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This year’s “A Rappahannock Christmas” certainly carries on the tradition, despite the ongoing pandemic, with four beautifully decorated holiday exhibits in Washington, Flint Hill, Sperryville, and seen here Woodville.
Like so many things in 2020, "A Rappahannock Christmas" was a little different from years past. No small town Christmas parade, for instance. But, in the most important respects, it was a great success.
Hundreds of fresh-cut Christmas trees now awaiting anxious customers were unloaded at Greg Williams Tree Service & Landscaping this past Friday when this picture was taken.
COVID-19 has paused the traditional Christmas parade in Little Washington this year, but “A Rappahannock Christmas” will kick off soon. In the coming days, you’ll notice festive holiday-themed floats in four of Rappahannock’s villages:
It’s Thanksgiving, and for most of us this holiday conjures up memories or anticipation of such traditions as the huge turkey dinner with dressing, cranberry sauce, famous pumpkin pie and somebody accomplishing the carving. It’s a time we travel “over the river and through the hollows” to celebrate with family and friends.
Mimi Forbes of the Rappahannock Food Pantry displays one of several boxes of fresh vegetables that accompanied Thanksgiving meals distributed Monday and Tuesday to appreciative Rappahannock families.
Thanksgiving is a few days away and after nine months of pandemic fatigue residents of Rappahannock County, like everybody else in Virginia and across the nation, are anxious to reconnect with family and friends.
“Lordy, Lordy, look who’s 65! Our birthday girl at Cantler’s for crabs in Annapolis,” relays Terri Lehman and Kathryn Walker, forwarding this swell photo of Candy Wroth celebrating her born-on day in splendid style.
When it comes to the customary large-scale, community-wide trick-or-treating, Halloween is taking a much-needed break in the various villages of Rappahannock County.
RICHMOND, Va. -- Juneteenth has officially become a state holiday after lawmakers unanimously approved legislation during the Virginia General Assembly special session.
Artistically inclined? Socially isolated? Time on your hands? Make the most of your COVID-19 isolation by competing to create a handcrafted holiday ornament for display in Virginia’s Executive Mansion.
In the mid-1930s, there were still families in the foothills above Sperryville and tucked back in the hollows who didn’t have enough food.
Teacher and principal at Sperryville School from 1929 to 1969, then principal of the new Elementary School until her retirement in 1977, Mrs. Quaintance touched the lives of thousands of youngsters.
With no fireworks displays this year, a dozen Rapp at Home members joined in celebrating our nation’s birthday with inspirational patriotic readings.
Pandemic precautions in place amid red, white and blue bunting; Know the difference between ‘illegal’ and ‘permissible’ fireworks
On Memorial Day 2020, eighteen Rapp at Home members joined on the popular Zoom platform to share their reminiscences of World War II. From memories of London to Long Island, Martha’s Vineyard to the Midwest, Austria to upstate New York, our neighbors recalled the mundane and the horrors of the war that ended 75 years ago.
This celebration takes place outdoors in the summer, the two conditions bad for the virus. The majority of us need to get infected to a certain degree to establish “herd immunity”.
A unique Valentine’s Day Pop-Up shop will magically appear next Friday, Feb. 14th, from noon to 7 p.m. at Cocoa Manna on Sperryville Pike in Boston, where artisanal chocolatier Karen Mosebrook (seen here) will combine talents with boutique florist Jen Cable of Flourish Root Floral Studio. “B…
29th Annual MLK Day Observance features mini-musical of struggle and hope
The Town of Washington hosted its annual Christmas potluck supper on Sunday evening in historic Town Hall with a festive crowd, a good many of the town’s 135 residents and guests.
What a spectacular day for a Christmas parade through Little Washington, its historic blocks and town squares overflowing Sunday with hundreds of gleeful children and enraptured adults.
Rappahannock County’s 2019 Christmas parade — and the surrounding “Christmas in Little Washington” festivities — came off without a hitch Sunday.
Santa arrives at the Amissville winery this Sunday, Dec. 15, from 1 to 4 p.m., and every child will receive a gift.
Rappahannock native Libby Westphal (formerly Fletcher), who recently was crowned “Transcontinental Mrs USA,” will appear in Sunday’s annual Christmas parade.
“Everyone’s got a talent/Everyone’s got a gift.” That’s the theme of this year’s RAAC Community Theatre holiday show, “The Talented Clementine”… and the opening lines of one of the play’s charming songs.
It’s almost time for Rappahannock's annual Christmas in Little Washington extravaganza. This year promises a full day of activities with some wonderful attractions.
Bayard “Toby” Waterbury (left), Branch Manager and Bank Officer of Atlantic Union Bank in Washington, and Rob Talton (far right), Atlantic Union’s Regional Vice President of Business Banking, presented a check in the amount of $2,000 to the Rappahannock Food Pantry’s Mimi Forbes and Pete Stenner.
By the time Tony Pullen celebrated his 18th birthday he was a skilled horseman. He credits his horse management to the summers spent training racehorses on his grandfather’s farm in Rhode Island and later working alongside his cousin on a horse farm in Orange County.
Rappahannock native Effie Foster is honored
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