The Urbanna Town Council wants to make changes to the town charter affecting a number of parliamentary procedures. The Southside Sentinel reports the Council will petition the General Assembly to double the councilor’s 2-year term and stagger term expiration so only 3 of 6 seats are up for election at a time. A separate petition … Read more
JJ Kellum’s Country Store building in Weems is nothing but a memory now that crews demolished the John’s Neck Road structure last week. William Kellum’s grandson Tommy tells the Rappahannock Record it was a hard decision to tear the building down but it was a choice of demolishing it or having it come down on … Read more
Newsweek Magazine names Blue Ridge Bank as Best Small Bank in Virginia on its 2022 ranking of America’s Best Banks. Newsweek’s ranking recognizes the financial institutions that best serve their customers’ needs in each state. Banks were assessed on over 30 factors, including overall health of the bank, customer service, online optiomns, interest rate offerings, … Read more
The Christchurch School Board of Governors announces William J. Coyle is unanimously elected as the 17th Head of School effective July 1, 2022. “Billy” as he is known will succeed Jeb Byers who is retiring after serving the longest as head of school. Coyle has nearly twenty years of independent school experience in both boarding … Read more
The King and Queen County Sheriff’s Office needs your help to find a man from Shackerfords who is wanted for a probation violation on a felony offense. 29-year-old John William Coleman, Jr. is white, 5′ 11″ tall and 200 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. If you have any information on Coleman’s whereabouts contact … Read more
The Lancaster By The Bay Chamber of Commerce announces the theme of this year’s Christmas Parade in Kimarnock is “Peace on Earth”. This is the Parade’s 42nd year and it will head down Main Street December 10 starting at 7:00 p.m. Santa Claus will be available for a pre parade visit at the Kilmarnock Fire … Read more
The Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services is advising those on Medicaid the program is reverting to 34-day supplies for many prescriptions. During Virginia’s COVID-19 health emergency Medicaid members could get a 90-day supply of all their prescription medicines but the state health emergency has ended. Some drugs on the Preferred Drug List will remain … Read more
Virginia now has an app to connect users and state government agencies with nearby small businesses. The Start Small app features keyword searches to match users with nearby businesses from the approximately 100,000 registered vendors. Searches can be further refined to limit those that are owned by women, minorities or service-disabled veterans certified through the … Read more
The Virginia Transit Association awards its “Distinguished Leadership for the Commonwealth” award to Gov. Ralph Northam. Association Executive Director Lisa Guthrie says Gov. Northam committed to mobility for all Virginians throughout his term through major investments in transit systems big and small. VTA provides public education and legislative advocacy to support public transportation systems throughout … Read more
Next week the Lancaster and Northumberland County Virginia Cooperative Extension offices will offer household well water testing in a drive-through format. According to the Rappahannock Record water will be tested for iron, manganese, sulfate, hardness, sodium, copper, nitrate, arsenic, fluoride, pH, total dissolved solids, coliform bacteria, E. coli bacteria and lead. The test fee is … Read more