Event organized by the area Chamber of Commerce is “an intentional step towards a regional conversation.”
Summit Highlights the Importance of "Regionalism"
Townhouse Project Proposed for Vacant Parking Lots Near Old Hospital Building
Sixty-three new townhouses could be coming to 3.87 acres on Fall Hill Avenue across the street from the old Mary Washington Hospital building. The development—to be called “Mary’s Landing”—is proposed to take the place of parking lots in the 400 block of Hunter Street, Elm Street and Germania Street that have long stood largely vacant. […]
Abigail Spanberger Invites You to Send a Valentine to a Vet
Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger this week launched her fifth-annual “Valentines for Vets” program, inviting Fredericksburg-area residents to write Valentine’s Day cards which her office will deliver to veterans and caregivers at area VA clinics. Those wishing to participate can drop off or mail cards to Spanberger’s offices in Fredericksburg or Woodbridge by February 5. “Valentines for […]
New Wayside Panels to be Introduced as Part of Black History Month
Five new wayside panels will debut in Fredericksburg next month as part of the community’s commemoration of Black History Month, representing further steps taken towards telling a more complete history of the area. The new panels include one about Johnny Johnson, the longtime beloved local artist, teacher and mentor; one about the Manahoac indigenous tribe; […]
Healthcare Inequity Focus of Prayer Breakfast
Every time Virginia Senator Tim Kaine studies Martin Luther King Jr., he learns something new. King wrote and spoke about and worked to end many inequities that continue to plague American society, Kaine noted at in his keynote address at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast Monday morning at the Fredericksburg Convention […]
Caroline Students Build Vet a Home
In January, carpentry students at Caroline High School will start building a 1,500-square-foot house in the parking lot outside their classroom. Once they’ve completed the modular home—from drywall and flooring to cabinetry and fixtures, but minus the roof—it will be transported to its final site and sold at-cost to a disabled veteran. The home has […]
Local housing prices up, demand and inventory down
Local housing prices continue to rise as demands drop and inventory shrinks, according to the monthly report released Wednesday by the Fredericksburg Area Association of Realtors. The median home price in the region covered by FAAR (Fredericksburg City, the town of Colonial Beach, and the counties of Stafford, Spotsylvania, Caroline, King George and Orange) in […]
FXBG Advance Ribbon-cutting Celebrates ‘Democracy, Decency and Civility’
One hundred and twenty-five years ago, Fredericksburg was home to multiple newspapers – morning papers, evening papers, dailies, weeklies and semi-weeklies. Competition between them did grow fierce on at least one occasion, such as when Rufus Merchant, the publisher of the Virginia Star, and W. Seymour White, editor of The Recorder, came to blows in […]
The official Fredericksburg Christmas Parade hits the streets tonight!
The annual Fredericksburg Christmas Parade is one of the season’s most beloved traditions – an event for which, in my experience, a child who describes the smallest walk as “a hike” will happily hoof it ten-plus blocks, and that puts joy in the heart of the crowd-averse and holiday-skeptical adult. Here are five things to […]
UMW graduate receives statewide award for volunteer work
by Adele Uphaus MANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Over her four years at the University of Mary Washington, 2023 graduate Meghan McLees volunteered at so many different Fredericksburg-area organizations that she can’t always remember them all. There was Downtown Greens, the Thurman Brisben Center, Stafford Junction, the regional Food Bank, Greater Fredericksburg Habitat for Humanity of […]