Kevin Allen

Named 441 times. These are the 400 blocks the name was read from (the first 400 kept), in the order the paper printed them.

Mar 8, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Dr. John By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Dr. John McCue says he just wants to hire a few more employees to help him operate his growing medical practice. The doctor’s request sounds simple, but it has become more complicated since...
Mar 8, 2007 Rappahannock News Stall Photo/Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Stall Photo/Kevin Allen SIGN OF THE TIMES: Dr. John McCue would like additional parking spaces to accommodate a growing staff and patients. added that, without conditions attached to the rezoning, anything from a McDonald’s to a large retail...
Mar 8, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer What protection By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer What protection does a sewage sludge test provide if the substance can still be applied to land before the test results are ready? A committee charged with writing an ordinance to regulate the...
Mar 8, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer By June By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer By June 30, Rappahannock Countys leaders will have agreed on the budget for the next fiscal year. And with that in mind, a couple citizens at the County Board of Supervisors’ afternoon meeting...
Mar 8, 2007 New track has New track has Panthers up and running By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer , Rappahannock County High School’s track and field team is going into this season with a key piece of equipment the Panthers have never had >...
Mar 8, 2007 Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Kevin Allen OUT OF THE BLOCKS: Junior sprinter Daniel Rollins practices starts with the help of Rappahannock County High School track coach Scott Stephens and sophomore teammate Brooke Stokes. last year and now plays football at St....
Mar 8, 2007 Panthers Panthers softball poised for big season By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Richie Burke has good reason to be optimistic about Rappahannock County’s upcoming softball season. As a matter of fact, he has at least five good reasons. Five...
Mar 8, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer A company By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer A company from Rappahannock County is re-making history. Since the spring of 2005, Sperryville-based Mustard Seed Master Builders has been working on the rebirth of James Madison’s Montpelier in Orange County. The fourth...
Mar 8, 2007 Rappahannock News Staff Photos/Kevin Allen ON TOP: Ed Gomez Rappahannock News Staff Photos/Kevin Allen ON TOP: Ed Gomez of Mustard Seed Master Builders works on the Chinese railing on Montpelier’s rooftop deck.
Mar 15, 2007 Gilbert, Gilbert, Obenshain vehement about power line proposal By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Rappahannock citizens opposed to a new power line corridor in the county can count two more allies in their fight against Dominion Virginia Power. Del. Tbdd...
Mar 15, 2007 McCarthy expects McCarthy expects to see increase in next census By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer On a map charting Virginia’s population growth, Rappahannock looks like the eye of a development storm. The Rappahannock-Rapidan Region, which includes Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange...
Mar 15, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer When candidates By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer When candidates from the Piedmont and Stonewall-Hawthome districts run for Rappahannock County’s Board of Supervisors and School Board in November, they will be aiming for two-year terms instead of the usual four years...
Mar 15, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer The Rappahannock By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer The Rappahannock County High School softball team got off on the right foot Tuesday evening with a 5-2 seasonopening win at Warren County High School in Front Royal. The Panthers put one run...
Mar 15, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Timothy Robinson By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Timothy Robinson has made a living out of preserving the neglected abodes of past generations. For more them 25 years, he has been saving historic buildings from demolition and making them fit for...
Mar 15, 2007 Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Kevin Allen THE BEGINNING: Timothy Robinson Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Kevin Allen THE BEGINNING: Timothy Robinson began his historical restoration business nearly 30 years ago when he refurbished 539 Gay St. in the Town of Washington.
Mar 22, 2007 By Kevin Allen By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer When Ken Petty bought a 60-acre piece of property near Amissville in 1968, he thought he had found the ideal setting for an escape from city life. The former government employee was living...
Mar 22, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer The Town By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer The Town of Washington government is back at full strength. The Town Council filled open seats on the Architectural Review Board and Tbwn Planning Commission at its monthly meeting March 14, appointing painter...
Mar 22, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Houses in By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Houses in the Town of Washington became a little more green last week, and it was not because of St. Patrick’s Day. Tbwn residents have been receiving free compact fluorescent light bulbs as...
Mar 22, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer The Washington By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer The Washington Town Council announced last week that a new program is getting underway to beautify the town with new plantings. Jack and Sally Price, master gardeners and Rappahannock County residents, have volunteered...
