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FXBG Advance
- August 22, 2024
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Contamination on Rapidan Raises Concerns Downriver

Spotsylvania and Stafford counties have stopped drawing water from the Rappahannock as a precaution, state health department says. A warning from the Rapidan Service Authority not to use tap water due to contamination has led to precautions being taken in communities along the Rappahannock as well. The warning was issued last night after local residents […]

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FXBG Advance
- April 28, 2024
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Safety Tips to Know Before You Head onto the River

The author is pictured here with five elements of boating safety (especially power-boating safety): a life jacket, a fire extinguisher (in case of fire caused by gasoline spill), a rescue rope throw bag, an auxiliary propulsion source (a paddle), and an emergency engine cutoff lanyard. Courtesy Bob Sargeant.

Editor’s note: Bob Sargeant is a Coast Guard veteran with more than 40 years of experience sailing and powerboating on the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers.  He is also an enthusiastic white-water canoeist and kayaker. He offers these boating safety tips in time for National Safe Boating Week, May 18-24; and “Wear […]

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FXBG Advance
- April 16, 2024
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City Students Get to Know the Rappahannock River

6th grade students at Walker-Grant Middle School measure the turbidity of the Rappahannock River during an field trip on April 16, 2024. Photo by Adele Uphaus.

Turbidity was the word of the day for 6th grade students at Walker-Grant Middle School. It’s a measure of the relative clarity of a liquid, and this week, the students were determining the turbidity levels of the Rappahannock River. Dirt and soil are the number one pollutants of our local river, Jennifer Gron, field trip […]

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