Central Rappahannock Regional Library received a $2,420 SERVE Garden Grant to upgrade the garden at its Porter Branch in Stafford, the library said.
The grant will support improvements at the Porter Branch garden.
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Rain kept Fredericksburg’s Kathmandu sister-city vigil off the Downtown Library steps Thursday night and moved the candlelight gathering inside, where tea lights closed a VA250 sister-city program built around Nepal’s floods and a long diplomatic friendship.
Sue Henderson, a Stafford County resident and founding member of the Fredericksburg Sister City Association, put the night’s meaning plainly after the lectures and indoor vigil.
Stafford County residents, the heaviest users of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library (CRRL) system, will see reduced services after the Board of Supervisors approved a nearly $660,000 cut to library operating funds for FY27.
The reduction comes despite the board’s approval of a real estate tax rate increase of more than four cents per $100 of assessed value in the FY2027 budget. That hike, combined with rising property assessments, added hundreds to nearly $2,000 or more to many homeowners’ annual tax bills.
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“Thank you to Ladia who performed at Music on the Steps on Monday evening. Join us next Monday, June 8th for Tampa Taiko,” Central Rappahannock Regional Library announced.
“Music on the Steps t-shirts for the 2026 Summer Concert Series are available for purchase at https://www.bonfire.com/2026-music-on-the-steps/.”
Central Rappahannock Regional Library has been awarded a $6,000 grant from The Robert Cullen O’Neill Memorial Fund of The Community Foundation to purchase book prizes for its popular youth Summer Reading program.
The grant will fund complimentary books for children and teens who reach the 1,000- and 2,000-minute reading milestones. In 2025, participants earned an impressive 2,167 books through the program. Library officials emphasized that the Summer Reading initiative was not dependent on this single gift; additional prize support comes from local businesses Habit Burger and Raising Cane’s.
Sponsored by the Fredericksburg Host Lions Club, Kiwanis Club of Fredericksburg, and Access Eye, and presented by the Central Rappahannock Regional Library, the event brought together 14 top spellers from Caroline, Colonial Beach, Culpeper, Fauquier, Fredericksburg, King George, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Westmoreland counties. Contestants represented public schools, private schools, and home schools.
Mensah secured victory by correctly spelling “ahimsa” in the final round. The Sanskrit word refers to the doctrine of non-violence, or refraining from harming others or taking life—a principle central to philosophies like Jainism, Hinduism, and the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.
Central Rappahannock Regional Library locations scheduled to remain open past 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, will instead close at 5 p.m. due to continued weather impacts, and the Belmont satellite location will be closed.
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“All library locations will be closed Tuesday, January 27, due to inclement weather,” Central Rappahannock Regional Library announced. “You can still check out eBooks, eAudio, streaming video, and more from our digital collection.”
The library system encouraged patrons to use its online resources while physical branches remain closed, directing users to librarypoint.org/ebooks for access to digital materials.
“All library locations are closed Monday, January 26, due to inclement weather,” Central Rappahannock Regional Library posted. “You can still check out eBooks, eAudio, streaming video, and more from our digital collection.”
While physical branches are closed, library users can continue to access digital materials online, including books, audiobooks, and streaming content, through the library’s website.