Rappahannock County News

Did you go to the Sperryville school? At what is now The Link, but used to be Sperryville's schoolhouse? If you were a student, a teacher, or on the staff, please plan on coming to a reunion there on Sunday, July 19 at 2 p.m. You'll be able to re-connect with other pupils, perhaps in the same classroom.

We'd gotten a family dog when I was 11, but Xander came into my life shortly after I graduated from college in 1992.

Woodstock - The Board of Supervisors in Warren and Rappahannock counties have already approved moving forward on the construction of a new regional jail in Front Royal near the Virginia Inland Port.

The Charlottesville High School Orchestra is the only high school orchestra in the country invited to perform at the inaugural Castleton Music Festival , taking place at the Rappahannock County estate of New York Philharmonic music director Lorin Maazel .

Rappahannock County sheriff's deputies responded to three separate reports of domestic violence over the weekend, all resulting in arrests.

As the time draws near for the Warren County School Board to make a decision on the naming of the forthcoming Luray Avenue middle school building, the daughter of Quincy Damon Gasque, a past Warren County school superintendent, is asking that her father's name be considered.

The Rappahannock County Sheriff's Office made another stride in protecting community, recently adding five automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, to its supply.

Proud family members, faculty, and friends crowded the Rappahannock County High School gymnasium on June 13 to witness the school's 59th annual commencement ceremony.

With Rappahannock County fielding an all-time high 13 racers this year, up from zero just two years ago, the Soap Box Derby of Culpeper will be taking a big step forward with this Saturday's race.

DEMOCRAT The Soap Box Derby of Culpeper will be taking a big step forward with this Saturday's race, months after having taken a big step back with a loss of one of its own.

Tom Junk announces for Supervisor Piedmont District Meeting the deadline for the required signatures just in time, Tom Junk of Sperryville is now a candidate for the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors seat from the Piedmont District.

Friends since childhood, Four RCHS seniors go on to UVA Emily Carter remembers the first time she thought about which college she might like to attend.

There were no surprises at Monday's Rappahannock County Board of Supervisor's meeting as the board approved the county's 2009/10 fiscal year budget of $2,141,089 a $2 million decrease from last fiscal year's budget.

The State Corporation Commission on Friday directed Embarq to reduce gradually the charges it imposes on other telephone companies to connect to its local network.

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Joe and Sue Claffy of Rappahannock County were standing at the checkout counter of their favorite grocery store when they were asked if they were interested in purchasing a Virginia Lottery Mega Millions ticket.

This summer, departing New York Philharmonic music director Lorin Maazel will host the inaugural Castleton Festival at his estate in the Virginia countryside.

Their reaction to winning: 'You laugh, and you cry, and you holler' By Linwood Outlaw III -- loutlaw@nvdaily.com FRONT ROYAL -- A Rappahannock County couple is $19 million richer after purchasing a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket from a local grocery store.

Taylor Light, 16, will get by with a little help from her friends and they just might garner enough donations to send her to Europe this July.

As part of an ongoing effort to alert you, the readers of DC Foodies, to all of the really cool food-related events, classes and opportunities throughout the Washington Metropolitan area,we give you this week's edition of the Foodie To-Do List.