that Virginia’s 373,000 family forestland owners face are more important than the issue of passing the forest on to the following generation. Many forest owners want to preserve their lands but don’t know how to involve family members in their ownership and management. Of the 15.8 million acres of forestland that cover...
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As many fellow Rappahannock residents know, Bill Baker of Sperryville worked many long, cold, hot, rainy and dry hours at Flatwood Recycling Center in Washington for 10 years. Many may know him for his devotion to the upkeep of the recycle center and for the extra hand he gave unloading many vehicles of trash...
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I am responding to an article several weeks ago about SAFE. This is a most needed program in our county. For months up until January, I was a victim of a stalker-trespasser who left sexual letters and pornographic pictures at my home for months. Everyone became a suspect. When the case was solved, to...
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Last week during the discussion as to scenic river designation for the Hazel, concern over our water resources finally clicked. At one time our rivers were our highways and produced all our power in Rappahannock County. But in the 1930s, electricity was brought into the county, and water power became less necessary. At one...
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50 years ago August 11, 1960 A rain and wind storm lashed Rappahannock County late last Thursday afternoon, with the most severe portion centered in the Ben Venue and Amissville area. A large hay-filled barn at Bunree, the farm of D. G. Laing at Amissville, collapsed with bales of hay tumbling from its rent...
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Photos/postcards were a gift of the late Ruby Green to the Rappahannock Historical Society. Earl Wayland first ran Bel Air Restaurant on U.S. 211 in Amissville, a popular dance hall, bar and restaurant. It was then taken over by Mary Hall in 1947, who turned it into Bel Air Tourist Cabins. Some locals fondly...
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From contributed reports The honors keep coming for Rappahannock County viticulture. Narmada Winery of Amissville recently was awarded a gold medal for its 2009 Viognier in the State Fair of Virginia Wine Competition. The winery also received first place for “Best Use of Whimsy on a Label” for its 2009 Dream wine. The winery...
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On Thursday, Aug. 12, the Washington Architectural Review Board (ARB) will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Hall on Gay Street. Highlights from the agenda include: Peter Labovitz, agent; replace rotting siding at 325 Middle St. (Middle Street Gallery); Rev. Phillip Bailey for Washington Baptist Church; renovation of basement steps and retaining wall...
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These Rappahannock County home and land transfers were recorded in the Rappahannock County Circuit Court Clerk’s office between Aug. 6 and Aug. 12: Jackson Alls and company Inc. to Malcolm W. Alls, 1.1193 acres, deed bargain sale, tax map 41-31C Malcolm W. Alls to Malcolm W. Alls and wife, 1.1193 acres, deed bargain sale,...
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Greetings from our community and a big hello to all our readers as circumstances have prevented this column from appearing for a while. The recent welcome rain should make everyone feel better after the hot summer spell. Local gardeners, if they weren’t in a position to water their plants, have needed rain so badly....
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