Sperryville resident Linda Taylor, in pink, demonstrates during the first of three special classes in Ikebana flower arranging last week at the county library. Participating were members of the Rappahannock County Garden Club, including Judy Segaar, in green, shown watching while Taylor discusses this traditional Japanese art, and Monica Olsen, in blue with gloves...
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Rappahannock County Sheriff’s Deputy James “Ronnie” Dodson, left, holds the certificate he received Dec. 8 upon graduation from the Rappahannock Regional Criminal Justice Academy; and Deputy Lee Settle, who grew up in the county and was most recently employed by the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office, rejoined the Rappahannock department earlier this month.
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Kevin Adams, co-owner of the Gay Street Inn, caught a full moon settling over Massies Mountain just west of Little Washington at 7:30 Tuesday morning, the ground still white from an unexpected storm that began Monday afternoon (when the photo below of the county courthouse was taken), and which produced more than two inches...
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Photographer Gary Anthes took some pictures at the Rappahannock Historical Society’s second annual “Last Night Rappahannock” New Year’s Eve celebration along Gay Street in Little Washington, and we’re just the guys to put them into a slideshow and post them online.
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Claudia Ross at Rose Hill Farm, on U.S. 211 not far from the town of Washington, took this telephoto shot on Wednesday (Jan. 4) of a bald eagle checking out the meadow nearby. Ross said the bird was “easily three feet tall” and, when she tried to get closer, “he vanished in such a...
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At the 4-H Community Club’s first-ever Jingle Bell 5K Run/Walk in the town of Washington earlier this month, early leaders among the field of nearly 140 included (from left) August Lutkehus (No. 737), Donnie Sobanko (No. 741), Julia Wood (the race’s overall female winner) and Danny Collins (No. 728, the overall male winner). Also...
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That spirit grabbed the illustrious Lunch Bunch as they last week honored Gene Farmelo (seated, center) who is going through difficult times, with a gathering at Thornton River Grille in Sperryville. Seated (from left) are Hans Gerhard, Carl Coon, Bob Weinberg, Farmelo, Peter Kramer, Ben Jones, Butch Zindel and Hank Gorfein. Standing (from left)...
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More, better pictures in Version 2.0 of our “Christmas in Little Washington” parade and festival slideshow — for which we owe many thanks to all who sent in photos this week (credits are on the last slide), some of which we were also able to get into our little paper this week. (On an...
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NOTE: There’s a newer, better version of this slideshow here. A beautiful day, and maybe the best Christmas in Little Washington parade and festival ever. This slideshow’s just the first batch of photos — we’ll post another version by Friday with lots more staff and reader-submitted photos. (And be sure to check the Thursday,...
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For this year’s fall recital, nine school-age musicians shared the limelight with three adults, all participants in the Rappahannock Music Lesson Program. After performing for an enthusiastic crowd of parents and friends, five violin students posed with instructor Olivia Devening (at left, back row), including (in front) Skotty Scoville and Olivia Devening, and (back...
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Flint Hill resident Bob Clements poses with his horse, Wrocky, after the two won the Reserve Championship ribbon in Training Level at the Virginia Dressage Association’s annual championship and schooling show at Morven Park in Leesburg last month. Clements has been riding dressage for almost seven years, for the past two under the instruction...
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From left, participants in last week’s Culpeper Soil & Water Conservation District (CSWCD) all-day workshop on restoring and protecting streambeds, wetlands and habitat included Rappahannockians Beverly Hunter, Jonathan Marquisee, David Massie, Don Loock and Donna Marquisee and CSWCD staffers Richard Jacobs and Evan Blumenthal. Attendees learned about private conservation-incentive programs (besides those long offered...
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Another winning photo for Molly Peterson, a star-studded Smithsonian at the Theatre concert, a singalong at Trinity, Business Link at the Thornton River Grille, a visitors center open house and more.
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As Saturday’s surprise October snow and cold rain began to move north late in the day, Amy Fewell snapped this photo from Castleton of the heavens opening – in a much more photogenic way – above Old Rag Mountain.
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While kids made the rounds of town, local rabble-rousers flushed with Halloween spirit and small-town political fervor tried to lessen the divide between haves and have-nots on Gay Street – by making sure everyone got candy. From left: Larry “Bud” Meyer, Kay Kohler, June Geoffray, Ron Makela, Jan Makela, Rick Kohler, Jim Manwaring, Carolyn...
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Maazel auctions his 1873 violin to endow the Castleton Festival; The Inn receives The Post's top restaurant rating again; a Soap Box Derby film event in Culpeper, an RCHS drama encore performance, a Rappcats raffle, "Sudarium" authors at the library and more.
