2022-10-19

Essex High School football standout Kamren Robinson has been elevated to a four-star rating by the 24/7 sports recruiting rankings, which were updated last week. In July, Robinson gave a verbal commitment to play collegiately at the University of Virginia. He is the highest rated commit in Virginia’s 2023 recruiting class. A 6’2”, 215-pound linebacker, Robinson selected UVA over offers […]

It is hidden, really. In the woods. Halfway down into a gully, along a sparsely-traveled road in Westmoreland County. A stone, placed by local church members in 1988, marks the location of an unknown number of graves at the Old Quarters Cemetery in Westmoreland. The cemetery, which sits on land that was once part of the Nomini Hall plantation, served […]

Following a nine-year stint with Essex County Public Schools, Dr. Tara Temple submitted her resignation to the Essex County School Board last week. Temple, the school division’s assistant superintendent, told the Rappahannock Times she plans “to pursue other opportunities.” “I have enjoyed my many years with Essex County Public Schools,” Temple said. “The relationships I have formed with students, staff, […]

“Just Harvest” presented an Urban Winter Gardening Workshop at First Baptist Church, Tappahannock on October 15 featuring Just Harvest’s Jay Grebe (above), a Rappahannock Tribal citizen, and Amyrose Foll, founder of Virginia Free Farm. Grebe demonstrated cooking with homegrown whole foods using simple techniques as well as indoor gardening strategies. Foll, an enrolled member of the Nation of Misisquoi Sokoki […]

The Healthy Harvest Food Bank in Warsaw will soon be home to an innovative endeavor. A groundbreaking ceremony was held October 12 for the Healthy Harvest Fresh, a state-of-the-art aquaponics production facility and educational center. It will be the first of its kind on the East Coast. Aquaponics is a combination of fish and plant production and hydroponics (growing plants […]