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Pointing to a CERT team member, Tim Williams of Gloucester Emergency Management noted that volunteers and full time employees alike were working together. Everyone involved in public community welfare is represented, he said.

With three King George supervisors voting in favor, the county’s meals tax will rise to 6%.

With the end of the 2025–26 school year rapidly approaching, Westmoreland County Public Schools invited students, their parents, and staff for the State of the Schools presentation last week. Essentially a look-back at the school year, the State of the Schools provides an opportunity to showcase what has been achieved.

More than a few passing showers are needed to fully quench agricultural lands parched from persistent drought statewide.

Central Rappahannock Regional Library announced the establishment of The Library Fund for Literacy and Learning, a permanent endowment created in 2025 in partnership with the Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region.

Last weekend was time for Colonial Beach to shine on the cancer fundraising stage as residents and businesses banded together for another round in an effort that has been running for the last 15 years.

Head of School Catherine Emery and Assistant Head Kenzie Manetz joined faculty advisors to recognize academic excellence and those habits of mind and study that contribute best to academic growth by announcing Most Improved Student and Teachers’ Award honors from Chesapeake Academy’s Middle School.

Chesapeake Academy’s third grade class trekked to Historic Christ Church to explore the local connections to their Virginia history curriculum.