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Town officials and community groups inched one step closer to building a public playground in Warsaw last Thursday. On May 9, town council approved to fund $15,000 of a new initiative, “$30,000 in 30 days,” to purchase playground equipment for the town park. Town Manager John Slusser called the playground budget for fiscal year 2014 “ambitious” as it required approximately $75,000 in park improvements. Slusser reported that the town already
A tax official’s report revealed that Essex County would recover over half a million in revenue if forestland and open space were removed from Land Use. While the county would see an immediate reduction in money deferred to the program, the official shared that the elimination could cost more money to county taxpayers in the long run. On May 14, Commissioner of the Revenue Thomas Blackwell presented a detailed analysis
An impassioned plea from Richmond County’s fire chief last Thursday swayed Warsaw officials toward bolstering the town’s annual donation to the volunteer firefighters. On May 9, Fire Chief Randy Passagaluppi approached Warsaw Town Council about allocating $12,500 to the Richmond County Volunteer Fire Department (RCVFD) for fiscal year 2014. Passagaluppi’s presentation was a response to the Warsaw Finance Committee recommending that the town level its yearly donation at $7,500 instead
A freak hunting accident earlier this year is now being attributed to defective shotgun shells. Timmy Johnson didn’t mean to shoot Danny Marks Jr. last January. After an investigation, however, he was charged with three counts of reckless handling of a firearm and shooting across a public road in a near fatal incident that has divided what once was a close-knit friendship. Although Richmond County’s General District Court decided last
Raiders keep ahead with more wins The Rappahannock Raiders Varsity Baseball team held onto first place in the Northern Neck District with an undefeated week. On Monday the Raiders defeated Washington and Lee 6-2, and finished the week with a dramatic 2-1 victory over Essex. “It is completely in our hands,” said Rappahannock coach Larry Barker, “We don’t have to rely on anyone else. We just need to keep winning.”
As the soccer season winds down, the teams from the Northern Neck District begin preparations for the district and state tournaments. On May 6, the Northumberland girls squared off against King William in a non-district matchup. The Essex girls took on Christchurch May 10 in another non-district game. The lady Trojans played the first half flat and allowed the physical play of Christchurch to dictate the flow of the game.
Essex 4, Colonial Beach 3 In past weeks leading to the Northern Neck District Softball Tournament, it has been a time for teams to make clutch performances to vie for a championship title. But it was the district’s top teams that proved to extend their dominance over their opponents. In the only game to be played last Thursday as a result of nonplayable weather conditions for four high schools, Essex
A menace lurking just below the waters of the Rappahannock will soon be safely marked and mapped due to a joint venture between two Essex and Richmond County organizations. On May 9, Tappahannock Councilman and Essex Rotary member Pete Trible presented a plan to Richmond County Supervisors, formulated in conjunction with the Warsaw-Richmond County Rotary, to finally install buoys at what he called the “Ghost of the Caponka.” The Caponka,
The warmer temperatures have brought with them some familiar Chesapeake icons. The osprey (Pandion haliaetus) occurs in nearly every corner of the globe, but nowhere as abundantly as on the Chesapeake Bay. These large brown and white birds of prey, with wingspans of 4-5 feet, return to the Bay and its many rivers and creeks every spring from southern wintering grounds. Lured here by an abundance of food, they feed
This past weekend, Jamel Newton’s design incorporating a corncob, which won first in a contest aimed to share the message that LOVE is at the heart of every Virginia vacation, was unveiled at the Northern Neck Farm Museum. Newton is a Freshman and an art student of Eddie Barnes at Northumberland High School. “He is a great kid, very deliberate about his work and he said ‘I can’t believe it’
Either most of the male members of the cast of the Westmoreland Players’ current production, Neil Simon’s “Rumors, own and use evening clothes or they are good actors. Most men not used to evening clothes look uncomfortable and self conscious in them, but not the Rumors cast. They wear the formal attire as easily as they might polo shirts and khakis. The ones not in formal attire play policemen and
What began as a daring venture by a single teacher has rapidly developed into a program determined to take the community by storm. In just its second year, the drama department at Richmond County Intermediate (RCI) seeks to capture the hearts of children and their parents with its first-ever major production, The Wizard of Oz. Under the direction of 6th grade English teacher Whittney Myers, the middle school’s rendition of
The Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library will hold its third annual Lancaster Court Day Festival on Saturday, April 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This free, family-friendly event features more than thirty booths of arts and crafts, history and heritage displays, and community information. Executive director Karen Hart explains that in the past, court day was when the monthly county court was in session and people would gather
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A tax official’s report revealed that Essex County would recover over half
An impassioned plea from Richmond County’s fire chief last Thursday swayed Warsaw
Raiders keep ahead with more wins The Rappahannock Raiders Varsity Baseball team
As the soccer season winds down, the teams from the Northern Neck
A menace lurking just below the waters of the Rappahannock will soon
The warmer temperatures have brought with them some familiar Chesapeake icons. The