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The Rapp Happenings section lists events, generally in Rappahannock County, on a space-available basis. (The rappnews.com Web site will always list all calendar items we receive.) If your event absolutely must appear in the paper, […]
The Rappahannock County Nonprofit Center, which offers support activities to nonprofit groups such as churches and fire departments throughout seven Blue Ridge counties, is bringing back “partner” dancing on Saturday, May 1. The Spring Dance […]
You may know that rabbits reproduce quickly, but I am here to tell you that there aren’t enough of them. There never will be enough for me — never. Lemme at ‘em! Why do you […]
Amissville’s Narmada Winery has a fetching exhibit up through June 1 in the tasting room of photos by John A. Bechtold, an advertising photographer based in New York City for 30 years. An Amissville resident […]
By John W. McCarthy The Fodderstack 10K Race is at 9 a.m. Oh, and we’re moving the starting line. Last year, for the first time, the Fodderstack 10K Race began at precisely 9 a.m. The […]
Tucked up in a small corner of Oventop Mountain is a spring-fed pond filled with water life and two ingenious floating structures created to give frogs a place to breed and thrive. Water Cradle and […]
Washington Baptist Church has the contemporary Christian music group Immersed singing at its 11 a.m. worship service on Sunday. The group consists of Lee Catherine Clayton and Cameron “Cammie” Shelatz from Madison, Va. They most […]
By Ray Holland Special to the Rappahannock News Everyone needs an escape now and then. Whether from the rigors of spring cleaning, garden planting or the daily drudgeries that tie us down, we all need […]
I have to chuckle to myself because of my name: Ike. I mean, all of you who are named for kings and queens you don’t even remember, and I am named for a great president. […]
For more than 20 years, it’s been the tradition that Washington Volunteer Fire & Rescue organizes and hosts an Easter egg hunt open, free of charge, to all county children the Saturday before Easter. And […]
Sixty-five Rappahannock County Elementary School (RCES) sixth-graders have been participating in a four-week program to learn about watersheds, water assessments and pollution sources. It culminated March 31, with a half-day “Meaningful Watershed Experience” on the […]
The Rapp Happenings section lists events, generally in Rappahannock County, on a space-available basis. (The rappnews.com web site always lists all calendar items we receive.) If you your event absolutely must appear in the paper, […]
Special to the Rappahannock News R.H. Ballard will exhibit new paintings by Thomas Mullany through May 2 and will hold an opening reception 4:30 to 7 this Saturday at the gallery to meet the Washington, […]
On roads paved with words and notes, Woodville’s John Tole entices his listeners to travel into the past — particularly into our country’s past. “Music provides a nice vehicle for showing how people felt at […]
You know how sometimes you order something and what is delivered is just not right? Well, I ordered real legs and what I got was these short little stubbies. But I’m still a happy and […]
Cici is a year-old female Maine Coon — a cat known for its soft, heavy coat, handsome features and friendliness, and Cici is no exception. She has a beautiful face and a happy voice and […]
John and Beverly Sullivan’s historic Washington home, The Meadows, is the featured cover story in the June issue of the national magazine Old House Interiors. The article, photographed and written by Rappahannock County residents Franklin […]
Olive Kitteridge By Elizabeth Strout 2008, Random House Trade Paperbacks Reviewed by Kathleen Grove This is the latest in an irregularly appearing series of reviews of books that are likely to appeal to or particularly […]
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