The Rapp Archive

  • Saturday, Sept. 11 is a big day: Reynolds Baptist Church honors Rappahannock's first-responders, Thornton Hill's point-to-point races start the fall steeplechase season and "The Tempest" comes to the Theatre at Washington.

    The Rapp for Sept. 9

    Posted on September 9, 2010 | No Comments
    Saturday, Sept. 11 is a big day: Reynolds Baptist Church honors Rappahannock's first-responders, Thornton Hill's point-to-point races start the fall steeplechase season and "The Tempest" comes to the Theatre at Washington.

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  • Slower speeds in Sperryville, a 25th anniversary for the county's oldest continually owned and operated B&B, and Drew Ernst returns for more large doings at Sperryville's Haley Fine Art.

    The Rapp for Sept. 2

    Posted on September 2, 2010 | No Comments
    Slower speeds in Sperryville, a 25th anniversary for the county's oldest continually owned and operated B&B, and Drew Ernst returns for more large doings at Sperryville's Haley Fine Art.

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  • Truck won; thanks to many Tom Barber of Richardsville (here with wife, Cindy) was the lucky winner of the 2010 Ford Ranger pickup truck given away Saturday night by the Flint Hill Fire Department at its annual carnival. Janet Woodward of Amissville won the black...

    The Rapp for August 26

    Posted on August 26, 2010 | No Comments
    Truck won; thanks to many Tom Barber of Richardsville (here with wife, Cindy) was the lucky winner of the 2010 Ford Ranger pickup truck given away Saturday night by the Flint Hill Fire Department at its annual carnival. Janet Woodward of Amissville won the black...

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  • Details of the upcoming Flint Hill Carnival, school orientation news, a medicinal plants workshop, hay-hauling relief and a brush with Hollywood at Ballard's.

    The Rapp for August 12

    Posted on August 12, 2010 | No Comments
    Details of the upcoming Flint Hill Carnival, school orientation news, a medicinal plants workshop, hay-hauling relief and a brush with Hollywood at Ballard's.

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  • Snow -- or Snowball, the albino deer -- in Harris Hollow, and black-footed ferrets at the Smithsonian's Front Royal conservation center.

    The Rapp for August 5

    Posted on August 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Snow -- or Snowball, the albino deer -- in Harris Hollow, and black-footed ferrets at the Smithsonian's Front Royal conservation center.

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  • AT&T might be considering cell towers in Rappahannock County; the Browns of Culpeper help the Food Pantry with livestock donations.

    The Rapp for July 29

    Posted on July 29, 2010 | No Comments
    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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  • The passing of Amissville 'cornerstone' Paul Poling; the impressive showing of Rappahannock County's 4-H Club at the Culpeper-Madison-Rappahannock Farm Show; a Hospice benefit July 31-Aug. 1 kicks off a new Rappahannock 'Artisanal Wineries Trail'

    The Rapp for July 22

    Posted on July 22, 2010 | No Comments
    The passing of Amissville 'cornerstone' Paul Poling; the impressive showing of Rappahannock County's 4-H Club at the Culpeper-Madison-Rappahannock Farm Show; a Hospice benefit July 31-Aug. 1 kicks off a new Rappahannock 'Artisanal Wineries Trail'

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  • Top basketmakers at the Culpeper-Madison-Rappahannock Farm Show; more work (and more play for you) at the Castleton Festival; local 12-and-under team heads to the state baseball tournament; and more.

    The Rapp for July 15

    Posted on July 15, 2010 | No Comments
    Top basketmakers at the Culpeper-Madison-Rappahannock Farm Show; more work (and more play for you) at the Castleton Festival; local 12-and-under team heads to the state baseball tournament; and more.

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  • A fab Fourth, "little" Washington's sure-to-be-the-next-great cartoonist Thomas Mullany, news of a small new vineyard and a large old yard sale.

