The Woman’s Club of White Stone had a sell-out crowd at their Fashion Show Luncheon and afternoon of game play held last month. The theme was ‘Daisy Crazy’ and the show featured colorful seasonal fashions from Cathy’s Unique Pursuits of Kilmarnock. Event chairperson Amy Haines says they are very pleased that the proceeds from the … Read more
The Virginia Department of Social Services is issuuing retroactive Summer Pandemic-EBT benefits to eligible K-12 students. Those who attended a school approved to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision or were eligible to receive free or reduced-price meals during the 2021 – 2022 school year can expect to receive a one-time summer benefit of $391 … Read more
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles launched a campaign encouraging seat belt wearing by making light of the vehicle’s alert chime that keeps sounding until belts are buckled. Officials say studies show that repeated “dinging” is actually what motivates some folks to wear their seat belt when nothing else will do the trick. 18% of … Read more
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced the Commonwealth is joining 41 other states with their litigation against Indivior Inc., the producers of an opioid withdrawal treatment drug. The suit claims the company attempted to switch production of Suboxone from tablets to a film form, while at the same time attempting to eliminate the market for … Read more
Rappahannock Community College’s Rappahannock Institute for Lifelong Learning releases its fall course offerings. “The Basics of Pickleball” begins September 1 on four consecutive Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Next up is “Basics of Finance, Retirement, and Estate Planning,” a three-part course beginning September 6 on the Warsaw campus. A course on “Shoreline Studies” … Read more
1st District Congressman Rob Wittman has another challenger for his re-election bid. According to the Gazette-Journal David Bruce Foster of Hayes is running as an independent candidate. Foster earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Christopher Newport University and enlisted in the Navy for anti-submarine warfare class A school and search and rescue school. He … Read more
Virginia Department of Transportation resident engineer David Beale recently updated Westmoreland County Board of Supervisors on a number of recent projects. Westmoreland News reports Beale told supervisors asphalt patches have been completed on Route 3 along with pipe and slope repairs on routes 202, 3, and 601. Up next repairing washout damage at Ames Road, … Read more
Kilmarnock’s RAL Art Center opens its 61st Annual Labor Day Art Show on August 31 and it will continue to October 1. According to the Rappahannock Record Richmond artist Matt Lively is selected to judge the show. Lively has taught at VCU and the Virginia Museum of Fine Art Studio School. The public is welcome … Read more
Now that the design of the wastewater collection system for Topping is under way the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors turns its attention to wastewater collection systems for Saluda and Hartfield. According to the Southside Sentinel cost estimates are $1.7 million for Saluda and $1 million for Hartfield’s collection system. There’s also a half-million dollars … Read more
1st Congressional District candidate Herb Jones will be the keynote speaker at the Lancaster Democrats’ annual picnic, beginning at 4:00 P.M. on Sunday, September 4 at the Masonic Lodge on Goodluck Road in Kilmarnock. Tickets are $25.00 each and are available online at LanCoVaDems.org. Jones is challenging Republican Rob Wittman who is seeking re-election.