May 12, 2026
News
Application window open for Claude Moore opportunities healthcare scholarships
Claude Moore Opportunities, a statewide nonprofit focused on healthcare workforce development, is now accepting applications for scholarships to support Fredericksburg, Northern Neck, and Middle Peninsula area students pursuing healthcare careers through the Virginia Community College System (VCCS). Claude Moore and local partners are funding up to three $2,500 scholarships to support students in the region as part of the Virginia Partnership for Health Science Careers, a statewide network of regional healthcare workforce development partnerships organized by Claude Moore.
Rappahannock Activities Report
Compiled by Ryan Patterson / RHS Athletic Director Monday 3-16 *School Closed - no events Tuesday 3-17 Girls Tennis at Bruton - 4 p.m. (Dismissal and departure at 1:30 p.m.)
Plans unveiled for CBVFD storage building
Colonial Beach Volunteer Fire Department put forward a plan to arrange for the construction of a building on Colonial Avenue behind Lenny’s to store equipment such as hazmat gear, a second fire engine, and a boat. The building would also serve as a community facility for meetings and special events, such as weddings.
Federal judge upholds ruling that certain ex-felons should not automatically lose voting rights
Virginia had been in violation of a Reconstructionera law barring states from constitutionally disenfranchising people.
RICHMOND COUNTY NEWS
436-4570 Birthday greetings to the following individuals from March 18th ~ 24th: 18th ~ Pierre Dixon, Kevin Sydnor, Douglas Johnson, and Jacell Winstead, Sr.; 19th ~ Eli Anderson, Nathan Carey, and James Jones, Jr., 20th ~ Tammy LeJuan Gray-Lee, Marquel Reed, Terrence Cupitt, Edward Beane, Thomas Basker, and William Scott; 21st ~ Cornell Fauntleroy and Kaleb Xavier Robinson; 22nd ~ (twins) Janelle and Janiece Veney, (twins) Mahogany and Madison Parker-Thombs, Robert H. Garner, Jr., Nikita Gray, Robert Carey, Barbara Jean Turner, Chris Tribble, Mary Young, and Mary Lou Barber; 23rd ~ Charles Carey, (twins) Juan Darcel Ball and Juanita Marcel Sydnor, and Ashley Gray, and Ny’Zier Elias Smiley; and 24th ~ Elsie Brown, Milford P. Rich, Adraine Jones-Bibbens, Zemely Wise, Jr., Cornell Fauntleroy, Darnell T. Smith, Robert Ashton, and Larry Dandridge.
Colonial Beach students explore STEM careers at UMW Dahlgren
On March 5, over 50 seventhgrade students and their teachers from Colonial Beach Public Schools participated in an immersive day of STEM learning at the University of Mary Washington (UMW) Dahlgren Campus.
General Assembly agrees on recognizing Wiccocomico Pinn Lineage of Northumberland
The Virginia General Assembly approved SJ 25, a resolution sponsored by Senator Richard Stuart that formally recognizes the historic Wiccocomico Pinn lineage of Northumberland County.