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A chance meeting and a lesson in tolerance from the Emir of Sperryville
Camelot is a place to study tolerance. My daughter had given me a gift certificate for Borders, and I was determined not to let it burn a hole in my pocket.
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2008 Citizen of the year: Claudia Mitchell
It is rare to find in one person both the strength to persevere against a daunting personal challenge, and the strong desire to continue to serve others.
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How to avoid the commercial strip look on Route 211
When is a strip mall not a strip mall? Or better yet, how do you make a commercial strip not look like one? Members of the Rappahannock County Planning Commission were given a preview of development options ...
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Changing face of Rappahannock County
Rappahannock News Staff Photos/Stephen Dareing FAMILY BUSINESS: Martha O'Bannon-Hitt is getting out of the business her father started in 1970 known as the Emporium, a unique tourist market in Sperryville.
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How I See it: Cougars have been sighted in Virginia
In the last two years, multiple cougar/mountain lion sightings have been reported from Chester Gap in Warren County south through Sperryville, Syria, Hood and Loft Mountain to Crozet in western Albemarle ...
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Rappahannock's easements surpass 27,000 acres
Roger and Kathryn Jones of Sperryville have granted to the Virginia Outdoors Foundation an easement protecting an additional 95 acres of what was once Jessamine Hill in Washington, Va.
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Tractor trailer 'hits and runs' On Route 231
Shelly Jenkins, 25, picked up a sandwich at the F.T. Valley store to take to her father, Charles, at work on Piedmont Farm Monday morning.
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Thornton River Grille celebrates five years
Thornton River Grille celebrates five years The Thornton River Grille opened on Main Street in Sperryville on Nov.
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Giving it his best shot
Sean McCaskey opens a barrel of whiskey. After 14 months of aging, it is ready to be filtered, bottled and shipped.
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Fire destroys home in Scrabble
Derek Byers, 16, of Scrabble was watching a movie in his mother's bedroom and talking to his girlfriend on the phone Sunday afternoon when he said he smelled burning plastic.
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Virginia did it!'
Virginia did it!' Obama becomes U.S. president, Rappahannock votes McCain Rappahannock votes McCainCNN called Virginia for Democratic Sen.
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Chris Johns: Out of Africa, into Rappahannock
Rappahannock's Chris Johns is the editor-in-chief of the most recognized magazine in the world National Geographic - and if you ask Johns how he got there, he'll tell you that he never had a plan to end up ...
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Lower gas prices drive me out of town
The gas gods are smiling on us. Or should I say big oil execs are? Or are they the same thing? I recently filled my gas tank in town for $3.40 a gallon.
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Church to dedicate refurbished organ
Traveling down U.S. 522 toward Sperryville, one comes to Slate Mills Road just before the Boston Store.
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Sheriff's Office swears in J.C. Welch as new investigator
J.C. Welch of Sperryville was sworn in yesterday as the new investigator for the Rappahannock County Sheriff's Office.
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Looking for beauty in unlikely places
After a "life-changing" experience 10 years ago, a man who worked as a manager and internal auditor for Circuit City and Lowe's changed the direction of his life and became a professional photographer, finding ...
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October is for wine, too
O ctober marks the 20th anniversary of Virginia Wine Month. The designation was created in 1988 to support Virginia's young wine industry and is now a major player on the state's calendar.
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New CodeRED alerts residents of dangers
Local By James P. Gannon Special to the Rappahannock News Source: Rappahannock News THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9 2008 Suppose that flash floods developing in Rappahannock County threaten to swamp your home in the ...
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Our View: County should Ok position of fire marshal
SUMMARY: Establishing a fire marshal position within the county's building department makes sense.
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How will Rappahannock look in the future?
Local By James P. Gannon Special to the Rappahannock News Source: Rappahannock News THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 2008 Planning commission begins long-range focus The Rappahannock County Planning Commission, which ...
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