Mommy & Me Craft Class At RAL Art Center

This Saturday RAL Art Center’s Pike Studio is holding a Thanksgiving-themed “Mommy & Me” craft class starting at 10:00 a.m. It is for kids aged 2 to 6 accompanied by a caregiver who is at least 18 years old. All supplies are provided and there is no charge for the class. Advance registration is required … Read more

Irvington Chooses Legal Services Provider

The Town of Irvington has a new legal services provider. According to the Rappahannock Record the town council voted unamiously to hire law firm Sands Anderson during a special called meeting last week. The firm has 5 Virginia offices and a North Carolina location. The town has been without an attorney since July when Nancyellen … Read more

Chapman Trial Starts Next Tuesday

The trial for a Weems man charged in a 2020 homicide is to begin next Tuesday. The Rappahannock Record reports an increaase in COVID-19 cases caused the delay in Matthew Chapman’s trial which was to have started in September. Chapman is charged with killing John Gordon of Kilmarnock at Chapman’s former home in White Stone. … Read more

Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Rolling Out

Virginia COVID-19 Vaccine Coordinator Dr. Danny Avula says the first allotment of pediatric vaccine doses have arrived. The vaccine was recently approved for those between 5 and 11-years-old. Avula says Virginia is getting enough doses for half the eligible population and around two-thirds will go to doctor’s offices and health departments while the rest goes … Read more

Churchgoers Petition Officials To Fix Road By Cemetery

Members of the Lively Hope Baptist Church’s cogregation are asking the Northumberland County Board of Supervisors and the Virginia Department of Transportation to make changes at a turn on Lively Hope Road so drivers don’t go into the church’s cemetary. The Rappahannock Record reports there’s been damage to the headstones since the 1980s but the … Read more

‘Sanders Family Christmas’ Starts Nov. 27

The Westmoreland Players are presenting “Sanders Family Christmas”, the sequel to Connie Ray and Alan Bailey’s bluegrass gospel musical “Smoke on the Mountain”. It’s December 24, 1941, and America is going to war. So is Dennis Sanders, of the Sanders Family Singers. Join Pastor Mervin Oglethorpe and the rest of the Sanders family as they … Read more

COVID-19 Testing On Saturday At Lancaster Middle School

Lancaster County Public Schools is holding a Three Rivers Health district COVID-19 testing event at Lancaster Middle School on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. The event is open to all staff, students and families. Officials say testing is another layer in protection against COVID-19 and you should be tested if you’re symptomatic, recently … Read more

“Taste By The Bay” Set For Nov. 20

The Lancaster by the Bay Chamber of Commers presents the 8th Annual “Taste by the Bay: Wine, Food, Arts and Ale” event on Saturday, November 20 from 11:00 am – 5:00 pm at the Tides Inn in Irvington. Kick off the holiday season with samplings from Virginia wineries along with Virginia craft brews and ciders, … Read more