Nestled in Culpeper County lies a piece of history intertwined with resilience and dedication - Glebe Farm. Recently honored with the prestigious Culpeper Chamber of Commerce Agribusiness of the Year Award, Glebe Farm stands not just as a farm, but as a testament to the enduring spirit of ag…
I am truly humbled that my colleagues have appointed me as Chairman for 2024. I am also happy for Supervisor David Durr, who was chosen as Vice-Chairman. I look forward to the coming year and working with my fellow Board members to keep Culpeper pointed in the right direction.
Showing this month at the Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater are a bevy of holiday films to sate your appetite for wonder, laughter, and good cheer.
I have had the privilege of knowing Tim Chilton and his family for many years. Tim has demonstrated a deep commitment to the safety and welfare of the community of Culpeper and will continue to faithfully serve his county if elected Sheriff.
The minute I start a hike these days, I start looking around for a place to sit. My options on most hikes are, at best, a stump or log. They can both offer a place to rest and observe nature. If I’m patient, nature may come to me.
Culpeper County Public Schools are at a crucial crossroads when School Board leadership will determine if attention and resources will be directed to our student’s education or be derailed to political issues that have no bearing on math, English, science and other educational outcomes.
I am writing in support of Crissy Burnett for re-election to the CCPS school board in the West Fairfax District. Mrs. Burnett’s experience as a parent, coach, substitute teacher, and active community member has served our schools well in the last four years.
This November, the residents of Culpeper County will have an opportunity to vote for an extremely qualified candidate for Sheriff, Tim Chilton. My personal support for Tim comes from knowing and working alongside him for over 30 years. During these many years, I have witnessed firsthand his …
As election day draws near, you – the citizens of Culpeper – have an important decision to make. Who do you want to be your next Sheriff?
Has it been a summer of discontent?
On Sept. 12, the Culpeper Town Council will consider a 2.2 million square-foot data center campus proposal - called Copper Ridge - directly adjacent to the Mountain Brook Estates neighborhood and the Culpeper National Cemetery.
Spring greetings to Culpeper County residents from Wollam Gardens in Jeffersonton, from Bob Wollam and Anne Montgomery. Here on our 11 acres of cultivated locally grown flowers, we’re knee-deep in peonies that are looking like they will pop in May in time for Mother’s Day!
Reading Hunter S. Thompson is like dropping in on a brilliant, yet stylishly dangerous old friend. I often return to his words along with those of Ernest Hemingway and Jim Harrison when ghosting about my home office’s bookshelves. In their works, I always find sentences and paragraphs that a…
There is an innate optimism that emanates from most fly fishers especially as they sit before a vise. It starts simply enough with a hook and an idea followed by steps learned from keen observation. Each fly-tyer has a story to share and a simple declaration that this fly, constructed with f…
There is a crisis of honor or lack thereof, in nearly every sector of our society including government, military leadership, business, law enforcement, public health fields, science, education and press.
I look forward to moving forward alongside the Culpeper County government in 2023. I am one to look toward the future and set new goals. The start of a new year is a perfect time, in my opinion, to do so. Friends and constituents often say that I have a thankless job and that I cannot pleas…
The very essence of Christmas is centered on the hope that we can make ourselves and humanity better despite its many shortcomings. We want to reach our potential and fall softly on our goal. With childlike wonder we find ourselves awash in dreams of anticipation of a moment mapped out in ou…
The First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States covers freedom of speech. It has always been one of our nation’s most cherished and envied rights.
On a recent commute from Culpeper a sign I have probably driven past a million times suddenly made me laugh—not for any tangible reason. It is a sign with a youthful George Washington running with a stick chasing a wheel that reads “Stafford Virginia: George Washington’s Boyhood Home.”
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