Archive for May, 2008
Panther teams eliminated from post-season play
By Sharon Kilpatrick
With a 3-1 varsity softball team loss to Clarke County at home Wednesday in a semi-final game, the last Panther team was eliminated from post season play.
That leaves only some track stars left competing in spring sports. Will Boelte, Brook Stokes, Daniel Rollins, Kim Hutcheson, Carly Day, Maria Scavetti, Joslyn Smith, and Ashlee […]
RLEP monthly meeting at Library
[ June 16, 2008; 7:00 pm; ] Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection Monthly Meeting will be held at the Rappahannock County library (social time at 6:30 p.m., meeting starts at 7 p.m.) All are encouraged to attend to learn more about helping RLEP in its work to sustain and enhance the county’s natural resources and rural character. For more information, go to […]
Rappahannock County Public Schools News, May 21, 2008
RCHS Softball Team Faces Clarke Co. at Home Today, 5/21, at 5:00 - Winner Goes to Madison at 7 PM 5/22 for Finals
RCHS / Headwaters Academic Awards Program is at RCHS Auditorium Tonight May 21 at 7:00
All RCPS locations Including Rapp-fit Center Will be Closed for Memorial Day Holiday on May 26
RCHS […]
Round Two: Plan to build parking lot for Old Rag hikers stirs opposition from Rappahannock neighbors
Report and Commentary
By Linda Heimstra
A group of concerned neighbors in Nethers, Virginia has formed a citizens group called The Friends of Old Rag Mountain, and is challenging Shenandoah National Park’s plan to build a large parking lot for hikers climbing Old Rag Mountain.
In the spring of 2003, Park officials made public their intention to […]
County receives $10,500 grant to help develop an official Rappahannock tourism website
Rappahannock County has received a state matching grant of $10,500 from Virginia Tourism Corporation to support the development and marketing of an official countywide tourism website, County Administrator John McCarthy announed Monday.
The website development is part of a stepped-up effort on the part of the county government to promote tourism in Rappahannock. The County applied […]
Stonewall Abbey cafe ‘grand opening’ in Sperryville
[ May 31, 2008; ] The Stonewall Abbey Cafe and Gift Shoppe plans its Grand Opening on Main Street in Sperryville, in the former Episcopal church building that housed the Old Sperryville Bookshop. Coffee bar, light deli menu, internet connection for web junkies.