News Staff A Virginia Department of Health grant will allow Mathews County lawmakers to study the feasibility of establishing a small water supply system for Mathews Court House. The Gazette-Journal reports the $5,000 grant will update a study first done in the mid-1990s. The county will hire a consultant to conduct the study which officials is a … Read more
If you’ve ever thought about playing the bagpipes or drums, you have a chance to learn from the Kilmarnock & District Pipe Band. Pipe sergeant William Harrison tells the Rappahannock Record the ban plays for public events as well at area parades and supplies pipers for weddings and funerals on request. Practice takes place every … Read more
Rappahannock Community College’s Rappahannock Institute for Lifelong Learning announce a literature course taught by instructor Gail Wilson Kenna will take place in October. The four-session course entitled “Penelope Fitzgerald: A Contemporary Writer of Quiet Genius” is being offered at the Deltaville library and in Kilmarnock. Kenna is the author of four published books, a winner … Read more
Richmond County lawmakers implement a $100 annual fee for those renting out their homes via sites including AirBnB and Vrbo. According to Northern Neck News the fee will begin in January and comes after the county planning commission commissioned a study of short-term rentals. The county also implemented an ordinance that defines what constitutes a … Read more
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Rappahannock holds its Monthly Drum Circle event September 19 at Kilmarnock Towne Park. A Kids Drum Circle is set for 3:00 p.m. and the All Ages Drum Circle is at 4:00 p.m. No experience is necessary and if you don’t have a drum there will be ones available at … Read more
A new poll on this November’s gubernatorial race finds 5 in 10 respondents will vote for Terry McAuliffe while around 4 in 10 say they will choose Glenn Youngkin. The poll conducted by Christopher Newport University found that around 6% were undecided. The survey which was done in conjunction with AARP Virginia places Attorney General … Read more
Virginia is conducting its 20th annual Checkpoint Strikeforce DUI enforcement and public education campaign. There will be extra DWI patrols and sobreity checkpoints from now through Labor Day. During last year’s Labor Day weekend Virginia State Troopers arrested 55 drunk drivers, averaging a DUI arrest every 104 minutes. In 2020 nearly a third of all … Read more
The Virginia Department of Health reports an 11th child has died from COVID-19 complications. Officials say the child was in the range from 0 to 9 years and is from the Northern region. The first child death from COVID-19 in Virginia was reported in September 2020. There have been 3 other deaths in the 0-9 … Read more
The Gloucester County School Board has officially rescinded the policy regarding the use of school restrooms after an appeal to a federal court ruling was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Gazette-Journal reports the board voted 5-1 at its meeting last Monday to end the 2014 resolution that led to a student filing … Read more
The White Stone Town Council gives the green light to issuing a revenue bond to pay for a sewer system expansion. According to the Rappahannock Record the bond is for as much as $2.1 million and will go toward the second phase of expansion. The town is taking out a loan for that work and … Read more