    The Rapp for July 8

    Posted on July 8, 2010 | 1 Comment
    A fab Fourth, "little" Washington's sure-to-be-the-next-great cartoonist Thomas Mullany, news of a small new vineyard and a large old yard sale.

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  • A Rappahannock Fourth in Sperryville (and a patriotic reading in Washington), plus news of two wineries' achievements with Google and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

    The Rapp

    Posted on June 24, 2010 | No Comments
    A Rappahannock Fourth in Sperryville (and a patriotic reading in Washington), plus news of two wineries' achievements with Google and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

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  • A senior prank, a junior who's headed to Boston for a summer theatre program, John Jackson's Rappahannock blues and a RappFLOW cleanup along the Thornton River at the Link.

    The Rapp

    Posted on June 17, 2010 | No Comments
    A senior prank, a junior who's headed to Boston for a summer theatre program, John Jackson's Rappahannock blues and a RappFLOW cleanup along the Thornton River at the Link.

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  • Rapp's Farm-to-Table is a national model; a Hunt and Habitat golf tournament; a RappCats event; more.

    The Rapp

    Posted on June 10, 2010 | No Comments
    Rapp's Farm-to-Table is a national model; a Hunt and Habitat golf tournament; a RappCats event; more.

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  • Buy a reproduction of a Rappahannock County courthouse desk and help the Food Pantry and Free Clinic; an antique and garden show worth a visit this weekend.

    The Rapp

    Posted on June 3, 2010 | No Comments
    Buy a reproduction of a Rappahannock County courthouse desk and help the Food Pantry and Free Clinic; an antique and garden show worth a visit this weekend.

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  • Updates on the Sperryville July Fourth Celebration, an upcoming visit by guitarist Laurence Juber to the Theatre, and the latest on this summer's Castleton Festival.

    The Rapp

    Posted on May 27, 2010 | No Comments
    Updates on the Sperryville July Fourth Celebration, an upcoming visit by guitarist Laurence Juber to the Theatre, and the latest on this summer's Castleton Festival.

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  • Calendar items -- including those you can submit to us online || Rae auctions off everything || You can be an extra in a film being shot in the county || Farm-to-Table news

    The Rapp

    Posted on May 20, 2010 | No Comments
    Calendar items -- including those you can submit to us online || Rae auctions off everything || You can be an extra in a film being shot in the county || Farm-to-Table news

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  • A Tucker Hill retrospective at Caulfield Gallery; frost damages some vineyards; this year's Rappahannock Evening View benefit has a distinctly local flavor.

    The Rapp

    Posted on May 13, 2010 | No Comments
    A Tucker Hill retrospective at Caulfield Gallery; frost damages some vineyards; this year's Rappahannock Evening View benefit has a distinctly local flavor.

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  • The Sperryville Volunteer Fire Department is looking for a few good underwriters to help put on its fourth annual Rappahannock County July Fourth Celebration, and the new Visitors Center is hoping to train more than a few good volunteeers on May 12.

    The Rapp

    Posted on May 6, 2010 | No Comments
    The Sperryville Volunteer Fire Department is looking for a few good underwriters to help put on its fourth annual Rappahannock County July Fourth Celebration, and the new Visitors Center is hoping to train more than a few good volunteeers on May 12.

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  • The details of the Rappahannock Evening View benefit for RCCA, a vegetable garden for the county jail and informational Earth Day shopping bags created by students studying endangered species.

    The Rapp

    Posted on April 29, 2010 | No Comments
    The details of the Rappahannock Evening View benefit for RCCA, a vegetable garden for the county jail and informational Earth Day shopping bags created by students studying endangered species.

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  • An opportunity to learn from Farm-to-Table students, a prestigious volunteer award for a Sperryville man, Miss Rappahannock and more.

    The Rapp

    Posted on April 22, 2010 | No Comments
    An opportunity to learn from Farm-to-Table students, a prestigious volunteer award for a Sperryville man, Miss Rappahannock and more.

