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At Sperryville’s Belle Meade Farm and School, parents and students will again host “Growing our Future,” the non-profit school’s upcoming festivities/fundraiser, on the opening day of the Rappahannock County Farm Tour this Saturday (Sept. 29). Experience the 138-acre farm’s diverse nature and tour the historic 1914 schoolhouse with activities that include hay wagon tours,...
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Just in time for summer travel reading, Rappahannock County Library has announced a new download service.
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It's Food Pantry Day, plus Saturday night's fundraiser for Belle Meade at F.T. Valley's historic Montpelier, and news of the Mary Beth Williams Fund annual fundraising dinner and bluegrass gala.
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For the first time in nearly five years, Montpelier, the iconic F.T. Valley landmark and historic mansion, will open to the community – well, to generous and education-minded members of the community, for the moment.
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Rappahannock author, historian and pig farmer John Kiser's “The Monks of Tibhirine" became "the Bible" for the makers of an internationally acclaimed French film, "Of Gods and Men."
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Top-ranked books and information fill three new reference-book sections at the Rappahannock County Library. They are oriented to educate caregivers and readers interested in farming and gardening, and in conservation and nature issues.
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Nothing encourages success like success and Belle Meade School offers a prime example, with its “can do” spirit. The school, already in the middle of a major fundraising campaign inspired by a $20,000 challenge grant from the Greve Foundation, also plans to open its doors to the community for a number of showcase and...
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It takes a whale of a lot of organizing, collaboration, planning and preparation to put together the Rappahannock Benevolent Fund’s “Celebrity Waiters” benefit dinner. And an impressive group of folks are involved in making a success of the event, which starts at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 29 at the Link. In the midst of one...
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The former Sperryville Antique Market at 3 River Lane is home to several new businesses — one about to open, another already operating and a third heading into home stretch. The historic building, which was built as an apple packing house and served as the county’s first farmers coop, is now called Rappahannock Central....
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Parents and students at Belle Meade School have launched “Growing Our Future,” the school’s first fundraising event, with activities timed to coincide with the Sept. 25-26 Rappahannock County Farm Tour. Food, fun, hayride tours of the farm, live music, a cook-off competition, beekeeping demonstration and visits with animals will be part of the mix...
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Targeting book dealers for its first big sale of donated used books, the Friends of the Rappahannock Library (FOL) also are offering county residents a chance to purchase an array of more than 500 valuable books at wholesale prices later this month. Sale notices were mailed to some 60 book dealers in the region...
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There are more, ongoing achievements to report for Rick Wasmund and his Copper Fox Distillery in Sperryville’s River District. Wasmund’s Barrel Kit — a two-liter American White Oak mini-barrel of either Single Malt Spirit or Rye Spirit — just earned “Best New Beverage” top award at Virginia’s annual Food & Beverage Convention in Richmond....
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