Rapp at Home members gathered at Off The Grid in Sperryville to celebrate the organization’s four-year anniversary and to learn about the services they can provide and receive. Since Sept. 2015 the village has grown from 40 members to 160. 

Three dolls made a wish to become “real” in the A Thousand Faces production of “Another Crack in the Cosmic Egg” last Saturday at the Castleton Festival Tent. 

The Second Friday series at the Rappahannock County Library kicked off its 2019-2020 season with an appearance by Rappahannock’s own Col. John Bourgeois, for many years director of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band. 

Each year on September 11, in memory of the 9/11 terrorist attack on our nation 18 years ago, the Reynolds Memorial Baptist Church honors first responders from Rappahannock County and from surrounding counties with a dinner and a prayer service. 

The Rappahannock County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m. at the Rappahannock County Courthouse in Washington on a pair of applications by Arlington-based Community Wireless Structures (CWS) to build two 199-foot cell towers along Sperryville Pi…

VDOT has finally made it official — signs posted on Routes 211 and 522 warn that large tractor-trailer trucks are now prohibited from using narrow Ben Venue Road unless they have a local purpose. Residents reached out to VDOT in 2018, complaining about the number of large trucks using the wi…

For many years the community of Woodville held an annual picnic atop Red Oak mountain.

Woodville resident Teresa Mallory writes: “I decided to plant some sunflowers not knowing what to expect.

Ninety family and friends on Saturday filed into a birthday party at the Sperryville Fire Hall in celebration of 90-year-old Lee Anna Wharton. Lee Anna’s family, displaced from Shenandoah National Park when she was 5, settled in Sperryville. 

New and returning students to Rappahannock County Elementary School, including second grader Madelyn Chapman happily skipping down the hallway here, were more than excited to try out the new Commit to Be Fit Sensory Path that winds its way through not one but two of the school’s hallways. 

As seen here, “The House that Addie Built” is having its chimneys repointed. Addie Nairn Hunter built the small bungalow-style cottage — “Massanutten Lodge” — in 1911, just before marrying (and then divorcing) Skyland Resort founder George Freeman Pollock. 

Our last celebrity sighting in Flint Hill found Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor dining on curried chicken salad at the Griffin Tavern. 

At RAAC Theatre's Third Annual Summer Community Reading this week, Philip Rosemond (left), Stephen Brooks, Mara Seaforest, Russ Savage, Jeanie McNear and Sharon Kilpatrick took roles in the 1955 radio drama “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.” 

The Sydney Opera House, a UNESCO World Heritage Site overlooking Australia’s Sydney Harbour, is considered one of the 20th century’s most famous and distinctive venues.

You know the seasons are about to change when Roger Jenkins’ popular fruit stand in Sperryville comes to life — its 39th season, no less!

The Castleton Community Volunteer Fire Company, established in 1956, shows up at numerous community events, often rising at 4:30 a.m. (firefighters and EMTs grow accustomed to such hours) and arriving home late at night in order to take advantage of large crowds and generate funds for the fi…

Rappahannock Pizza Kitchen this past week hosted the quarterly meeting of The Common Grain Alliance, connecting and supporting farmers, millers, and bakers to build a vibrant, integrated, and sustainable grain economy in Virginia. 

August is a spectacular month in the garden, with myriad flowers blooming. Mother Nature similarly provides for a dazzling display of wildflowers this final month of summer, including these colorful blossoms bursting forth along Skyline Drive at sunset Sunday.

Nearly 60 people gathered at the Rappahannock County Park last Saturday evening to hear an informative presentation from James Granahan (Northern Virginia Astronomy Club–NOVAC) about the planets and what the public can do to preserve our view of the star-filled skies. 

Scenic Virginia’s annual Virginia Vistas Photo Contest, which showcases the amazing breadth of beauty in the Commonwealth, has announced its 2019 statewide contest winners, which this year includes Rappahannock County. Scenic Virginia received 1,000-plus entries, and in the Farms & Open …

“My real belief is that government shouldn’t be involved in marriage at all, but if it is, everybody has to be treated equally before the law. That is part of our Republican creed. And it also comes down to love is love. I’m happy to join two people together who obviously love each other.”

A Businesses of Rappahannock-Rappahannock News seminar on Tuesday surrounding successful advertising and marketing tips and tricks drew a crowd of three dozen to the Rappahannock County Library.

