From contributed reports Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) has restored service to all members who lost power as a result of this week’s snowstorm. “We appreciate the patience and the many expressions of thanks from our member-owners as employees worked to restore power during such difficult weather conditions,” said Rhonda F. Curtis, REC’s manager of...
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Daily Archives: Jan. 27, 2011
REC update on outages
Photos: Fire at the welding shop
Fire crews from Washington, Flint Hill, Sperryville, Amissville, Chester Gap and Castleton fight a blaze at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Rick’s Custom Welding, on U.S. 211 next door to the Hillsdale Grocery just east of Washington. Rappahannock County Sheriff’s Maj. Scott Jenkins said he was first to arrive at the scene and that owner...
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Planners OK two more cell towers
The county’s board of supervisors will consider at its next meeting on Feb. 7 AT&T’s applications to build two more 199-foot cellular-service monopoles in the county.
Both were recommended for approval by county planners last week.
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The Rapp for Jan. 27
A musical sendoff for James D. Russell, students at Hearthstone and Mountain Laurel schools remember Martin Luther King, the Friday movie Feb. 4 is "The Social Network" and lots more.
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Easements down, but totals add up
The numbers are now in: 296 acres were recorded as conservation easements in Rappahannock County in 2010. These were fewer acres than in previous years, but nonetheless bring the total amount of land protected by conservation easements here to more than 28,600 acres, or 17 percent of the total land. As measured by a...
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Developer seeks input on Clevenger’s project
Centex's proposal to build upward of 800 homes at Clevenger's Corner has been dormant since it was approved several years ago, but a village designed for 125 acres across the road is moving ahead.
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Editorial: Who’ll pay the price at Clevenger’s Corner?
The wheels of “progress” are now in motion at Clevenger’s Corner, just across the border in Culpeper County, and there is precious little that we in Rappahannock County can do to affect the direction or speed of such progress. Or maybe there is? In a savvy gesture of good will and smart politics, Jim...
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Letter: Tower at school — give it an F
As a parent with young children about to enter Rappahannock schools, I’m deeply concerned that our planning commission has approved the proposed 199-foot cell tower less than 100 feet from the high school. It is also very troubling that the school board would agree to lease its land to AT&T to build a tower...
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Letter: ‘Frustrating’ cell tower meeting
The Jan. 17 Rappahannock County Planning Commission meeting was exceedingly frustrating to witness. We recognize that outcomes will not always be in our favor. We do, however, expect that the process will be fair and thorough; both of which we feel were lacking during this meeting. First, the commission received new information from AT&T...
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Letter: And the reason for 200-foot towers is . . . ?
When something is being shoved down my throat I want to know why. I hear some say we will get broadband Internet with AT&T’s cell tower plan. I hear others say cell phone service. Others say it will help our volunteer fire and rescue teams. But I don’t hear specifics. I see maps that...
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Letter: Appellations and oranges
An example of what Winston S. Churchill called a “terminological inexactitude” appears on page 1 of your Jan. 20 edition. Under the headline “Funds for schools urged,” the writer refers to the “Rappahannock County Board of Education.” But the Constitution of Virginia (Article VIII, Section 7) applies the name “school board” to the body...
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Tom Mullany’s ‘Forever Endeavor’ cartoon for Jan. 27
Tom Mullany's "Forever Endeavor" cartoon for Jan. 27.
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RAWL Dogs: George
My name is George. I have one blue and one brown eye. I’m only 2 years old, part husky and part St. Bernard, and I love everybody. All dogs, and all humans. That includes the mistress who left me out in the sun this past July, on one of the hottest days of the...
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Crime & Courts for Jan. 27
Sheriff’s Report No information was available this week from the Rappahannock County Sheriff’s Office. Martin sentenced for brandishing firearm William David Martin, 35, of Sperryville, was sentenced to 60 days in jail on charges of brandishing a firearm by Rappahannock Circuit Court Judge Herman A. Whisenant Jr. on Jan. 10. Martin had appealed an...
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School and Sports News for Jan. 27
RCHS Girls basketball and boys wrestling; Wakefield scores a 1,000-pointer.
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Q: Who finished fifth?
Senior captain Malcolm Perry just shook his head. He had difficulty finding the words to describe the disappointing performance that Rappahannock County High School’s Scholastic Bowl team gave in the Bull Run District tournament. “Devastating,” he said softly. “What a way to end our season.” Indeed. Strasburg, which did not win a regular season...
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Down Memory Lane
The news from editions of the Rappahannock News from 50, 25 and 10 years ago.
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Meetings and Notices for Jan. 27
On Jan. 17, the Washington Town Council voted to change its regularly scheduled meeting date from Monday, Feb. 14, to Wednesday, Feb. 16, at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall. The Town of Washington is seeking letters of interest from residents wishing to serve on the town planning commission or the architectural review board. Town...
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Sperryville column for Jan. 27
Why is Dexter Lake Club Antiques shut (temporarily)? What's new at Copper Fox? Whose it that familiar face at Thornton River Grill? Also the deer is back at F.T. Valley Store and James D. Russell is memorialized in style.
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Wild Ideas: An old friend, back in the twilight
A recent question about the name of my company, Nighthawk Communications, brought to mind hot summer nights in Wyoming and one warm, damp spring evening here in Rappahannock County. That evening in Rappahannock, as I was walking my dog through a meadow where I lived, I saw a vague silhouette careening through the sky...
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Fire & Rescue for Jan. 27
Fire and ambulance calls dispatched for Rappahannock County, Jan. 10-23.
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Courthouse Row for Jan. 27
This week including home and land transfers and building permits.
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