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Thank you! This is the message from the residents on Main Street, Water Street and U.S. 522 (and from those who live off the main roads but who walk along our streets) to the Sheriff and her great team of deputies! On Sunday (March 27) alone, residents lost count after hearing the great sound...
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Sperryville's St. Patrick's extravaganza; another fun way to support Sperryville Volunteer Fire Department; spring clean-up and summer pottery camp.
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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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James D. Russell, who died Jan. 5, was a pillar of the community who was loved by all who knew him. We extend our condolences to his family. From J.D. Hartman comes a heartwarming story about Mr. Russell. In 1992, J.D. opened a barbecue place beside Mountainside Market in a building owned by Mr....
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A Sperryville Post Office retirement; ringing in the new year at the Link and the Thornton River Grille.
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Felix was the darling of Main Street, a miniature dachshund who lived there with his “mom,” Ann Bellomy. Ann and Felix were walking on the sidewalk near their home on Main Street last Friday when a speeding van hit Felix and didn’t stop. A witness ran down the street until she caught up with...
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RAAC thanks Ray Boc; more shopping before you drop in Sperryville.
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Santa at SVFD breakfast, another opening at Haley Fine Art, more shopping ops in Sperryville.
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Halloween treats; fall feasts, including a Mandalele potluck at Belle Meade, apple cake at High on the Hog and your favorite fall fruits and veggies at Roy's Orchard.
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Grant awarded to SVRS Rappahannock Electric Coop has awarded a $1,000 grant to the Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad to be used to upgrade ceiling insulation and tiles and make other building improvements. Thanks go to Donald Gore for his initiative in applying for the grant. The improvements should save on heating costs and leave...
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Smoke alarms and your local fire department, the Farm Tour's Sperryville connections on Saturday and Sunday, and a new name -- Haley Fine Arts -- for the former Long View Gallery.
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Looking into Labor Day, gratitude for VDOT's lowering speed limits on the way into Sperryville, fiber fun for a good cause, and how to volunteer for Farm Tour duty.
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Your rescue squad needs your help. Ambulance drivers and Emergency Medical Technicians who are already certified or who would like to take free training are especially needed. So much goes into sustaining a volunteer team and advanced life support ambulances at a professional level and like many organizations, the Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad has...
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Sperryville yet again is getting a fresh look. Just walk or drive in the village along Main Street and U.S. 522 to see the renovations galore that are happening. Roofs are being repaired on several homes, new paint is being added to others, and a total renovation is being started on another (peek at...
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More than 80 local farmers attended a series of workshops and lectures at various sites on Woodville’s sprawling Eldon Farms last Thursday (July 29), a successful day by any measure.
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These were only some of the ingredients in a fun-filled week of clay and fiber camps on Main Street. Four separate groups at Sperryville Pottery were shaping clay, throwing pots on a wheel and glazing their cups, butter dishes, dinosaurs and other interesting creations.
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How nice to open the Washington Post Magazine this past Sunday and see our own Cliff Miller sitting with some of the pigs at Mount Vernon Farm talking about the stewardship of the land that is so very important to Sperryville and all of Rappahannock County. Cliff, thank you for all you do, and...
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We are so lucky to live in Sperryville. Just consider some of the local shopping venues. While out and about on the west end of U.S. 211, get a cup of coffee while you pick out your beans at Central Coffee Roasters, and then stop at Beech Springs for its popular local preserves. Continue...
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A very, very special “thank you” goes out to all who participated in the Sperryville Volunteer Fire Department parade Friday evening (June 18). This was a joyous evening that gave us the opportunity to thank those who, day in and day out, risk their lives to save ours.
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Support and enjoy the Sperrville Volunteer Fire Department Carnival June 16-19 with your family and friends. The fire department has hosted the carnival for more than 60 years, even though it has barely more than broken even over the last few years. The SVFD was founded in 1947 and the carnival started not long...
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Memorial Day is a federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates American men and women who died while in military service. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the Civil War (it is celebrated close to the day of reunification after the war), it was...
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The brick sidewalk at the pedestrian bridge that was so badly damaged during the winter snows has been repaired thanks to the hard work of Nick Rustig. Special thanks go to Jerome Niessen for assigning him to our community project! As you walk by to see the great work Nick did, you may...
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As a follow-up to the classes at Rappahannock Elementary and a field trip to the Thornton River at the Link, the students were asked to submit essays on their experience, with a winner to be selected and announced in the Rappahannock News. From 38 entries 10 semifinalists were chosen and then five finalists —...
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Sixty-five Rappahannock County Elementary School (RCES) sixth-graders have been participating in a four-week program to learn about watersheds, water assessments and pollution sources. It culminated March 31, with a half-day “Meaningful Watershed Experience” on the grounds of the Link, led by Stephanie DeNicola-Turner, education and information coordinator at the Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation...
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Lucky sixth-grade students at RCES, thanks to the Culpeper Soil & Water Conservation District and its partners, on Wednesday experienced along the Thornton River the final phase of what has been a four-week classroom experience of learning about watersheds, water assessments and pollution sources. Watch for photos and more details next week. Easter temptations...
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Updates: High on the Hog will now be serving breakfast from 7 to 11 Tuesdays through Saturdays. Stop by and visit Mary Ann (but not on a Sunday or Monday)! Good old country music Free public entertainment at Sperryville United Methodist Church is open to all! It’s this Saturday, starting at 7 p.m. Everyone...
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The official celebration of Beverly Samuels’ return to running the F.T. Valley Grocery store was held on Saturday with a special “welcome back to the old timers.” Great stories were shared about the times that National Public Radio broadcast from the store, TV crews filming the famous and not so famous who visited every...
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The name for Dave Yowell’s Runamok Systems LLC came from a group of Yowell’s friends who camped together, after one of them called the outing “Camp Runamok.” Being a big bluegrass fan, Yowell knows that the hardest part of writing a song is coming up with the title; naming a business is the same....
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A lesson learned from last week’s flooding: If water is across a road or a bridge, under no circumstances should you try to cross. Richie Burke posted photos on the Sperryville Volunteer Fire Department web site in addition to those in last week’s paper that should scare us all: someone stranded trying to cross...
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Between snowstorms and cold weather, we have heard wonderful stories of neighbors taking care of neighbors. For those who have been helped, please say an extra thank you to your friends and neighbors; For the rest of us, please continue keeping an eye out for those who may be in need of assistance. Shoveling...
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