A record number of local businesses received the award this year. Fredericksburg City’s Clean and Green Commission is recognizing 31 city businesses with its annual Sustainability Award, the commission announced Friday. The awards are given to businesses that agree to implement at least nine sustainable practices—up from the seven practices that were required to receive […]
There will be a second read and final approval of plans to build a new medical clinic and training facility, and remove the building currently housing Kids’ Station, later this month. Fredericksburg City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a first read of a rezoning request from Mary Washington Healthcare that will permit the demolishment of […]
The source of the outbreak is still not yet known. More people have become ill after being exposed to E.coli in the Lake Anna area over the last few weeks. The Virginia Department of Health says 25 people have been sick and nine have been hospitalized after contact with the water in Lake Anna between […]
Division shared information about preliminary results on Monday. City students’ unadjusted SOL test scores from this spring show some ups and some downs over last year, according to information shared with the School Board on Monday. The unadjusted scores represent the scores from all tests taken in April and May of this year, minus failing […]
The source of outbreak is not yet known. The Virginia Department of Health is investigating an outbreak of gastrointestinal illnesses in the Lake Anna area of Spotsylvania County that began over the Memorial Day weekend. Brookie Crawford, a spokeswoman for the VDH, says there have been at least ten confirmed cases of E.coli already—and there […]
Max was born in the now-shuttered Envigo facility in Cumberland, Virginia. Envigo’s parent company pled guilty this week to violating the Animal Welfare Act must pay a record $22 million in fines. It was the tattoo on Max’s ear that brought home to the Cavalier family everything their new foster beagle had been through in […]
School divisions in Stafford and Caroline are also considering banning mobile devices during the school day. King George County Public Schools this week became the first area school division to implement a total ban on cell phones, and similar bans are being considered in Stafford and Caroline county schools. The King George School Board adopted […]
Cole was arraigned in General District Court Wednesday Morning. A trial date of July 1 has been set for Spotsylvania School Board Vice Chair Nicole Cole, who is accused of misdemeanor assault and battery by fellow School Board member Lisa Phelps. Cole was in Spotsylvania General District Court Wednesday morning for the arraignment. She is […]
Cole was arraigned in General District Court Wednesday morning. A trial date of July 1 has been set for Spotsylvania School Board Vice Chair Nicole Cole, who is accused of misdemeanor assault and battery by fellow School Board member Lisa Phelps. Cole was in Spotsylvania General District Court Wednesday morning for the arraignment. She is […]
Lisa Phelps and April Gillespie were asked by School Board Chair Lorita Daniels to comply with a FOIA request regarding the Riverbend High School swim team. The two have still not fully complied. Spotsylvania School Board Chair Lorita Daniels sent official letters earlier this year to two School Board members asking that they comply with […]
