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February 25, 1960: Alice Wood, daughter of Downing Wood of Washington, was the lucky winner of a clock radio from the seniors of Rappahannock County High School
Rappahannock County Supervisors have been asked to consider a plan to truck the county’s solid waste to landfills in other counties.
May 18, 1961: The Rappahannock Board of Supervisors appeared in a body before Judge R. V. Snead requesting the removal of Sheriff J. W. Critzer from office.
April 19, 1984: Washington could become a bigger tourist center if work is completed on several projects for which local citizens have sought special use permits.
October 10, 1985: Rappahannock County Supervisors have been asked to consider a plan to truck the county’s solid waste to landfills in other counties or else pay to have it burned in Harrisonburg.
February 4, 1960: Mrs. W. A. Buntin appeared before the board of supervisors to question the turning down of a welfare hospital bill at a prior meeting.
March 1, 2000: Molly McCarthy, fourth grader from Rappahannock County Elementary School, won WVPT Public Television’s fourth annual Young Environmentalist Award Contest.
May 16, 1985: Dogs wandering the streets of Washington have concerned the town council for years.
Oct. 27, 1983 : On Arbor Day 30 years ago, interested citizens of the Town of Washington planted the first dogwood tree on the courthouse grounds.
August 16, 2000: Jon Smythe, the RCHS athletic director, announced that high school wrestling is coming back to the county.
Dec. 23, 1965: W.A. Miller will retire from the position of Postmaster of the Washington Post Office, effective December 30.
May 5, 1983
Agent Rapp Owings has retired after 14 years at Rappahannock’s VPI Extension office.
For this Christmas 2018 edition of the Rappahannock News, Down Memory Lane harkens back to the Dec. 6, 1990 edition, to a series of photographs taken by Cindy Mahan that were published beneath the headline: “Christmas, Colonial style.”
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