Mar 29, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer The Rappahannock By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer The Rappahannock County Planning Commission unanimously recommended three applications for approval at its monthly meeting on March 21. Elizabeth Lee’s.application for a special-exception permit to convert a shed to an efficiency apartment was...
Mar 29, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer With no By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer With no resolution finalized in his zoning dispute with neighboring property owners, Dr. John McCue’s request to rezone his land from agricultural to commercial has been tabled until the Rappahannock County Board of...
Mar 29, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Rappahannock County By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Rappahannock County High School’s boys and girls track and field teams have come up short in both of their meets so far this season, but there have * been several strong performer^ on...
Mar 29, 2007 Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Kevin Allen OUT AT FIRST: Rappahannock Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Kevin Allen OUT AT FIRST: Rappahannock third baseman Amanda Smoot throws to first baseman Katie Burke during the Panthers’ 9-0 victory in their home opener against Luray.
Apr 5, 2007 By Kevin Allen By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Opponents of Dominion Virginia Power’s proposal to build a new 500,000-volt electric transmission corridor in Rappahannock County have known all along that they are the underdogs in a David-versus-Goliath battle. But Goliath may...
Apr 5, 2007 Dominion Dominion schedules information sessions By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Dominion Virginia Power has scheduled two information sessions to give citizens an opportunity to learn more about the compands proposal for a new 500,000-volt electric transmission corridor to cross...
Apr 5, 2007 By Kevin Allen By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Housing Chris Moyles of the Rappahannock Community Housing Partnership informed the board about a new initiative under way to study the need for affordable housing in the county. Moyles said there is a...
Apr 5, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Robert King By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Robert King is not your everyday, run-of-the-mill counselor. It would be just
Apr 5, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer If Rappahannock By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer If Rappahannock County wants to clean up its bacteriacontaminated streams, residents are going to have to clean up their acts. That is, failing septic systems, pipes that allow sewage to flow straight into...
Apr 12, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer ^ I? By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer ^ I? the ongoing debate over Dominion Virginia Power’s proposal to build another 500,000volt electric transmission conidor through part of Rappahannock and other counties, there is one thing the power company and its...
Apr 12, 2007 Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Kevin Allen DOWN THE LINE: Opponents of Dominion Virginia Power’s proposal to build another set of 500,000-volt power lines next to this one near North Poes Road are hoping energy conservation will be enough to erase the...
Apr 12, 2007 Panthers softball begins Panthers softball begins four-game home stand By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer After playing six road games during its first seven contests of the season, Rappahannock County’s softball team can look forward to some time at home. The Panthers...
Apr 12, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Rappahannock County’s By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Rappahannock County’s boys track and field team picked up its first victory of the season on April 4 at Strasburg against the first Bull Run District opponent it has faced. The Panthers outscored...
Apr 19, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer A draft By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer A draft budget proposal for fiscal 2008 is calling for a 3-cent increase in Rappahannock County's real-estate tax. The document, which was issued last Week by County Administrator John McCarthy, shows a real-estate...
Apr 19, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Jean Goodine By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Jean Goodine is the newest vice mayor of the Town of Washington. Goodine assumes the seat vacated by former Vice Mayor Reinhardt Lynch, who resigned from the position after leaving town in January....
Apr 19, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Washington Town By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Washington Town Council members listened to a list of some $20,000 worth of maintenance needs and other costs for the town’s drinking water system during their monthly meeting on April 11. The largest...
Apr 19, 2007 Administrator John McCarthy, Board of Supervisors Chairman Bob Anderson ...simply said they didn’t know the answer to that.” Rappahannock News Staff Writer Kevin Allen contributed to this report. E-mail the reporter at jpeck@timespapers.com
Apr 19, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Jeanne Beatty By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer Jeanne Beatty has been helping people live healthier lives since, as an 18-year-old, she began teaching yoga to her mother and some friends. On Monday, Beatty will spread some of her knowledge to...
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Apr 26, 2007 Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Kevin Allen NEW EXEC: Ashley Adams is the first executive director of the Rappahannock County Conservation Alliance. New executive director settles in with RCCA
Apr 26, 2007 By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer The Rappahannock By Kevin Allen Rappahannock News Staff Writer The Rappahannock County Conservation Alliance has hired its first executive director to help the grassroots organization continue to realize its mission of preserving the county’s scenic, rural character. Ashley Adams started as RCCA’s...