Rixeyville News

Two teens escaped serious injury Friday afternoon after the car they were in overturned.

On the evening agenda for the June 2 Culpeper County Board of Supervisors was an item that had been rumbling through the community ranks and brought out some opposition.

A combination of overnight rain, thunder, lighting and wind briefly left town residents in the dark and forecasters say more severe weather is likely on the way.

Like many shared issues facing the town and county of Culpeper, construction of a western bypass around increasingly congested Main Street seems to go in circles without ever really getting anywhere.

Incumbent Supervisor Brad Rosenberger is the local Republican party's choice to represent the county's Jefferson District in the November election.

What are the top three issues facing Culpeper County and how would you address them? Growth: I have always fought for improved management of county growth.

With the Culpeper County School Board having just named a new superintendent after several months of turmoil, it's easy to forget that there's a segment of the Culpeper County population largely unaffected by the news.

It was a drizzly day on April 15. In fact, temperatures were in the 40s, there was a chilly wind blowing and, at times, a cold rain.

Stevensburg resident Gardiner Mulford plans to challenge the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors' longest-serving member in November's election.

Yesterday was tax day and while some may have filed online, others crowded into post offices to make sure their envelopes were postmarked April 15.

Despite tonight's looming 11:59 deadline to mail your income taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, the Culpeper Post Office will be closing its downtown office at 5 p.m. today.

The town of Culpeper's 250th anniversary celebration this year just got a triple shot of charity from county residents.

Rixeyville resident Donald W. Rakes officially stepped onto the campaign trail Friday.

7 p.m. today. Free. 540/654-1012. , The Gardens of Stafford Senior Apartment Community Center, 2195 Mountain View Road, Stafford.

WAY BACK WHEN: This photo, taken around 1890, is the oldest-known image of Clifton, a circa 1845 farmstead that's been in the Crigler family since then.

Quarles Fuel Network, a privately owned Fredericksburg-based provider of fleet fueling services, recognized Andy Hatch of Rixeyville as its top territory manager with the President's Club Award.

A Rixeyville man was in court Wednesday to answer an assault charge police say stemmed from a Christmas Eve disagreement over a parking space.

A 24-year-old Rixeyville man tried to hide a syringe from Culpeper police in the wrong place Christmas night.

A man from Warrenton had his arm pinned beneath an overturned car Sunday night as rescuers scurried to free him.

Editors note: It's not often we run a thank you letter in In & Around, but we made a rare exception for Toys for Tots since it's such a worthy cause.