“When butterflies fall in love, do they feel people in their stomachs?” a Shenandoah National Park ranger wondered when posting a news release this week on the brightly colored insects. This pair of butterflies — love birds for all we know — was photographed Sunday above the park’s Little De…

Janet Kerig (far left) and Kitty Keyser (far right) conduct a Summer Arts & Crafts Camp at Sperryville’s Hearthstone School. The Waldorf-inspired camp includes storytelling, watercolor painting, rhythmic movement and dance, water play, drumming, beadwork and nature walks among its many a…

Gray Ghost, the oldest winery in Rappahannock County, celebrated 25 years of winemaking this past Saturday morning by welcoming hundreds of friends and local dignitaries to its vineyards. Virginia’s 18th District Del.

The Culpeper-Madison-Rappahannock Farm Show took place in Culpeper July 11-15, where regional 4-H and FFA Youth Livestock Program members, including several seen here from Rappahannock County.

Etched in stone atop the 100-foot Franklin Cliffs in Shenandoah National Park is “Lade 1959.” An old Norse name, Lade was given to one who lived next to a barn or worked in one. The rocky perch, which affords a spectacular view of the Shenandoah Valley, was obviously a special place for Lade…

Unfazed by heights, Chris Rinehart of Boston climbed through the heat and humidity to reach the top of the shady side of the Sperryville Schoolhouse and entrance to RappU. Among Rappahannock’s most recognized landmarks, the schoolhouse is getting a fresh coat of red paint, courtesy of Woodvi…

Amissville Volunteer Fire and Rescue, established in 1952, welcomed several thousand parade-goers and participants to its 2019 Carnival Parade Thursday evening, capped off with thrilling amusement rides and games for children and adults alike. Visit here for more photos from the event.

No better prelude to Independence Day than the annual Amissville Volunteer Fire and Rescue Carnival Parade. Where else, after all, does a hometown pageant like this one, presenting all the bells and whistles, wind its way to a spectacular carnival?

Summer has officially arrived in Rappahannock County, if you haven’t noticed. Temperatures this week have reached into the 90s, with a humidity-driven heat index approaching triple digits. The sweltering weather is expected to last through the weekend. This flock of sheep is cooling their wo…

It was a beautiful Friday evening on Red Oak Mountain for Rapp at Home’s Summer Solstice Potluck Picnic, celebrating the longest day — and shortest night — of the year from one of the most scenic summits in Rappahannock County.

Recipients of the Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community’s 2019 Claudia Mitchell Arts Fund grants pose in front of the set of this fall’s RAAC production of “Waiting for Godot” after they were presented with their awards ranging from $1,000 to $6,000 at a Sunday ceremony at the RAAC…

Butch and Jan Zindel with Seri Blair, who drove the Lunch Bunch car at last Saturday’s annual Piedmont Area Soap Box Derby, one of 10 Rappahannock County drivers who participated. “I’m so proud of the activity we have in Rappahannock County with all of our drivers,” said longtime committee m…

Rappahannock had its share of visitors — dads included — over Father’s Day weekend, and the weather cooperated fully. Local mountaintops were similarly teeming with hikers — and their four-legged companions — including Mary’s Rock above Sperryville, seen here Saturday morning when temperatur…

Sperryville’s Happy Camper Equipment Co. celebrated its first year in business Saturday as an outdoorsy outpost for hiking, camping and cabin living goods. As part of the celebration, proprietor Robert Archer paid tribute to Lucky — seen here with his donuts in 2007 — and Eileen Yilmaz, who …

Internationally renowned pianist Michael Recchiuti and soprano Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs (on each end), along with Lorin Maazel Castleton Institute artists Cameron Schutza and Marie Masters Webb, receive a standing ovation after performing “Musical Journey in Celebration of Castleton” at the T…

The business name Antique Tables Made Daily “has been really good to me for 35 years,” says company founder Tom Van Fange, but as he puts it younger people today have an aversion to the word “antique.” Instead, he explains, “they want that modern ‘Ikea’ look.”

The new edition of county map “The Roads of Rappahannock County” is out and the new version now includes the county’s rivers and streams.

Kitty Keyser, the popular Certified Waldorf Teacher who for several decades has taught nursery/kindergarten students at Hearthstone School in Sperryville, is retiring (so to speak). “Miss Kitty has been with us for twenty-five years, and you have led many children,” a tearful admissions dire…

The inaugural Rappahannock County Farmers’ Market opened Saturday, attracting large crowds that spilled into surrounding Sperryville’s River District businesses. Supported by regular vendors and agricultural producers who will rotate in monthly, the market will be held every Saturday, 11 a.m…