Month: November 2014

This weekend is the kick off to the holiday season in Culpeper with the annual tree lighting at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday evening near the Depot. Sponsored by Culpeper Renaissance, Inc. the downtown area will […]

Its All Local – Guest Sheriff Scott Jenkins from Virginia Living Television.

The gateway to the Town of Culpeper along State Route 3 will get a new look following the unanimous approval of a rezoning request by town council at its monthly meeting Nov. 12. Richard and […]

Last weekend in the hours between my sonâ??s soccer games and the steady drip, drip of a raging cold I revisited a novel that I had first read in the mid-1980s. You see youth soccer […]

Retirement can be bittersweet. Trust me, I know. I retired from a profession that I truly loved. But it was time to move on. Through the years I have attended several retirement parties for others. […]

As the editor of the Culpeper Times, there has been a plan that I’ve been trying to get in place for several years. On the surface you wouldn’t think it that difficult. It isn’t really. […]

Four alleged gang members of the â??Nine Trey Bloodsâ? have been charged in the Nov. 2, homicide of Corey Clanagan, 19, and the wounding of Connor Settle, 21 of Front Royal. All four men are […]

Culpeper County Sheriffâ??s Office arrested four men for the fatal stabbing of Corey D. Clanagan, 19, of Culpeper, and shooting of Conner A. Settle, 21, of Front Royal, that occurred around midnight Sunday, November 2, […]

If you dream of the idyllic life looking at the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains surrounding your property, enjoying spectacular sunsets over the hills at dayâ??s end, and gazing into the black starry skies without ambient […]

The weekend of Oct. 18 had all the earmarks of being the proverbial â??weekend from hell.â? My â??brotherâ? Doug, who arrived about an hour late on the Amtrak train from Philadelphia, was coming to town. […]

The weekend of Oct. 18 had all the earmarks of being the proverbial â??weekend from hell.â? My â??brotherâ? Doug, who arrived about an hour late on the Amtrak train from Philadelphia, was coming to town. […]

The Culpeper County Public Schools (CCPS) Board of Directors met Monday night, with member Sean Askew (Catalpa) absent. Askew lost his bid to stay on the board representing the Catalpa District Nov. 4 when Nate […]

To the citizens of Culpeper County The homicide of Corey Clanagan and wounding of Conner Settle last weekend has left our community forever changed. The Sheriffâ??s Office and the entire law enforcement community have been […]

I have just finished reading the article entitled â??Bevil returns to court in December,â? written by Gary L. Close, re a case involving the defendant and our current commonwealthâ??s attorney, Ms. Frederick. This article is […]

The Week FOOD DISTRIBUTION Empowering Culpeper This Saturday, Nov. 15, there will be a food distribution at Culpeper United Methodist Church located at 1233 Oaklawn Drive from 9 to 11 a.m. Folks receiving Social Security, […]

There are people that we meet during our lifetime that leave an impression from the moment they walk into a room. When they leave us the world never feels the same. I guess it may […]

Editor’s note: Throughout the local high school sports season, Culpeper Times will recognize an â??Athlete of the Weekâ? from one of the sports. This week we are featuring football. At the end of the year […]

Buzz Aldrin, the 84-year-old former moon-walking astronaut, was on a mission Friday but not for Mission Control this time. A self-described â??ancient astronaut,â? Aldrinâ??s mission at Germanna Community College was to excite and inspire a […]

Her eyes flashing, Gayle Dodson was furious when she described the plight in which her family found themselves recently. Her young daughter, the victim of a crime, her family scheduled to go to court for […]