Rappahannock County News Archives

The Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors approved creation of a controversial regional jail authority and an accompanying service agreement Tuesday night.

Rappahannock County wants to put a new, taller emergency-communications antenna up next to the Sheriff's Office, on the Carrigan property, and has applied for a special use permit from the Town of Washington to do so.

At a glance What: Rappahannock Farm Tour When: Saturday, Sept. 26 and Sunday, Sept.

Catch the 'Fresh' documentary and more this Saturday and Sunday at the Rappahannock County Farm Tour Weekend.

Colonial patriotism saturated the historic Culpeper Masonic Cemetery on a humid Tuesday morning as more than three-dozen assembled to honor two "Real Daughters" of the American Revolution.

Part 4 in a series - Shedding some light Regarding the Regional Jail decision that each Shenandoah County Supervisor is scheduled to vote on this Tuesday, Sept.

After a sharp verbal exchange between the two at last Wednesday's Board of Supervisors afternoon meeting over the school system's plans to replace the Rappahannock County Elementary School roof, school superintendent Bob Chappell and Jackson District Supervisor Ron Frazier exchanged letters.

B&B owner runs for supervisor Mike Biniek says his years living and working in Rappahannock County have been "the best, the happiest years of my life.

The Democratic candidate for the 15th District seat in the House of Delegates laid out his plan to save $7 billion in Interstate 81 improvements during a rally Wednesday night.

The Warren County Planning Commission has endorsed a proposed revision to the zoning ordinance that could be vital to building a regional jail with Shenandoah and Rappahannock counties.

Tom Junk of Sperryville may be a concerned taxpayer but this time he's moving to make decisions instead of expressing concern.

Local By Bette S. Mahoney, Special to the Rappahannock News Source: Rappahannock News THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 2009 Once again, the Rappahannock Association for the Arts and Community is going on tour.

When Jeanie and Dick McNear bought and occupied Hilltop, their home located at Greenwood Farm in Gid Brown Hollow in the mid-1990s, they knew right away that the then abandoned apple packing shed would make a great facility for events, but they hardly could have envisioned how popular it's become.

Dietlinde Turban-Maazel to teach RAAC acting workshop The theatre of the Rappahannock Association for the Arts and Community announces an intensive acting workshop -open to the public - to be taught later this month by acclaimed German actress and Rappahannock County resident, Dietlinde Turban-Maazel. "Don't Act - Re-Act," a two-day workshop about ...

A 36-year-old Sperryville man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend on Monday and another man the next afternoon, striking the second victim with a gun, the Sheriff's Office said.

Just after 6 p.m. last Thursday--hours after the farmers market had closed--a small but devoted group of people made their way, one by one, to the Prince Edward Street side of Hurkamp Park.