Culpeper News

Culpeper's celebration of the 233rd anniversary of our nation's independence passed with pleasant weather, clear skies, fireworks and all of the usual fun, pomp and circumstance expected in a community's annual July 4 celebration of freedom.

Participants will start at Gold's Gym and make their way to Yowell Meadow Park. Interested participants may register in person at Gold's Gym by 7:45 a.m. 10 a.m. - The Culpeper Renaissance Fourth of July Car and Bike Show is set for 10 a.m. at the Depot and Davis Street in downtown Culpeper.

A Culpeper man may face more than 20 years in prison for a stabbing a woman and spitting on a jailor last year.

As the economy continues to worsen and enrollment drops, area private schools are feeling the financial squeeze to make ends meet.

The town of Culpeper's ongoing celebration of its 250th anniversary will get a boost today from some 2,000 bicyclists riding across central Virginia.

On Friday, July 10, cartographer and historian Eugene M. Scheel will discuss how he created the second edition of his historical map of Culpeper in the library meeting room at 3 p.m. Commissioned by the Friends of Culpeper County Library and the Culpeper Foundation, this new version has some additions and revisions from the first one, which was ...

We applaud the efforts of those who are bringing more visibility to South East Street, Cedar Mountain battlefield and Civil War history.

We spent Tuesday shopping and eating lunch in your lovely town. We arrived at 10 a.m. from Gainesville and Woodbridge for our annual summer "adventure." We purchased items at the hardware store, the Country Store, Pepperberries and the Purple Parrot.

A victim of Monday's deadly Metro train crash in D.C. has a Culpeper connection.

When the town of Culpeper was founded in 1759, photographs were the stuff of science fiction.

Culpeper County school system employees will continue to have three health-insurance options during the next school year.

For the past 40 years, there has been one constant at Culpeper High School--Peggy Bruce.

Following a state investigation, a Culpeper insurance agent avoided fines and penalties when she agreed to surrender her license and sell her business.

The Culpeper Soap Box Derby--now the world's largest--will be held in honor of a former driver who died in April.

The Culpeper County Board of Supervisors is looking for a dozen residents to fill vacancies on eight county boards and committees.

Piggybacking on today's letters to the editor, we thought it appropriate to talk about a few people whose careers in public service have impacted the Culpeper community.

The long stagnant idea of allowing easy access to water and sewer service for all of Culpeper elicited cursing, stall tactics, political posturing and finally, court action - this year alone.

Two alert Verizon employees provided police with information that led to the robbery arrest of a Culpeper man Friday afternoon.

Despite humid weather, the presence of pesky insects, the flowing of tears, and the joker in the stands who was holding a "Don't trip!" sign, Eastern View was able Friday night to graduate its first class in school history.

DEMOCRAT The Soap Box Derby of Culpeper will be taking a big step forward with this Saturday's race, months after having taken a big step back with a loss of one of its own.