“This bear was perhaps 30 feet above the ground, snacking on wild grapes. Note [the] vines above his head,” writes Rappahannock resident Robert Burney of this beautiful bruin. 

Settle’s Cars & Trucks sponsored a community fish fry in Flint Hill earlier this month to raise funds to support the building of a new food pantry. The menu included catfish, shrimp, fries and hand dipped ice cream. 

“This is so sad,” writes the Rappahannock County resident. “Over the weekend someone shot this beautiful creature on Battle Run Road and just left him. It was obviously shot from the road. 

Hats off to Mike Wenger, Bean Hollow resident and U.S. Air Force veteran, for organizing yet another successful Veterans Day “Beer Call” at Headmaster’s Pub in Sperryville. 

Narmada Winery owner Sudha Patil, holding the large scissors in the center, and her proud family were joined by Rappahannock County Administrator Garrey Curry (far right) and other dignitaries and guests for the winery’s 10th anniversary ribbon cutting ceremony this past weekend in Amissville. 

Autumn is turning the corner toward winter in Rappahannock County.

Most who dared venture out for some Halloween trick-or-treating last Thursday carried umbrellas to shield the little witches and werewolves from the persistent raindrops that fell. 

On Friday, 32 Mille Miglia drivers and their passengers wound their way through Rappahannock County, stopping briefly in Washington to have their rally passports stamped by local race “officials” — Mayor Fred Catlin (blue jacket, far right), Administrator Garrey Curry (red jacket), and Busin…

The Rappahannock version of American Gothic, its characters played here by Will and Jennifer Ruger, made an appearance at the 10th annual Halloween “Spectacle” at John Henry’s Stone Hill Theater in Flint Hill on Saturday evening. 

Beer, cider, spirits, wine, fizzy concoctions, BBQ, oysters, desserts, veggies, live music, and a multitude of friends and families. 

Annual Halloween displays by the Fuller Family of Woodville never disappoint, proof being the Headless Horseman who galloped into the picture this year. 

“This is what a 13 pound sweet potato looks like,” boasts Woodville farmer Jim Manwaring, his wife Carolyn seen here clutching the monster root veggie. 

Sunny and warm skies — and a whole lot of fun — guaranteed a successful Flint Hill Volunteer Fire Department Fall Festival this past Saturday on Fodderstack Road. 

It was a bittersweet Wednesday at the Country Cafe in Washington, as the popular restaurant celebrated 30 years at the corner of Main Street and Warren Avenue.

“Could this be another glacier passing through Rappahannock? Or the newly formed Lake Rappahannock? 

During a visit last Wednesday with a small group of Rappahannock County High School juniors and seniors, Rep. Denver Riggleman spoke about his life as a U.S. congressman. Afterwards, he was invited into the school’s Metal Shop Class to see its seven-foot-tall “Bigfoot” sculpture. At which po…

Outnumbered by appreciative men, 18th district Democratic delegate candidate Laura Galante broke bread last Friday with the Rappahannock Lunch Bunch at The Blue Door in Flint Hill.

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…