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RAL presents Labor Day Art Show People’s Choice award

From the opening of the 65th Labor Day Art Show on September 2 until September 12 at the RAL Art Center, all attendees had...

Barbara Brecher to make fourth Smithsonian Craft2Wear Show

Lottsburg fiber artist Barbara Brecher has been invited to participate in the Smithsonian Craft2Wear Show for the fourth time, bringing her one-of-a-kind silk and...

ASMFC sets hearings on draft menhaden regulations

by Larry Chowning      The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) has scheduled public hearings to gather input on a draft addendum to the...

Susan DuVal Graves debuts Emma’s Garden

Susan DuVal Graves, advertising manager with the Rappahannock Record, has written her first children’s book, Emma’s Garden. “For the last 22 years, I’ve had little...

First district candidates are invited to speak at NARFE picnic October 6

Northern Neck Chapter 1823 National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) has invited First District Rep. Rob Wittman and Democratic candidate Shannon Taylor to...

Works by realist painter featured at the Bay School

John Maples is the September artist of the month at the Bay School Community Arts Center, 279 Main Street, Mathews. As a realist painter, Maples...

Minority-owned businesses are invited to join business directory

Interracial Conversations of the Northern Neck (IRC) is seeking minority-owned businesses to be included in an updated edition of its Minority-Owned Business Directory, available...

Casey Porter named president of Chesapeake Payment Systems

Chesapeake Bank recently announced Casey Porter has been appointed president of Chesapeake Payment Systems (CPS) as president. He will succeed Kate Root, who plans...

NWP announces guest chef series

This fall, NWP will present Under the Pavilion Live Outdoors, an event series featuring three guest chefs bringing cooking demonstrations to the NWP Showroom...

Secretary Rollins unveils plan to modernize agricultural data collection

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, on Tuesday, September 1, announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Data Modernization Plan to put Farmers...

New book will cover steamboats on the York, Mattaponi and Pamunkey

Historian Gus Kasper recently announced the upcoming release of Steamboats of the York River and Her Tributaries. The book explores the story of steamboats on...

Federal retirees will discuss life after 9/11

The Northern Neck Chapter 1823 of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday, September 1, at the...

Celebrating a milestone, staff plays a major role at Front Porch Coffeehouse

In conjunction with its 10th anniversary on Saturday, August 22, Front Porch Coffeehouse, 139 North Main Street, Kilmarnock, recognized three employees for 10 years...

Farmers market to host car show and bagpipers

The Heathsville Farmers Market will be held from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, August 22, at Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern, 73 Monument Place, Heathsville. The market will...

‘Botany’ native plants lately?

The Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society will hold its annual Native Plant Sale September 12 and 13 at Good Luck...

Kilmarnock to host back to the ‘80s event

Dust off the leg warmers, tease up the hair and get ready for a totally tubular Labor Day Weekend! The Town of Kilmarnock, in partnership...

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