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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Developer seeks input on Clevenger’s project
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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The Rapp for Jan. 13
About 50 Rappahannock residents attended a town hall meeting hosted by Virginia Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-26th) Saturday at the Rappahannock County Library. Obenshain discussed several issues he is working on, including an amendment to the state constitution to eliminate eminent domain for economic development and the privatization of the sale of alcohol.
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Sperryville column for Jan. 13
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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First A&T cell tower: approved
In the end, practicality beat out romance. Facing an audience of more than three dozen Monday night — most of whom applauded the 15 citizens who spoke out against the first plan to build a cellular monopole in the county in a decade — the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors shook its collective head,...
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Postcard from 2020
This following was sent in with a return address -- and a sense of humor -- suspiciously resembling that of Flint Hill resident Ron Maxwell.
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Cafe Indigo’s Carosi hopes to Shaker things up
Like so many routes to Rappahannock County, Sebastian Carosi’s was supposed to end somewhere else. “We had come down from Maine, we were maybe looking for someplace warmer to live,” Carosi says, speaking of the car trip that he and his wife, Heather, and his young son Zander, made to Virginia two months ago...
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Planners say yes to first AT&T tower
The Rappahannock County Planning Commission Wednesday night unanimously voted to recommend approval of AT&T's application for the first of five proposed cell towers in the county.
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Clevenger’s Corner plans coming
If things go as planned this week, Jim Epstein, chairman of Washington, D.C.-based EFO Capital Management, Inc., will submit preliminary paperwork to the Culpeper County Planning Commission for a commercial and residential development at Clevenger's Corner.
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Letter: Disconnected thinking
I read Ron Maxwell’s long-winded Luddite manifesto in the Dec. 2 Rappahannock News and I think he missed the point. People here in Rappahannock County are also hoping that improved cellular service will provide additional, competitive options for land-line phone service or broadband Internet. Local businesses, especially those that require travel, would like to...
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Letter: Tone deaf on cell service
Ron Maxwell writes in The Rappahannock News (“Tower of Babel,” Dec. 2) that he’s content to live in a county where he “can’t get service and happy to turn the thing off.” It bothers him, he says, to sit at restaurants where patrons “yammer” on the cell phone and to share a...
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Letter: Thinking outside the cell phone box
Some folks in Rappahannock County may need mobile communications for various reasons, personal or business. The default solution isn’t the construction of more cell phone towers, which bring with them many undesirable consequences. Here are some alternatives that fill three basic needs: 1. Safety on the road or at home: Satellite phones have been...
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Balloon test set for cell tower
The Planning Commission tabled an application by AT&T last Wednesday for its recommendation to the Rappahannock County supervisors on the first of several cell towers AT&T wants to build in the county — to allow anyone interested to attend a “balloon test” now scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 4. Though one of the commission’s better-attended...
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Sperryville column for Nov. 25
Small-business shopping? Sperryville was made for it. Also news of a new chef at High on the Hog BBQ and support for Afghanistan veterans.
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Letter: Rappahannock businesses well-Linked
As members of the board of directors of the Link, we would like to express our gratitude to the community for its support of the first of many Rappahannock Business Link events. The success of the networking social held Nov. 16 was overwhelming, to say the least. Attended by more than 50 business leaders...
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Letter: REC bases future on coal
Customers of Rappahannock Electric Cooperative, the electric utility that serves many people in this area, are not just customers. They’re also members and owners of the cooperative, much like a stockholder partly owns a corporation. As REC’s CEO, Kent Farmer, told members at the REC annual meeting near Fredericksburg in August, “we work for...
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Letter: Kudos to The Inn — again
Congratulations to The Inn at Little Washington for its continued success as one of the most outstanding restaurants and inns in the world! Recently, The Inn earned, yet again, for the 21st consecutive year, the prestigious Forbes Travel Guide Five Star awards for both its restaurant and its guest rooms. This accomplishment is no...
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Writer makes Rapp her writing spot
DETAILS The Second Friday at the Library Series, sponsored by the Rappahannock Association for the Arts and the Community (RAAC) Guest speakers: Author Kerry Hannon and career coach Bev Jones will be sharing stories about mid-life career transitions and offering guidance for those wanting to enter a new profession. When: 8 p.m. Friday (Nov....
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Letter: Rappahannock forges a new Business Link
If you spend time watching the news, you’d be hard-pressed to believe that there is nothing that can divide a nation, state or county like an election, especially during these tough times. However, should you manage to get outside the box; you’ll quickly see that nothing can unite a community like those same tough...
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Housing market is improving
The housing market is showing signs nationally it’s coming back to life and it’s stirring a bit in Rappahannock County, too. “Rappahannock County is definitely a much smaller market. There are not as many properties on the market and they are higher priced,” said Chuck Cornwell, broker at ReMax Regency in Warrenton. Cornwell is...
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Going to town on a Halloween gown
Most people start thinking about Halloween when the weather cools, but Woodville resident Meaghan Deakins started preparing in the heat of June. For Deakins, a clothing designer who specializes in costumes, particularly Renaissance era attire, Halloween is a time of hustle and bustle. “I stay pretty busy all year round designing for weddings, parties,...
