Month: May 2015

Warning that criminals will go free and unpunished, victims wonâ??t receive justice and law enforcement personnel in Culpeper County are being harmed, the Culpeper Town Council fired off a letter this month blasting Commonwealthâ??s Attorney […]

If you go What: â??Cabaretâ? Where: Signature Theatre 4200 Campbell Ave. Arlington, Va. Call: (703) 820-9771 or visit www.signature-theatre.org Playing through June 28 If any theatre can pull off the hypnotic decadence of Weimar Berlinâ??s […]

A paid political campaign banner on a fence at the annual Culpeper County Firemanâ??s Carnival became a hot issue last Friday, with less than six months before Election Day. A candidate wanted to display a […]

After almost 15 years since Great Meadow hosted its last internationally-sanctioned horse trials, the June 19-21 Land Rover International brings top-level eventing back to The Plains. The $30,000 CIC*** (Federation Equestre Internationale-speak for an Olympic-level […]

The Fauquier-based Old Dominion Hounds Pony Club have been announced as winners of the ninth annual Live Oak Hounds U.S. Pony Club Fox Hunting Challenge Award. With the national honor also comes the winner’s share […]

Arts & Entertainment May 28: Third Thursday Summer Concert Series features The Hotcakes, East Coast #1 Dance Band. Directly in front of the Depot located at 109 S. Commerce St., this is the kick-off concert […]

Itâ??s a bad day when someone can make you buy too much of something perishable. Something that you may love, but instead of cherishing and relishing your purchase, you end up resenting that you ever […]

In 1979 there were just a handful of craft breweries in the United States. It was also the year President Jimmy Carter signed legislation allowing home brewing. What started out as a few snow flakes […]

The Culpeper Town Council at a special meeting Wednesday afternoon decided to have the townâ??s staff study another traffic pattern offered at the eleventh hour by Madison Grove resident Charles Malsz to eliminate or drastically […]

After we have been so outspoken about the National Security Agencyâ??s bulk collection of Americansâ?? telephone data, many have asked why we so strongly oppose the USA Freedom Act. The Freedom Act, which passed the […]

I have been the recipient of two senate campaign outreach efforts so far this year. The first was a knock on my door by Marshall Pattie and his team as they were canvassing my neighborhood. […]

The attention of the Shenandoah Valley Tea Party Patriots has been called to a public claim made numerous times by Mr. Dan Moxley, one of three primary candidates for the Republican Nominees for the 24th […]

June 9th, we go to the polls to vote in the Republican primary for State Senator. Youâ??ll have a choice between the incumbent, Mr. Hanger or two new contenders, Mr. Marshall Pattie and Mr. Dan […]

I encourage you all to vote on June 9th for Marshall Pattie for State Senate! We need new faces, and new blood in Richmond! The old timers have served their time. Many of them are […]

Emmett Hanger: â??Nothingâ??s Changedâ?¦â?? â?¦and thatâ??s the problem. In his latest radio ad, State Senator Emmett Hanger reassures the voters in the 24th district that heâ??s still the same man we elected to Virginiaâ??s Senate […]

On May 25, 2015, 12 separate locations in the Redwood Lakes, Pelham Reach, and Lakeview subdivision areas, residents reported numerous vandalisms. Sometime late on Sunday night, May 24, or early Monday morning May 25, vandals […]

Ever wish that you could find a free comprehensive listing of programs and services available to low-income, elderly and other county residents and will be offered to the county residents? Healthy Culpeper, a partnership of […]

Four sisters, one deceased mother, four absent fathers, one hundred quilts â?? these are the corner pieces that frame Katori Hallâ??s new play, â??The Blood Quilt.â? Set in the family home on a tiny island […]

One song always captures the proper level of reflection on Memorial Day for me. It is a song written in 1976 by a Scottish-born songwriter Eric Bogle about a walk among the gravestones in a […]

A 23-year-old Culpeper resident has been charged following a traffic accident Thursday afternoon about 4 p.m. on North Main Street, resulting in injuries to Culpeper police motorcycle officer Mike Grant, Sr. Virginia State Police charged […]