Officials say it make take months to clean up the site of last week’s fire that tore through businesses and apartments on Prince Street in Tappahannock. Fire Chief Paul Richardson tells News 3 while the cause of the fire remains unknown he doesn’t believe it was intentionally set. Richardson says the damage is estimated at … Read more
Last Friday’s massive fire in Tappahannock along with the one on Irvington Road in Kilmarnock last April took a toll on volunteer fire departments both personally and financially. Area fire chiefs tell 6 News they are already struggling with recruiting more personnel plus mutual aid fires such as the ones in Tappahannock and Kilmarnock are … Read more
An architect hired by the Middlesex County School Board to analyze the high school’s stability determines the buildings are in very good shape. According to the Southside Sentinel the analysis was done to determine the possibility of renovating the high school campus. There are 3 generational parts to the high school: one from 1949, one … Read more
The Fairfield Foundation receives a $25.000 grant for work to stabilize Timberneck House. According to the Gazette-Journal the Foundation is one of 12 inaugural recipients to receive a grant from the Virginia Museum History & Culture’s Commonwealth History Fund. It is made possible by donations from Dominion Energy and is administered in partnership with Virginia’s … Read more
At Thursday’s meeting of the Northern Neck-Middle Peninsula Chapter of the Virginia Aeronautical Historical Society there will be a program on AirVenture which takes place in Oshkosh, WI. Chapter liaison George Galo tells the Rappahannock Record AirVenture captures the wide world of aviation and features the top airshow performers in shows every day of the … Read more
3 area counties make it onto a list of places with the oldest population in the country. The ranking compiled by website 24/7 Wall St using U.S. Census data placed Northumberland County at #6, Lancaster County at #14 and Middlesex County at #42. The ranking was determined based on median age and percentages of the … Read more
The Virginia Board for Barbers and Cosmetology voted to reduce the number of hours required to obtain a cosmetology license from 1,500 to 1,000. The board assembled a panel of advisors representing businesses, public schools, private career and technical schools, and subject matter experts in infection control to conduct a comprehensive review of the education … Read more
Low-imcome households struggling to pay their cooling bills csn get help from the Virginia Energy Assistance Program. It helps pay for buying or repairing cooling equipment, electric bill assistance, and security deposit assistance. To qualify you need to have a household income of less than the maximum allowed for the number of people in the … Read more
Town of Warsaw officials announce this Friday’s 4th Friday concert at Warsaw Town Park will be a benefit to support the victims of last Friday’s Tappahannock fire. The concert is featuring The Taters planing Americana misic from the 1960s to today’s hits. Showtime is 7:00 p.m. and admission is free. All proceeds will be donated … Read more
Tapahannock Main Street issued an update Monday on their work to assist residents who lost their homes in last Friday’s Prince St. fire. A representative has contacted all residents that they are aware of who are in need of help. If there is someone who has not been contacted please let them know. The nonprofit … Read more