Archive for December, 2006
Flim: The DaVinci Code
[ January 19, 2007; 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm. ] RAAC Movie, rated PG-13, 149 minutes, at The Theatre in Washington, VA.
Film: The Devil Wears Prada
[ January 5, 2007; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] RAAC movie, rated PG 13, 109 minutes, at The Theatre in Washington, VA. $6.
Dough on the go: Rudy’s Pizza opens in Sperryville at the Corner Store
The big ovens are ready, and Chef Tom Nash is spinning those big rounds of pizza dough in the air, ready to cater to every pizza-lover’s appetite, now that he’s opened Rudy’s Pizza in Sperryville.
The new pizza-place opened quiety last week, without as much as a sign over the door, but Nash reports his long-awaited […]
RLEP joins PEC in fight against high-voltage power line
The Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection has joined the fight against the proposed high-voltage power line planned by Dominion Virginia Power and Allegheny Power. The currently proposed route would cut through historic and scenic areas of Fauquier and Loudoun counties with high voltage lines strung between 150-foot-tall steel towers.
RLEP has created a Power Line Task […]
Public hearing on proposed festival cancelled after promoters ask for delay
A public hearing on a proposal to hold a day-long “Celebrate Rappahannock” music festival at the Blue Rock Inn next spring has been postponed after the festival promoters asked that their application be tabled for a month.
The Rappahannock County Planning Commission had been scheduled to hold a public hearing on Wednesday (Dec. 20) evening on […]
VDOT closes old, ‘unsafe’ bridge on Rediviva Road, a piece of historic Thornton Gap Turnpike
An old one-lane bridge over the Covington River on Rediviva Road was closed permanently on Tuesday because the 77-year-old concrete structure is showing significant deterioration that makes it unsafe, the Virginia Department of Transportation announced Monday.
The bridge, which was built in 1929 by W.C. Campbell, is no longer part of the state-maintained highway network but […]