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Watch today's postcard by Child Care & Learning Center teacher Elvira Yanez
‘It can reach the point where it all boils over’
In the shade under a picnic shelter at the Rappahannock County park, nine-year-old Lucas Morey holds up his still-wet painting of a farmer and a pig in a green field. “The pig’s got mud running down his face,” he says, gesturing to a squiggly brown line. Lucas says art has been his favorite part of summer camp so far.
“There’s still too much uncertainty,” said Kenner Love, the county’s agricultural extension agent who heads the team of volunteers behind the event.
Rappahannock County has been notified by the state government that it will receive an additional $643,000 in the second and final allocation of federal Coronavirus Relief Funds (CARES Act), matching the previous amount earmarked for the county.
VHSL makes fall and winter sports decisions; RCPS will follow guidance
“We are so fortunate that during these difficult times amidst polarization and divisiveness plaguing the state and nation as a whole that we live in a community that truly does come together to do what is right, especially for our most vulnerable populations,”
Last month, I wrote about Rappahannock County’s predominantly African American churches’ reopening plans to in-person worship services.
‘LFCC will maintain social distancing through rearranged furniture, modified classroom layouts and staggered class times’
In the deluge of unfolding bad news at the time, this bit of happy news got lost. It’s a reminder of the onset of the “new normal” those months ago.
County on ‘No Go’ list due to recent COVID-19 spike; Rapp residents have lowest Census response rate in region
Deep cleaning, disinfecting now completed at Flatwood site
‘All of our lives were irrevocably altered by COVID-19’
Two groups of students will alternate class days; ‘It’s going to be a team effort, and it’s going to take a village’
When teacher Kreighton Long found he would have to teach the rest of his Advanced Placement (AP) U.S. History class online, he took to YouTube.
Roughly 80 Rappahannock businesses and nonprofit organizations have received at least $4.7 million in loans under the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
Before the pandemic Lindsey Wangsgard was the keeper of a busy family calendar. She planned family vacations and many activities — all while running her own small skincare business from home.
‘This is proving to be one of the most difficult challenges school districts are ever going to face’
‘When these high level dignitaries come to visit, they have control of the event’
On a cool Saturday morning in late June, 17 high-school seniors became WCDS Alumni in the 41st Graduation Ceremony at Wakefield Country Day School in Huntly.
Hearthstone School, which closed its Sperryville campus on March 16 in response to COVID-19, will implement distance learning for the entire 2020–21 school year.
At a special work session, the School Board unanimously approved a proposal for reopening schools. Officially, the schools are slated to resume activities on Aug. 24.
View the agenda at the RCPS Boarddocs site:
Two groups of students will alternate class days
The unprecedented impact on academics and students’ lives has been devastating enough. Now it’s revealed that in the space of only a few months COVID-19 has taken a huge financial toll on Rappahannock County Public Schools.
Allan Delmare, distiller (as in hundreds of gallons of hand-sanitizer of late) at Dida’s Distillery at Rappahannock Cellars, announces word this week “about our consortium and our associated charitable fundraising efforts.”
In the first week of April, only six cases of COVID-19 were reported in Culpeper. By the last week of that month, the weekly count was 10 times higher.
‘My message . . . is to congratulate them on rising above the most adversity I have ever seen a group of students and families endure’
With no fireworks displays this year, a dozen Rapp at Home members joined in celebrating our nation’s birthday with inspirational patriotic readings.
Updated guidance issued this week by the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) offers new recommendations for reopening schools in the Commonwealth. Students and staff are now advised to maintain a physical distance of at least “three feet” between individuals.
Establishment where people ‘congregate’ behind latest infections; ‘I can look out my window and see everything going on there . . . nobody ever wears masks’
• Rappahannock County government urges citizens to remain vigilant
Rappahannock County has seen a sharp increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in recent days, and one church may be to blame.
Local Realtor Cheri Woodard of Cheri Woodard Realty says there are plenty of buyers interested in Rappahannock real estate, just not enough properties for sale.
Centrally located animal processing facility could be built for processing, dry-aging, storing and packaging meats
‘There may be calendar modifications that we request the school board make’; Class of 2020 graduation ceremony scheduled for July 11
Pandemic precautions in place amid red, white and blue bunting; Know the difference between ‘illegal’ and ‘permissible’ fireworks
Rapp enters Phase 3 of the governor’s plan to lift restrictions
Local health director says people must ‘understand gravity’ of COVID-19
People Inc. to provide funds for residents struggling with housing payments
This is the second report about how some in the county have adapted to the pandemic, stepped up to support their community, and are poised to bounce back in a post-COVID world.
“On April 19, we transferred our first nursing home patient to Winchester Hospital. The patient was coughing and had a fever; she tested positive for the coronavirus on April 21
Designed in the spirit of RAAC’s mission to support the arts in Rappahannock County, the financial aid will be available to qualified artists to help with lost art-related income during 2020.
‘With everything with COVID, it became kind of critical’
Virginia, likely including the Northern Virginia region, will enter the next phase of reopenings on Wednesday, July 1, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday.
Officials assume in-person classes will resume in August: ‘We need to work out a lot of details in a very short amount of time’
Having moved here six years ago from a jurisdiction where political campaigns vied to place the most yard signs, I note the beginnings of a plethora in Rapp. Some are on public owned roadways and intersections.
Unedited video of the Rappahannock County Planning Commission's 7:00 p.m. public meeting Wednesday June, 17, 2020 at the county courthouse.
Youth camps to be held at county park, 4-H, Verdun Adventure Bound
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