The 7th annual “Christmas in Little Washington” festivities, sponsored by the Rappahannock Hospitality & Visitors Association (RHVA), are Sunday, Dec. 4.
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Dec. 4: Christmas in Little Washington
The Rapp for Nov. 17
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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This weekend: Trinity house tour and flower sale
Everything you need to know about this weekend's 55th annual Trinity Dried Flower Sale and House Tour.
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Seronera’s views reach around the globe
Seronera is a colorful and comfortable family home, with spectacular views of Old Rag and the Blue Ridge and a profusion of flowers and shrubs outside. An eclectic interior reflecting four generations of world travelers – and celebrating the work of National Geographic photographers – completes the second house on the 55th annual Dried...
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Rose Hill: The bloom is back
If you go What: Trinity Episcopal Church’s 55th annual Dried Flower Sale and House Tour When: Oct. 15-16 Where: Three homes are on the tour (11 to 5 Saturday, 1 to 5 Sunday), with tea served at the Middleton Inn, Main Street in Washington. Tickets: $30 (includes tea), available at Trinity Parish Hall, Gay...
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Washington: If it’s fall, it must be dried flower time
On Oct. 15-16, hundreds of visitors will come to Rappahannock County, as they have been for more than half a century, for the annual Dried Flower Sale and House Tour sponsored by Trinity Episcopal Church in Washington.
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Studio and Gallery Tour video
This video was done for the Rappahannock Association for the Arts and the Community (RAAC) by video artist Forrest Marquisee to help spread the word about RAAC’s annual Artists of Rappahannock Studio and Gallery Tour, which is Nov. 5-6 this year. Enjoy. RAAC ANNUAL STUDIO & GALLERY TOUR from Forrest Marquisee on Vimeo.
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Farm Tour vendors wanted
The Rappahannock County Farm Tour’s “All Things Rappahannock Market” at The Link is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 24-25. Space is available for vendors to sell produce, plants, food items, textiles, soap, crafts, etc. or to provide information regarding their organization. Vendors and organizations must have ties to the land and/or farming in...
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The Rapp for Aug. 4
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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Up in the Hollow: Hazzard County is our county on Aug. 13-14
Here comes Hazzard Nation for a two-day get-together in a beautiful field in Rappahannock County. We are calling it “Hazzard Homecoming.” So far, we have visitors coming from 36 states and from as far away as Scotland and New Zealand. If you are new here, it is hard to explain, but basically it will...
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Tourism up countywide, many report
More unfamiliar but welcome faces are apparently showing up in the streets, guest rooms and dining tables of Little Washington and elsewhere in the county.
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Farm tour gears up
Spring farming season is here and plans are already underway for the 2011 Rappahannock County Farm Tour, to be held September 24-25.
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Town finds tourism up for 2010
After shrinking for three years, Washington's tourism-fueled tax receipts are growing again.
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Innkeepers offered a PBS series
It appears that innkeepers John and Diane MacPherson of Washington’s Foster Harris House will soon have a lot more to make than breakfast and bike trips. After nearly three years of work on a food/lifestyle/cooking pilot called “In Season,” the MacPhersons were offered a broadcasting and distribution deal by PBS this week.
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Planners OK two more cell towers
The county’s board of supervisors will consider at its next meeting on Feb. 7 AT&T’s applications to build two more 199-foot cellular-service monopoles in the county.
Both were recommended for approval by county planners last week.
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40+ attend cell meeting
Rappahannock citizens concerned about AT&T’s application to erect two more 199-foot cell phone towers in the county attended an “informational” meeting on Monday to voice their concerns and hear their options. The meeting sponsored by the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection (RLEP), the Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) and private citizens, came in the waning...
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Sperryville column for Jan. 20
Appreciating Cathryn Wayland's personal touch with bills; the RRRC's tourism committee is hard at work; Rappahannock guys/guides recognized in Southern Living; kids dancing everywhere at the Link; more on James Russell, special education and cell towers.
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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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The Rapp for Dec. 23
A kid-friendly Rocknoceros heads for the Link in January; the Visitors Center posts its winter hours; RCCA gives $20,000 to the county for farmland preservation; Scrabble School gets a visit from a member of the family that made Rosenwald schools possible; more.