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  • Go, Gavin, Go Gavin Jenkins, an 11-year- old Rappahannock County Elementary School fifth-grader, has a dream of becoming a professional automobile race driver, and this year he is on his way to accomplishing his dream. As a dirt track go-kart driver, Gavin won the Capital...

    The Rapp

    Posted on April 15, 2010 | No Comments
    Go, Gavin, Go Gavin Jenkins, an 11-year- old Rappahannock County Elementary School fifth-grader, has a dream of becoming a professional automobile race driver, and this year he is on his way to accomplishing his dream. As a dirt track go-kart driver, Gavin won the Capital...

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  • White’s winning performance Michelle “Mimi” White, of Flint Hill, won first place for her flute solo at the Virginia Lions’ regional Bland Music Contest last month in Gainesville. Her rendition of “La Flute de Pan” qualified her for the Lions’ District Contest, encompassing northern Virginia,...

    The Rapp

    Posted on April 8, 2010 | No Comments
    White’s winning performance Michelle “Mimi” White, of Flint Hill, won first place for her flute solo at the Virginia Lions’ regional Bland Music Contest last month in Gainesville. Her rendition of “La Flute de Pan” qualified her for the Lions’ District Contest, encompassing northern Virginia,...

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  • Editor’s Note: This article is an April Fool’s Day parody. Not a word of it is true. Inn adds drive-through The Inn at Little Washington announced this week that it had added a 24-hour drive-through service, tentatively called “EsCarGo,” that would allow its sophisticated and...

    Not the Rapp

    Posted on April 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Editor’s Note: This article is an April Fool’s Day parody. Not a word of it is true. Inn adds drive-through The Inn at Little Washington announced this week that it had added a 24-hour drive-through service, tentatively called “EsCarGo,” that would allow its sophisticated and...

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  • RCHS athletic director to be replaced; a day of Food Pantry fund-raising; Theatre sees Redd -- jazzmen Chuck and Robert.

    The Rapp

    Posted on March 25, 2010 | No Comments
    RCHS athletic director to be replaced; a day of Food Pantry fund-raising; Theatre sees Redd -- jazzmen Chuck and Robert.

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  • Bach to the Theatre . . . To celebrate the 325th anniversary of the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach, consider heading to the Theatre at Washington this Sunday for another in its series of Smithsonian at Little Washington events: Harpsichordist Kenneth Slowik will play Bach’s...

    The Rapp

    Posted on March 18, 2010 | No Comments
    Bach to the Theatre . . . To celebrate the 325th anniversary of the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach, consider heading to the Theatre at Washington this Sunday for another in its series of Smithsonian at Little Washington events: Harpsichordist Kenneth Slowik will play Bach’s...

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  • New Sperryville cafe? Heard on country lanes: a new Sperryville cafe might be in the offing. Not just any cafe — but an Artist Cafe in the old Coop building as part of the Rappahannock Farm and Art market. The Cafe is expected to open...

    Rapp Notes

    Posted on February 18, 2010 | No Comments
    New Sperryville cafe? Heard on country lanes: a new Sperryville cafe might be in the offing. Not just any cafe — but an Artist Cafe in the old Coop building as part of the Rappahannock Farm and Art market. The Cafe is expected to open...

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  • Erin go . . . Sperryville The Rappahannock Lions Club’s second annual Rappahannock County St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Celebration will be held in Sperryville this year. The parade goes off at 11 a.m. March 13, followed at noon by a traditional Irish lunch and...

    Rapp Notes: St. Patrick’s in Sperryville, and two films Rapp it up

    Posted on January 21, 2010 | No Comments
    Erin go . . . Sperryville The Rappahannock Lions Club’s second annual Rappahannock County St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Celebration will be held in Sperryville this year. The parade goes off at 11 a.m. March 13, followed at noon by a traditional Irish lunch and...

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