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Gone fishin’: RappVoice takes a long summer break
By James P. Gannon
Some months ago, I made a decision that the time had come for me to retire (again) and have more time for travel, for my family, and other pursuits. I’ve never been much good at retirement, but I think I am getting better at it lately.
A ten-day trip to England in May [...]
Alternative Energy Expo will be held Saturday
The fourth annual Piedmont Alternative Energy & Electric Vehicle EXPO will be held Saturday, June 20, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Brumfield Elementary School, 550 Alwington Blvd, Warrenton, Virginia (behind WalMart and Home Depot off Business 17 & 29).
Nearly 50 exhibitors will showcase working models of alternative, green and energy saving systems. Children from [...]
Fourth of July celebration offers big bangs, and big bucks too: $2,500 in raffle prizes dangled amid fireworks
By James P. Gannon
Rappahannock County’s annual Fourth of July celebration this year will offer not only the usual family fun and the big bangs of fireworks, but big bucks as well–$2,500 in cash raffle prizes to go to seven lucky winners.
$8,000 worth of fireworks will light the July 4 sky
The committee planning this year’s celebration [...]
VDOT abandons mowing duties along roads, raising safety dangers for motorists
Commentary
By James P. Gannon
Something is missing along Rappahannock County highways and back roads as summertime approaches this year. Missing are those work crews on tractors with bushhogs, cutting down the tall weeds and grasses along the roadsides and in the median strips.
Overgrown intersections limit view of oncoming traffic
The Virginia Department of Transportation, which hires the [...]
Rappahannock Quiz Bowl team claims 3rd place among smaller schools at national competition
Rappahannock County High School’s Quiz Bowl team took third place among 23 small schools in the national Quiz Bowl competition in Chicago last weekend, adding to the many honors it has already won. See the School News section for details.
County adopts budget that cuts Rappahannock property tax bills
By James P. Gannon
Rappahannock County’s Board of Supervisors formally adopted a slimmed-down, recession-year budget that allowed them to cut the real estate property tax rate for fiscal year starting July 1 by about 3.3%.
At its monthly meeting Monday, the supervisors voted unanimously to adopt the fiscal 2010 county budget totaling $20,152,069, a reduction of more [...]