Archive for October, 2007
Fletcher conference center application is withdrawn and will be resubmitted in January; Montpelier application will be heard Monday
By James P. Gannon
The controversial application to operate a conference center and hunt club on an 800 acre farm in the F.T. Valley–which was to be heard by the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors Monday–has been withdrawn, County Administrator John McCarthy announced Wednesday afternoon.
McCarthy disclosed that James W. “Bill” Fletcher III has withdrawn his application […]
School efficiency review attracts few from public to comment, but comments may be submitted on-line
By James P. Gannon
A few Rappahannock County residents came to the state-sponsored Schools Efficiency Review open house at the Elementary School Tuesday afternoon, but the turnout was much less than the director of the review had expected.
A consulting firm hired by the Commonwealth of Virginia has a team of five specialists here this week conducting […]
No sense of panic: MRSA staph information session draws tiny crowd at school meeting
By James P. Gannon
An unexpectedly small audience of about a dozen persons showed up in the high school’s big 250-seat auditorium Monday evening to hear two health experts’ advice on dealing with drug-resistant staph infection known as MRSA.
Despite the fact that four cases of MRSA have been diagnosed among Rappahannock County public school students […]
Panthers fall to Strasburg in last home football game, 37-7
By Sharon Kilpatrick
With the season winding down, Rappahannock’s varsity football team is still looking for its first district win.
Monday afternoon the Panthers dropped a 37-7 game to the Strasburg Rams in the final home game of the season. They play Madison at Madison on Friday, Nov. 2, and Manassas Park at Manassas Park on Nov. […]
Concerned Taxpayers meeting
[ November 1, 2007; 7:00 pm; ] The initial meeting of the new organization, Concerned Taxpayers of Rappahannock County, will be held at the county library on Route 211 outside of Washington, VA, at 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend. For information, call Tom Junk, (540) 987-8617.
Forget Democrats and Republicans: A look at the real Ruling Party of Virginia
Did you know that Virginia has three political parties? There’s the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, of course. But then there’s the Ruling Party–the vested interests that pass out campaign contributions and hire lobbyists. Their never-chaning mission: to buttress the status quo. For a look at who they are and how they operate, we […]