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October 29, 2025
Tam Norman of Aylett was among 34 artists who visited Tappahannock and Essex County last weekend to participate in the Tappahannock Art Gallery’s sixth annual Tidelands Plein Air Festival & Art On The Wall. Plein Air painting means painting from life outdoors. The multi-day event concluded on October 25 with the Art On The Wall event featuring the presentation and […]
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October 29, 2025
The Tappahannock Rotary Club’s kitchen staff was busy preparing plates during the organization’s annual Pork Feast. Approximately 250 tickets were sold for the event that was held October 23 in the banquet hall of the Tappahannock-Essex Volunteer Fire Department’s Sation I in Tappahannock. From left, Angelo Stevens Jr., Brooke Mullery, and T. Press. The Pork Feast is the organization’s largest […]
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October 29, 2025
BY G.C. ROSE
The Essex County Airport Authority held a groundbreaking ceremony last week for a $2.4 million project that will result in the construction of six hangars at the facility located at Pauls Cross Roads. Earth moving at the 1450 Aviation Road site began on October 20. The new hangars will help support the airport’s revenue stream which relies on hangar rentals […]
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October 29, 2025
Trick or treating will take place in Tappahannock on Friday, October 31. Tappahannock Town Code Section 14-43 prohibits any person over the age of 12 from wearing any mask, hood or other device whereby a substantial portion of their face is hidden or covered so as to conceal the identity of the wearer, to be or appear in any public […]
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October 29, 2025
BY G.C. ROSE
Registered voters in Essex and King and Queen counties will have an opportunity to cast ballots in state elections while Essex voters will also participate in multiple local elections on Tuesday, Nov. 4. The local Essex elections are for three seats on the county’s Board of Supervisors and four seats on the School Board. Many registered voters have taken advantage […]
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October 29, 2025
BY G.C. ROSE
An Essex County Grand Jury has indicted a 57-yearold Hanover County man on allegations of sex crimes involving a minor. The Grand Jury, which convened in Essex County Circuit Court on October 22, issued true bills of indictment against Robert Wayne Sauvager, of Mechanicsville, charging him with use of a communication device to solicit a child and two counts of […]
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October 29, 2025
Polling locations will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the General Election on Tuesday, November 4. Residents of Essex County can vote at the following locations: Greater Tappahannock District — Tappahannock-Essex County Volunteer Fire Department, 620 Airport Road, Tappahannock. North District — Antioch Baptist Church, 454 Lloyds Road, Champlain. South District — Ephesus Baptist Church, 287 Ephesus […]
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October 29, 2025
BY G.C. ROSE
A 22-year-old Maryland woman who allegedly assaulted a Tappahannock McDonald’s employee will remain jailed while her case moves through the Essex County legal system Essex Circuit Court Judge John S. Martin denied bond for Kwaliea Kayla Vaughan, of Baltimore, after hearing arguments during an October 22 hearing. Vaughan has been charged with aggravated malicious wounding and conspiracy to commit assault […]
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October 29, 2025
The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) has awarded $174,016 to Central High School (CHS) for King and Queen County Public Schools (KQCPS) to improve safety and security. The funding comes through Virginia’s School Security Equipment Grants program, which this year provides $12 million to 433 schools in 99 divisions across the Commonwealth. The goal: to help schools upgrade safety technology […]
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October 29, 2025
By Ariana Figueroa Virginia Mercury
More than 42 million low-income Americans are at risk of losing food assistance Nov. 1 if the government shutdown continues. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which operates the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, has about $6 billion in a multi-year contingency fund. That’s short of the roughly $9 billion needed to cover a full month of the program. Even […]
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