Fairfields United Methodist Church in Burgess to Host Holy Rollers and To-Be-Rollers- The Holy Rollers is a group of United Methodist Clergy and Lay People from every corner of Virginia who share a passionate love for the Lord Jesus, a deep concern for dispossessed and marginalized people, and the inexplicable joy of riding bicycles long distances. This year’s 10th annual ride will begin in Chincoteague on Wednesday, June 19. The
The Northern Neck Auxiliary to Post #7167 Veterans of Foreign Wars in Warsaw is pleased to announce the award of three scholarships in the amount of $500 to each of the following recipients. The applicants were required to meet a number of guidelines and requirements for scholarship consideration, the first of which was that they must be a child or grandchild of a member in good standing of the Auxiliary.
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’
If you don’t know William Short, 17, you have probably seen him. He likes to run, and is known for his eight- to ten-mile training jaunts in and around Warsaw that have prepared him for high school track competition. He likes to go long distance, and in the coming weeks he will complete another sort of trek. In mid-June, he will complete the requirements to become an Eagle Scout, the
You can find them anywhere in the Northern Neck. In Westmoreland County, you’ll see one trotting beside her companion as she puts her sniffer to work on school lockers and car doors. Take a trip down to Lancaster County, and they can be found in the training yard alongside their Northumberland teammates, brushing their noses past a wooden wall to track down an ‘illegal substance’ and sinking their teeth into
Fairfields United Methodist Church in Burgess to Host Holy Rollers and To-Be-Rollers-
The Northern Neck Auxiliary to Post #7167 Veterans of Foreign Wars in
Kilmarnock Town Council approved the fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget on Monday
Despite citizens’ claims that proposed county funding would not sufficiently meet the
Several spring sports teams will vie for an opportunity to be crowned district
Raiders keep ahead with more wins The Rappahannock Raiders Varsity Baseball team
Fairfields United Methodist Church in Burgess to Host Holy Rollers and To-Be-Rollers-
The Northern Neck Auxiliary to Post #7167 Veterans of Foreign Wars in