Rapidan News

The Rappahannock-Rapidan Health District will administer free H1N1 "swine flu" vaccines to Eastern View High School staff and students Friday, according to Culpeper County Public Schools.

Generosity of local residents helps others to live better, and remember to protect yourself against the flu this season Hundreds of area students stand a good chance of having a generally healthy winter, thanks to the efforts of Rappahannock-Rapidan Health District workers and volunteers.

A tipster can now receive a $200 reward for giving information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for destroying a patriotic display in Uno off South Blue Ridge Turnpike on the night before Halloween, the Madison County Sheriff's Office announced last week.

The Rappahannock-Rapidan Health District has administered the H1N1 "swine flu" vaccine to 832 public school students or 11 percent and two-thirds of the private schools students who submitted permission slips, according to health and school officials.

Every year in October, the Town of Orange sets the rate it charges the Rapidan Service Authority for water.

Culpeper town electric bills are going down--by about $5.50 a month. The reduction, which began yesterday, is the result of a drop in the fuel surcharge for the second time in six months.

At the 105th annual Virginia Municipal League Conference, held at the Hotel Roanoke Oct.

Volunteers wanted to join the Healthy Culpeper committee We want you. Caring individuals needed to help make Culpeper County a Healthy place to grow and age.

Published: November 2, 2009 Updated: November 2, 2009 "Consumable Tourism" is a term that I coined after a meeting in Sperryville with representatives of the Virginia Tourism Corporation in February.

More than 100 friends and supporters of Hospice of the Rapidan attended the organization's recent gala and helped raise more than $55,000. The annual fundraiser, held at the Joseph R. Daniel Technology Center on the Germanna Community College campus in Culpeper, supports compassionate and dignified end-of-life care in Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, ...

An eastern route for a U.S. 29 bypass of Charlottesville has been taken off a consultant's map, but some of the state's top decision-makers said this week a bypass still is needed.

"There are only four kinds of people in the world - those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers." - Former First Lady Rosalyn Carter Every day, all across the country, people juggle the demands of their busy lives.

I am writing to express my support for Mark Osborn and Gary Snellings in their bids for Stafford County Board of Supervisors.

Supervisors don't always agree, but when it comes to VDOT's idea to route a major north-south arterial state highway directly through Orange County, the board is unanimous with a resounding "No!" Interim Planning Director Debbie Kendall said state transportation planners proposed to alleviate current congestion and travel problems on Route 29 by ...

A rematch and a race for an abbreviated term highlight this year's Culpeper County School Board ballot.

The 2009-2010 flu season just started, but many are already feeling under the weather.

The Rappahannock-Rapidan Health District received 300 doses of the H1N1 "swine flu" vaccine this week, in nasal mist form, to immunize health care and emergency medical workers.

Hospice of the Rapidan cleared its first hurdle last Thursday toward building a care center for the terminally ill near Sumerduck.

Public Hearing Topic: Proposed hospice care center When: 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept.

Once the H1N1 flu vaccine is available, volunteers will be needed to help administer the shot.