Mitchell comes from Colonial Beach Public Schools, where he has served as superintendent since January 2022. Email Adele Clint Mitchell collected 55 pages of typed, single-spaced notes during the process of getting to know the Colonial Beach community early in his tenure as superintendent there. “I wanted to learn and see what people’s hopes and […]
The first of several Community Conversations will be held on Wednesday. The Comprehensive Plan is a long-range policy guiding document. Fredericksburg residents have their first chance to contribute to the city’s updated Comprehensive Plan this Wednesday evening. It’s the first of several “community conversations” meant to gather input into the plan, which is a policy […]
The Stafford County Animal Shelter is experiencing severe overcrowding. A nationwide trend has now reached a critical stage in the Fredericksburg area. The Stafford County Animal Shelter is severely overcrowded and put out a call for help last week via Facebook. “If you or someone you know is looking to adopt a dog or if […]
City planning staff contend the development can proceed by-right and only requires staff approval; attorney representing Canal Quarter Neighborhood Association residents argues otherwise. City planning staff reiterated on Thursday the position that the owners of Mary’s Landing have the right to build 63 houses on the property without going through a special use permit process. […]
Variations in the earth’s orbit have caused previous climate shifts, but don’t explain what’s happening now. The earth’s climate has undergone numerous changes over the millennia, ranging from ice ages to much warmer spells. Excluding impacts from massive meteors or volcanoes, the climate has switched between hot and cold on a regular basis. A century […]
Roundabouts are becoming more common nationally, statewide, and regionally. Traffic engineers say they are less expensive to construct and safer for motorists. There’s been a change in highway construction over the last decade that could make travel safer and less stressful. Traffic engineers across the country, the state, and the region are turning to the […]
Forty middle and high school teachers gathered for a working lunch this week. Fredericksburg City’s middle and high school teachers who attended a working lunch on Tuesday agree that the division needs to become phone-free and that the best way to achieve this is by locking student devices in secured pouches during the school day. […]
Move will delay construction of new school by at least two months, School Board says. The Stafford Board of Supervisors’ vote on Tuesday evening to delay approval of a conditional use permit for the county’s 19th elementary school will “significantly delay” construction of the school. “The decision regarding [elementary school 19] significantly delays construction on […]
Emails have been exchanged with City Attorney. An attorney hired by a group of Fredericksburg residents is asking the City’s planning department to deny approval of the site plan for the proposed Mary’s Landing development in the Canal Quarter neighborhood. “My clients respectfully demand that the City deny the requested approval of the Mary’s Landing […]
Thomas Taylor has been selected to lead the 15th-largest school division in the country. Stafford County Public Schools superintendent Thomas Taylor will be leaving the county to take over leadership of Montgomery County Public Schools this fall. Taylor’s resignation from Stafford County will be effective July 1. He was hired by the School Board in […]
