Tickets are still available for RAL Art Center’s “Great Art Heist” taking place on Saturday. The reception will begin at 4:00 pm with drinks and hors d’oeuvres followed by the main event at 5:00 p.m. Here’s how it works: Raffle tickets are drawn at random and the winner gets their pick of any donated, original … Read more
Expanding high-speed internet access in Mathews County is moving forward now that the Board of Supervisors approved a plan developed by the county Broadband Advisory Board. According to the Gazette-Journal the plan calls for 2 communications towers and 18 repeater stations. The next step is to come up with the money to pay for the … Read more
Northumberland County Public Schools’ Teacher of the Year for 2021 is Pamela Woolard. According to the Rappahannock Record Woolard was recognized at the school board’s June 14 meeting by Director of instruction Adam Letizia and board chairman Betty Christopher. She has previously taught third, second and fifth grades but held several titles over the past … Read more
Middlesex County will observe Juneteenth with events taking place on Saturday and Sunday. Organizer Bessida White tells the Rappahannock Record the commemoration is sponsored by Game Changers, a coalition of local religious and civic organizations. There will be a parade on Saturday, at 2:00 pm, starting at Middlesex High School and proceeding to the Historic … Read more
To build a pool or not build a pool – that’s what the Urbanna Town Council is deciding. According to the Southside Sentinel councilors discussed the issue at their June 10 meeting with those in favor saying the town had a pool for more than 50 years with others saying the pool cost would mean … Read more
The Virginia Department of Transportation observed Pollinator Week with Virginia First Lady Pamela Northam and Secretary of Transportation Shannon Valentine. Since 2014, the department’s Pollinator Habitat Program has created naturalized areas of native plants along state-maintained roads and properties that provide habitats to threatened and dwindling pollinator species. The Pollinator Habitat Program is part of … Read more
Governor Ralph Northam appoints Eric J. Reynolds as Virginia’s first Director of the Office of the Children’s Ombudsman. The Office was established last year for reporting concerns about the treatment of children within Virginia’s foster care system. It is authorized to receive complaints and investigate and review actions of the Virginia Department of Social Services, … Read more
When Virignia’s fiscal year ends next Wednesday the commonwealh could end up with a $2 billion surplus. That’s four times what officials had expected. The largess is being credited to higher-than-expected tax collections. Virginia law requires around half of the surplus to go toward the state’s Rainy Day Fund but the rest of it will … Read more
The King and Queen County Sheriff’s Office needs your help to find a man from Ruther Glen who is wanted for failing to appear in court. 29-year-old Corey Caleb Childs is white, 5′ 11″ and 150 pounds with short black hair, brown eyes and a short beard. If you have any information on Childs’s whereabouts … Read more
Kilmarnock sewer customers will soon be digging a little deeper in their pockets to pay their bills. According to the Rappahannock Record the Town Council voted 4-1 to approve a rate increase of $10 per billing cycle. Bills are sent every 2 months. Residential and commercial accounts will begin seeing the increase effective with the … Read more