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Statement from Westmoreland County Museum

A Statement from Westmoreland County Museum The Westmoreland County Museum board acknowledge the tragic deaths and injustices against the country’s people of color that led from peaceful protests to the riots and violence of the last few weeks. We are deeply saddened...
Westmoreland News: Town Facelift Coming Soon

Westmoreland News: Town Facelift Coming Soon

In a nail-biting gathering last Wednesday, 10 business-owners were revealed as recipients of part of an $80,000 matching grant issued by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development for proposals to improve their shopfronts in downtown Montross. The...
Westmoreland News: Montross Fall Festival

Westmoreland News: Montross Fall Festival

Grand Marshall Carol Chandler and the dancers from the Caporales Centralistas USA were among the highlights that wrapped up this year’s Montross Fall Festival. With spectators watching from the sidewalks along Main Street, eyes were focused on the sights of Saturday’s...
Westmoreland News: Bill Jenkins

Westmoreland News: Bill Jenkins

Written by Jan Ohrmundt Montross native Bill Jenkins received the title Earl of Windsor from Michael Dunbar in 2006 after taking all 11 of that master chairmaker’s Windsor chair classes. If you’ve never seen Jenkins’s elegantly crafted pieces at shows, fairs or...