2023-04-26

Operation Inasmuch Day is about “caring” – caring for people, the community, the landscape, each other as volunteers, those in war-torn or impoverished countries and even our pets! It is a one-day mission blitz where caring folks from 32 Essex County churches, and ten different faiths gather to do acts of kindness for their neighbors together. On Operation Inasmuch Day […]

Terry Johnson is Essex County’s new chief of emergency services. Johnson, 56, was swornin two weeks ago to the position which oversees first responder organizations such as the volunteer fire department and the EMS ambulance service. He comes to Essex following a stint as fire chief of South Sioux, Nebraska. A native of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Johnson grew up in […]

The Tappahannock Town Council has given its planning commission the goahead to continue working towards the creation of a zoning amendment that addresses murals. Tappahannock Community Development Director/ Zoning Administrator Connie Dalton told Council at its monthly work session that the Planning Commission has been researching the process of providing guidelines for the review and approval of murals/public art in […]

The Tappahannock Town Council has given its planning commission the go-ahead to continue working towards the creation of a zoning amendment that addresses murals. Tappahannock Community Development Director/ Zoning Administrator Connie Dalton told Council at its monthly work session that the Planning Commission has been researching the process of providing guidelines for the review and approval of murals/public art in […]

Katie Lucy, Mike Snider, and Cesca Janece Waterfield in rehearsals for “Sylvia,” running at the Westmoreland Players Theatre, May 5 – May 21. Directed by Nancy Royall, Sylvia is a heartwarming comedy about a man who falls in love with a dog. When Greg brings home a stray, his life is turned upside down. His wife is horrified by the […]

Russell R. “Rusty” Carlton has announced his candidacy for the Constitutional Office of The Essex County Commissioner of the Revenue in the November 7 General Election. Rusty is a lifelong resident of Essex County. He has worked in Law Enforcement for the last 19 years and in the Business world before that. He has a diploma in Accounting from Commonwealth […]

Essex County Treasurer, B. A. “Penny” Davis has announced she will seek re-election in the November 7 General Election. Davis is a 23-year veteran of the treasurer’s office having served as deputy treasurer from 2000-2012 and has been treasurer since 2013. She was appointed to the position in 2013 following the retirement of then-treasurer Anne L. Taylor. She was unopposed […]