News Staff Rappahannock Community College’s Rappahannock Institute for Lifelong Learning is offering a class for those who want to learn more about the changing and shifting shorelines. “Shoreline Studies” will be held on Mondays from 1 pm to 3 pm at RCC’s Glenns campus and simultaneously on Zoom. Class will meet September 13, 20, and 27. Advanced … Read more
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office is warning about a new scam where a recipient receives a package from a San Francisco return address with checks inside. The instructions say the recipient is now a “secret shopper” and is to cash the checks then use the money to buy gift cards and then e-mail the numbers … Read more
The Lancaster by the Bay Chamber of Commerce is holding its Annual Meeting and Dinner on Friday, September 17 at Indian Creek Yacht and Country Club. The chamber is pleased to honor Stuart Bunting as the Business Person of the year and Andrea Banks as the Chamber Volunteer of the year. Cocktail hour begins at … Read more
Gov. Ralph Northam’s office confirms that a second Virginia military installation will take in Afghan refugees being evacuated to the United States. Fort Pickett in Blackstone will joint Fort Lee in processing refugees who according to officials typically stay on base for a week while their visas are beiong processed. Northam says Virginia is prepared … Read more
Virginia’s Redistricting Commission decides not to use existing political maps to designate new boundaries and will create the districts from scratch. The procedures were debated at length and initally came down to a partisan splie but the committee voted 12-4 to adopt the “blank-slate” approach. The commission will submit the final boundaries to the General … Read more
The Virginia Department of Health reports over 7,000 new COVID-19 cases were reported over the weekend. Officials say the surge is a result of the Delta variant. There have been 28 additional COVID-19 related deaths recorded between last Friday and Monday. Just over 63% have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, with nearly 56% … Read more
The numbers are in from the 2020 Census and Gloucester County population is up bt 5% while Mathews County lost 5% of its population. The Gazette-Journal reports Gloucester has around 38,700 residents and has recorded a population gain with each census since 1940. Mathews’ population is just over 8,500 down by around 1,700 from the … Read more
The Irvington Village Improvement Association is holding a events to commemorate Labor Day weekend. According to the Rappahannock Record a free concert featuring Bob Wilson is set for Sept. 2 at 6:00 p.m. at Irvington Commons. The weekend continues with the Irvington Farmer’s Market on Sept. 4 from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. with Richmond-based … Read more
An informational meeting takes place next Tuesday on a recommendation from the Gloucester County Floodplain Management Committee to increase the minimum freeboard requirement from 2 feet to 3 feet. Committee Administration Representative Brent Payne tells the Williamsburg Yorktown Daily the chnge will increase flood resistance and lower flood insurance costs. The meeting will be held … Read more
Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Neck officials say they are looking forward to resuming after-school activities and bringing back long-standing programs as well as introducing some new and exciting opportunities for youth. The Club has been deep cleaned with classrooms organized and freshly stocked while staff development training has been completed. Membership costs … Read more