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Rappahannock photographer Forrest Marquisee, 24, said he was driving through Woodville at about 9:30 p.m. Monday night (Oct. 24) when he saw what he first thought was the reflection of brake lights in the light fog – until he realized the red and green glow was coming from the sky. He pulled over and,...
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An apparent victim of the spooky spirit of Halloween, this maimed scarecrow has been keeping away pesky birds – and probably more than a few door-to-door salesmen – for the past couple of weeks at Bobby and Mary Ann Jenkins’ place on U.S. 211 in Sperryville. There are an assortment of Halloween events planned...
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Greg Williams’ garden supply emporium on U.S. 211 at Richmond Road has been taking advantage of its first fall in a more conspicuous location, with displays of pumpkins, a moonbounce for kids and an on-site barbecue, and at last Saturday’s open house at the Sheriff’s Office, investigator J.C. Welch took kids on a brief...
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Candidates for Rappahannock County's constitutional officers -- sheriff, commonwealth's attorney, treasurer and revenue commissioner -- spoke and answered questions Oct. 10 in a town hall forum sponsored by the Rappahannock News.
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Candidates for Rappahannock County's board of supervisors, school board and the county's representatives to the Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District board speak and answer questions Oct. 17 in a town hall forum sponsored by the Rappahannock News.
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The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web. – Edwin Way Teale, American naturalist, photographer, and writer Spiders are arthropods in the arachnid (Arachnida) class, named for the Greek mythological character Arachne. According to the myth, as related in John Compton’s “The Life of...
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The Rappahannock County High School band picked up more honors at last weekend's Fall Marching Classic (held Saturday, Oct. 8 at Manassas Park High School).
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“The Colors of Rappahannock and the Piedmont” is a coloring book that is the brainchild of Washington, Va.-based painter Kevin Adams, who recruited 11 other noted local artists to submit black-and-white panels representing Rappahannock County and their own work, which ranged from photography to painting to sculpture. The book, sponsored by the Rappahannock Association...
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The evocative photo here of a misty morning along the Mary’s Rock trailhead by Ellen Adams of Amissville is the grand prize winner of Old Rag Photography’s “ Rappahannock Views” photography contest, co-sponsored with the county’s Office of Tourism and Shenandoah National Park as part of the park’s 75th anniversary celebrations. Some of the...
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Joanie Ballard sent these photos along, taken this morning at Main Street and Warren Avenue in Little Washington, of a power pole leaning precariously over the roadway. At 10 a.m., Joanie said there hadn’t yet been any loss of power.
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The hazards are different than the better-known dangers involving china shops, as this bull discovered when he wandered overnight into Bill Fletcher’s farm shop near Sperryville last week and apparently fell into the repair pit, where he remained until farm hands fashioned a sloping ladder out of lumber and plywood and helped him out....
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On the crest of a hill near Massies Corner, two cows appear to be admiring the full moon as it hung last month over Rappahannock County — although they were not, exactly. For the full story behind this photo by Kaye Kohler, see the Washington column on page 9 of this week’s Rappahannock News...
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A candidate update from Bill Fletcher's place and the Democrats monthly meet-up . . . A photography contest in Rappahannock . . . the end of an era as the Chapmans leave for Lexington.
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Photos from the Sperryville Volunteer Fire Department’s annual 4th of July Celebration at Thornton Hill Race Course south of Sperryville on Monday, July 4.
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Some 60 people came to the Easter sunrise service of Trinity Episcopal Church, held on Jane Batchelder’s property above Washington, which was one of several sunrise services throughout the county on that lovely morning.
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Participants from Amissville, Flint Hill and Sperryville fire and rescue squads attended a propane emergencies class at Sperryville Volunteer Fire Department recently, where they learned in a clearly hands-on way how to handle propane emergencies involving leaks, fires and accidents involving tanker trucks. Amissville chief J.B. Carter said Quarles Petroleum provided the propane and...
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Robert Fountain (right), 18, says he swerved to avoid hitting a squirrel running across Sharp Rock Road and slid on loose gravel into a tree — yes, that tree — first thing Monday morning just south of Sperryville. Neither he nor passenger Justin Kim (left), 17, remembers seeing the tree fall. "It was like...
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Members of Old Dominion Hounds prepare the grounds and course at Ben Venue Farm for April's point-to-point races.
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Such was the wintry scene that greeted those few (and warmly dressed) souls who might have wandered down to the Thornton River at the Five Forks ford, near Rock Mills, early Sunday.
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