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Ask anyone who’s been around Rappahannock County for 30 or more years how the county has managed to maintain its rural and scenic character when other nearby counties have not and the name Newbill Miller comes up. From his perch on the county planning commission he helped put into place the standards that thwarted the...
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Anything that brings a group of people together is a chance for a politician to “press the flesh” and try to secure some votes. That’s what brought Rick Waugh to Rappahannock County on Aug. 20. He dropped in on the Flint Hill Volunteer Fire and Rescue parade that afternoon. The Democratic Party candidate first...
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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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Did you feel it? A number of Rappahannock County residents did. A 3.6 magnitude earthquake centered in Germantown, Md., on Friday, July 16, rattled the area — and some nerves. Some folks out here in faraway Rappahannock County reported noticing it when it struck at 5:04 a.m. The United States Geological Survey’s Web site...
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Pulling off a music series like the 2010 Castleton Festival takes the work of a lot of helping hands both behind the scenes and in front. The music festival is in its second year. It features performances by a 200-member company of young artists under the guidance of conductor Lorin Maazel. This year's festival...
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Fourteen-year-old Skyler Owens is taking a great leap forward by skipping the last two years of high school to enroll at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton this fall. By forgoing the pomp and circumstance of receiving a high school diploma to start college early, she could be getting a bachelor's degree at an age when...
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The familiar name of Rappahannock National Bank will disappear come October but not its staff or the dedication to service customers expect, says RNB President and CEO Michael T. Leake.
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Fewer people called Rappahannock County and the town of Washington home in 2009 than in 2000. The county’s population dipped from a recorded 7,102 on April 1, 2000 to 7,035 on July 1, 2009, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recent estimates. That occurred even though the number of births exceeded deaths —...
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Eugene Leggett's swan song attending a council meeting as mayor of Washington was brief. The June 21 meeting, rescheduled from the week before, lasted only about 25 minutes. He was kidded "How come you finally figured out how to make it so short," Leggett said.
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Change doesn’t always come easy as new customers of Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) have found. The 51,000 former customers of Allegheny Power, including about 4,700 in Rappahannock County, became customers of the cooperative June 1 after REC and the Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative bought Allegheny’s distribution operations in Virginia once it was offered for...
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The Rappahannock County Planning Commission on Wednesday, June 16 recommended approval of two matters before it and denial of a third. The Board of Supervisors will take under consideration at its July 7 meeting the commission’s recommendation that the renewal of the designation of the Mulky Mountain Agricultural & Forestal District be approved. There...
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The suspect charged with the shooting of an 80-year-old Rappahannock County man during a June 10 attempted robbery will have a preliminary hearing at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 3 in Rappahannock District Court, Washington. In the meantime, Thomas Lee Hicks, 62, of 13335 Durante's Curve, Boston, Va., in Culpeper County, remains in custody, held without...
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How to guide Rappahannock County's growth while keeping its rural character intact is the needle the county's economic revitalization advisory committee is trying to thread.
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