News Staff Visitors to Gloucester’s Main Street in the near future may have access to no-cost wireless broadband internet under a plan discussed earlier this month. Acting County Administrator Carol Steele tells the Gazette-Journal the plan calls for installing equipment from the county building complex to the stoplight at Route 14. The free broandand is a part … Read more
9 people are vying for an interim seat on the Mathews County School Board. According to the Gazette-Journal the seat became available when Jeanice Sadler resigned. The board is holding a public hearing on on Tuesday to review applications and is expected to make an appointment at its Dec. 14 meeting. The interim seat runs … Read more
Rappahannock Community College is named as one of the top 3 “Best Community Colleges in Virginia” by digital newsroom Stacker.com. Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville topped the list while Central Virginia Community College in Lynchburg was third. Stacker compiled the Virginia list using data from niche.com’s “2022 Best Community Colleges in America” list. RCC … Read more
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative names Tracey Steiner as Chief Engagement and Consumer Officer. She succeeds Senior Vice President of Member Service and External Affairs David Koogler who is retiring in January. Steiner will serve as the executive leader of member services, communications and public relations, and regulatory affairs and economic development. She has nearly three decades … Read more
All Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles full-service customer service centers are closed for the Thanksgiving holiday from tomorrow through Saturday and will reopen for appointments on Monday, November 29. More than 50 DMV services are available online at dmvNOW.com or through the mail during the Thanksgiving holiday closure. In-person transactions are by appointment only on … Read more
An investigation is under way into a string of Gloucester County catalytic converter thefts at repair shops. Police say the first theft occurred between Nov. 5 and Nov. 11 and the most recent one was on Nov. 18. A total of 12 catalytic converters were taken. Converters contain precious metals which can be stripped and … Read more
Rappahannock General Hospital continued a 30-year tradition of hosting a food drive to create Thanksgiving meal items that are distributed to needy families and patients in the community. RGH Project Coordinator and Thanksgiving Food Drive Coordinator Joanna Marchetti says items collected by RGH staff allowed for 30 overflowing food boxes to be assembled and distributed … Read more
Efforts continue in the construction of a nature trail at Cooks Corner. According to the Southside Sentinel the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors appropriated more than $125,000 which is being added to an existing $100,000 appropriation to hire a company which will build a base trail behind the Cooks Corner Office Complex on General Puller … Read more
Applications are now being accepted for scholarships at Rappahannock Community College for the 2022-2023 academic year. Applicants complete one online application form to be considered for over 300 scholarship awards. They can be combined with federal and state financial aid or used alone to cover the cost of RCC tuition and fees. Officials say the … Read more
The application deadline to participate in this year’s Kilmarnock Lighted Christmas Parade is this Saturday at 5:00 p.m. Applications are available for download at lancasterva.com. The them for this year’s parade which is sponsored by the Lancaster By The Bay Chamber of Commerce is “Peace on Earth”. It will head down Main Street on Dec. … Read more