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Works of art for the park’s 75th
The Inn at Little Washington hosted a reception and Shenandoah National Park Trust fundraiser for approximately 100 people at its Tavern Shops Sunday afternoon to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the park and the opening of “Our Heritage, Our Park,” a collection of 27 works by local painter Kevin H. Adams.
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Joining Shenandoah’s 75th celebration
Representatives of the National Park Service briefed a sparse Rappahannock audience -- which included County Administrator John W. McCarthy -- at Washington’s Town Hall Monday night on the year-long 75th anniversary celebration of Shenandoah National Park, urging the community to participate by applying for “event endorsement.”
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Letter: RAAC’s thanks for a record artists tour
Last weekend’s Artists of Rappahannock Studio and Gallery Tour brought a record number of art lovers to our county for this sixth year of the event. This would not have been possible without the creativity and commitment of our artists, the tireless work of almost 40 volunteers, and the generous support of our sponsors....
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The Rapp for Oct. 28
Halloween happenings this weekend in Sperryville and Washington, and how Shenandoah National Park's 75th anniversary celebration this year connects to its closest neighbors -- us.
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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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Letter: Visitors Center is welcome, welcoming
I have stopped by the Rappahannock County Visitors Center twice in recent weeks and found it a warmly welcoming experience. The layout and decor of the office are attractive and cheerful. But more important was the genuine “welcome, glad you’ve come” reception from manager Sandra Maskas and volunteer Bruce Sloane that made me appreciate...
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The Rapp for Sept. 30
A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Visitors Center, which has been well-visited so far; "City Island" is RAAC's movie this Friday at the Theatre; on Saturday at the Theatre, some lovely songs by a trio of special performers; in Sperryville, Haley Fine Arts celebrates its 10th anniversary with a show by 10 artists starting...
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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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It’s Farm Tour weekend: Come on by!
The weekend ahead in Rappahannock County is the time to find out: • what “mob” grazing is, • why malting one’s own barley is important, • what heirloom apples taste like, • how to spin and dye yarn, • where to find 20,000 baby trees in one place, • where to step off along...
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Rapp Central: Almost ready for prime time
The former Sperryville Antique Market at 3 River Lane is home to several new businesses — one about to open, another already operating and a third heading into home stretch. The historic building, which was built as an apple packing house and served as the county’s first farmers coop, is now called Rappahannock Central....
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Historical Society rallies through the countryside
From contributed reports How many of us as kids enjoyed the story of Mr. Toad in “Wind in the Willows” cavorting about the countryside in his open-topped jalopy? On Saturday afternoon, Oct. 2, the Rappahannock Historical Society will offer the opportunity to revisit those memories and to make new ones for participants in its...
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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 ‘tourist home’ request to be withdrawn
The sale of a house on Mount Salem Avenue in Washington that was the focus of a request by its owners to rent it out as a tourist home has been negotiated. The tourist home special use application before town council will be withdrawn. Denise Chandler of Country Places Realty reported the home at...
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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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The Rapp for Sept. 2
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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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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Artists and galleries chosen for annual tour
What does a master blacksmith whose forged iron works are at the National Cathedral, a landscape painter whose work is in the U.S. State Department’s Art in Embassies program and a sculptor and potter who works in natural forest materials and functional clay all have in common?
They, along with another 55 other...
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Magazine features Rappahannock as go-to destination
This month’s issue of Old House Interiors magazine features a story on Rappahannock County as a go-to destination for those who love historic architecture.
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Farm Tour set for Sept. 25-26
This year's Rappahannock Farm Tour on Sept. 25 and 26 hopes to capitalize on the good showing during the 2009 farm tour when 500 visitors -- not including children -- attended.
Those encouraging results, prompted the Office of Tourism, the Virginia Extension Service and a few volunteers to organize this year's tour.
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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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Water issues override Hazel River designation
State Scenic River recommendations might be entering a period of drought in Rappahannock County.
At the end of a day during which it heard dismaying estimates of drought-related crop damage in the county, and heard others caution against “giving away” river-related rights to the state for a variety of reasons, the county Board of Supervisors...
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