Archive for April, 2007
Board of Supervisors meeting
[ May 7, 2007; 2:00 pm; ] The Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors will hold its regular monthly meeting, with an afternoon session starting at 2 p.m. and an evening session at 7 p.m., at the Courthouse, Washington, VA.
2:00 PM MEETING: Agenda
About Our Schools, Dr. Robert Chappell
-School Budget Adoption
David Cubbage, VDoT
-Rediviva Bridge
Public Comment
Old Business
-Workforce Investment Act Inter-Local Agreement
-Update on Sludge Working Group
-Emergency […]
Smithsonian Chamber Players at Theatre
[ May 5, 2007; 8:00 pm; ] The Smithsonian Chamber Players will perform two of the great piano trios at the Theatre at Washington, Virginia on Saturday, May 5. Beethoven’s towering Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97, called the “Archduke”, was written in 1811. It was named for Beethoven’s patron, Archduke Rudolf of Austria.
Dvorak’s Trio in […]
Wine, Women & Song at Theatre
[ May 12, 2007; 8:00 pm; ] Soprano Jacqueline Neimat and tenor Daniel Holmes return to the Theatre at Washington, Virginia, with an evening of romantic and delightful music. The program is titled “Wine, Women and Song in Opera and Operetta.” Tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for students 18 and under. For reservations, or […]
RCHP talk on green building
[ May 22, 2007; 7:00 pm; ] Rappahannock Community Housing Partnership presents guest speaker Andrew Grigsby from Commonwealth Sustainability Works, speaking on “green building and green community design”, at the May meeting of RCHP, at The Schoolhouse in Sperryville, at the intersection of Routes 211 and 522. Open to the public, free admission.
In the cross-hairs: Rappahannock County included in new plan for “national interest” electric transmission corridor
Rappahannock County lies within the target area of a newly proposed “national interest” electric transmission corridor that could give utility companies a new way to win approval for siting high-voltage power lines even if state authorities do not approve such a request.
In designating, for the fist time ever, two new “national interest” transmission corridors, the […]
Property Report: Real estate sales and prices flatten in Rappahannock amid a national and regional housing slump
By James P. Gannon
The real estate boom and property buying frenzy that sent prices soaring in Rappahannock County in 2005 and much of 2006 is over, but the county is not experiencing the severe symptoms of national housing slump that are more evident in nearby Northern Virginia communities.
That’s the conclusion drawn from a study of […]