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Sperryville column for Oct. 28
Refresh your face and your fridge without leaving Sperryville; terrific coverage of Rappahannock County in the Examiner and The Washington Post.
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Washington Column for Oct. 7
Heritage House is 25 and looking for a buyer Heritage House B&B, currently on the market, marks its 25th anniversary in November. The house was converted into a B&B by Jim and Nan Thompson in 1985. It was subsequently operated as a B&B by three other owner-innkeepers until Gary and Michelle Schwartz took over...
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Sperryville Column for Oct. 7
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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On visit for Waugh, McAuliffe says ‘green’ grows jobs
Former Democratic primary candidate for Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe told a Rappahannock audience of about 80 Sunday night that renewable energy could be the answer to unemployment in in the commonwealth’s rural areas by creating “green” jobs. McAuliffe arrived a bit late, a bit hoarse but enthusiastic at a Rappahannock County Democratic Committee fundraiser...
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Editorial: Autumn’s bounty — events
Even in this era of cyberspace travel, it’s still impossible for one physical body to be in two places at the same time, as my family and I discovered this past weekend. So much was happening right here in Rappahannock — the Farm Tour, the start of the Castleton fall concert series, the Rappahannock...
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Settlement pleases power surge victims
Six customers of Allegheny Power have received settlements on their claims of damage caused by a power surge on Aug. 8, 2009. In agreeing to the somewhat surprising settlement, the utility somewhat less surprisingly admitted no wrongdoing. Settlement checks were distributed Tuesday by Allan Robert Rexinger of Washington, an attorney who represented the group...
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Bank’s donation to Visitors Center
Rappahannock National Bank President Mike Leake, left, presents a $2,000 check Monday to Sherri Fickel, right, chair of the county’s Tourism Advisory Group. County Administrator John W. McCarthy stands with them in front of the new Visitors Center on U.S. 211 just outside Washington. The bank’s donation helped provide needed computer equipment for the...
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Washington Column for Sept. 16
A facelift for the Sheriff's Office and county jail; the rescue squad plans an all-you-can-eat breakfast this Saturday, and longer thrift shop hours; the Rappahannock Community Bible Club starts up again; Flint Hill Vintage becomes Ginger Hill Vintage Finds and Antiques and moves to the old Faith Mountain building near the Co-op.
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Sperryville Column for Sept. 16
A new store, and storeowner, in Sperryville; agricultural tourism grows; an Old Sperryville School reunion; and more music on the deck at Thornton River Grill.
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Signs of life — and some strife
The real estate market continues to struggle nationally, and while Rappahannock County isn’t immune from the forces that have kept that sector of the economy from bouncing back, there are some differences here. “Real estate is local and Rappahannock County is a very special place,” says Denise Chandler, owner of Country Places Realty in...
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Visitors Center is ready
Starting tomorrow, Sept. 3, visitors to Rappahannock County will have an official starting point. A Rappahannock County Visitors Center, subject of much discussion and not a little dissension earlier this year, will open its doors for at least three days a week — Friday through Sunday — beginning this Labor Day weekend. The center...
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County OKs Aileen transfer
After instituting foreclosure proceedings against the delinquent partnership that bought the Aileen property from Rappahannock County in 2004, the county found itself with a willing buyer last month. Thus foreclosure on the former clothing factory property, a novel site in an otherwise agricultural county, appears to have been avoided. The buyer — real estate...
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Editorial: Consequential choices
Money isn’t everything. That’s easy to say for those of us still standing at the tail end (one hopes!) of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. So to rephrase the sentiment: Who here would want to live in Loudoun County? Fairfax? Prince William? That’s what I thought . . . . Very...
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Letter: A helpful Guide
When Maureen Harris advised me that you had kindly provided 200 copies of the Rappahannnock News’s annual “Guide to Rappahannock County” for the information packets for the Shenandoah District of the Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs’ semi-annual district meeting, I was ecstatic. We are doing our best to showcase all that Rappahannock has to...
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The Rapp for August 19
Art and antique events; good news about apples; the Monarchs reign; and a new store to open in Sperryville.
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Grady elected as regional REC director
Member-owners attending Rappahannock Electric Cooperative’s (REC) annual meeting on Saturday, Aug. 14 voted to keep Thomas T. Grady as director for REC's Region II, which includes Rappahannock County.
Robert G. Marmet also sought election to the post, but Grady received more than 85 percent of the votes. Both Marmet and Grady are from...
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Tourist home proposal draws support, raises eyebrows
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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The Rapp for July 29
AT&T might be considering cell towers in Rappahannock County; the Browns of Culpeper help the Food Pantry with livestock donations.
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Hazel River vote is delayed
Before delaying for a month its vote on designating a stretch of the Hazel River as a State Scenic River, the county Board of Supervisors heard some unusual testimony from a Culpeper County landowner last Wednesday night. Ben and Rita Grace, who own land along the Hazel in Culpeper County, had nothing good to...
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