Archive for November, 2006
Thoughts on taxation as the Grinch steals Christmas
By James P. Gannon
Just when you’d like to really get in the spirit of Christmas, along comes that Grinch bearing your property-tax bill. Right in the middle of the holiday season, when you are thinking about the gifts you’d like to buy for the family, you go line up at Treasurer’s office and cough up […]
County’s higher property taxes prompt “a whole lot” of complaints, but some support, from taxpayers
By James P. Gannon
With the December 5 deadline for paying Rappahannock County real estate taxes looming, county property owners are reacting with varying degrees of indignation, resignation, and even appreciation in the face of a heavier property tax burden for 2006. (See our commentary, “Thoughts on Taxation,” in the Opinion section–click on Opinion in the […]
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Football frustration: Parents ask for change in high school program
Frustration with Rappahannock County High School’s struggling football program boiled over at a county School Board meeting Tuesday, as parents urged the school system to make changes to give the varsity team a better chance to win, following a season of many lopsided losses.
Parents of football players complained that a string of steady losses by […]
Old Sperryville Bookshop to close after liquidation sale
For book lovers in Rappahannock County, there’s bad news and good news. The bad news is that the county’s only full-service new and used bookstore is soon to close permanently. The good news is that the store’s stock will be liquidated at bargain prices.
Nancy Ostinato, owner and operator of the bookshop in the old Episcopal […]
Towering threat: Rappahannock County added to power-line transmission corridor
By James P. Gannon
Rappahannock County has been added to a proposed “national interest electric transmission corridor” for new, high-voltage power lines planned by two regional utilities–a designation that would give the Federal government sweeping authority to site the electric lines over historic areas, Civil War battlefields and even land protected by conservation easements.
Initially, Rappahannock was […]