ALT LANCASTER—The Virginia Department of Education recently released the latest School Performance Support Framework (SPSF) numbers which show Lancaster schools improving in nearly all performance measures. Results for the 2025-26 school year have been added to the School Quality Profile which includes accreditation and data on assessments, enrollment and per pupil spending, student behavior, teacher quality, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) reporting and early learning. Read more here: https://rrecord.com/lancaster-schools-improve-performance.

ALT 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝟕𝟕 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐈𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧, 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤 “𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞.” Joanna and Anthony Marchetti honor the iconic waterway with quality clothes and accessories created by area artisans. Read more in this week's paper: https://rrecord.com/carters-creek-collective-spotlights-local-creek-community-and-creativity.

ALT 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟑 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬. In Irvington, three seats are up for election and a fourth represents an unexpired term. Four candidates filed for the three seats including R. Wayne Nunnally, Vivian S. “Viv” Ralls, Phillip A. Robinson and Sam C. Van Saun. Three candidates filed for the special election to fill the unexpired term ending December 31, 2028. The candidates include Mary Windsor Cline, George H. Kuper and Judith M. Penniman. (Editor’s note: Judith M. Penniman chose not to submit a photograph. Their responses are in alphabetical order and unedited for content.) Candidates in contested races for Kilmarnock Town Council and Northumberland County School Board, District 5, will be featured in the October 22 edition.

ALT The weather forecast for October 2-4 called for clouds and rain on Saturday and Sunday, but the opportunity to participate in the 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚 (𝐇𝐓𝐒𝐑) overcame racers’ concerns about the weather. Full recap in this week's Record: https://rrecord.com/osprey-wins-turkey-shoot-regatta.

ALT Effective October 9, out of an abundance of caution and in conformance with recommendations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) announced the waters in the Little Wicomico River in Northumberland County are closed to the harvesting of oysters and clams due to a link to a salmonella outbreak in Pennsylvania. --- VDH on October 9 also closed a portion of Lower Machodoc Creek in Westmoreland County to shellfish harvesting through October 29. due to a sewage release. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://rrecord.com/vdh-closes-two-northern-neck-waterways-to-shellfish-harvesting.

ALT IRVINGTON—Citing a lack of information along with numerous concerns from residents and town officials, the Irvington Town Council has decided not to move forward with consideration for rezoning some 128 acres along White Fences Drive as a part of the village overlay concept previously presented by Renaissance group LLC. On Thursday, October 8, council considered a resolution referring the request from Renaissance Group to the planning commission. The Renaissance Group held a related community information session in September showcasing ideas for a village overlay to incorporate some 150 homes along with businesses, community areas and green spaces. Renaissance Group requested the town consider an amendment to the Town Code to establish a Village Overlay District zoning designation, which could change the tract from low/medium density housing (R-2) neighborhood business zoning (B1). Council discussed the request prior to taking any action to refer it to the planning commission...

ALT 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲'𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟏𝟏𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟔. On behalf of those who’ve gone before us, the current staff of the Rappahannock Record expresses sincere appreciation to all readers, advertisers, contributors and friends for their support. We are honored to have been part of this community’s life for the past 110 years. The newspaper business has weathered many changes over the years, but we remain committed to accurately inform our readers and strengthen the community we all love. Happy birthday Rappahannock Record! Click here to support local journalism with a subscription: https://rrecord.com/subscribe-renew-to-the-rappahannock-record.

ALT 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤'𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞-𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! The full e-edition is always available to our subscribers at https://rappahannockrecord-va.newsmemory.com. Be sure to check out 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤'𝐬 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, "Irvington halts action on village overlay for now" here: https://rrecord.com/irvington-halts-action-on-village-overlay-for-now. This week's edition also includes our special page to raise Breast Cancer Awareness.

ALT LANCASTER—There are many days and many steps taken to ensure a fair and accurate result is certified before and after Election Day, November 3. According to the Virginia Department of Elections (ELECT) it starts with maintaining accurate voter lists. “ELECT receives data from multiple state and federal agencies to achieve this” on a daily basis. According to the election website, ELECT also has data sharing partnerships with 40 other states. Early voting began September 18 and absentee ballots are received by the Lancaster County Voter Registration Office on a daily basis

ALT Two Northumberland High School golfers shot in the 70s on Tuesday, September 29, towards a team low 321 to win the Region 1A golf championship at Golden Eagle Golf Course in Irvington. Brandon Hubbard of Mathews shot a 3-over-par 75 as the individual gold medalist. Landon Shirilla of Northumberland shot a 4-over-par 76 as the silver medalist and teammate Caden Jones earned the bronze medal with a 5-over-par 77.