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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
When we call 911 on the worst day of our lives, we expect someone – a police officer, a paramedic, a firefighter – to come to our assistance. But where are we, asks Josh Lannon, founder and CEO of the addiction treatment facility Warriors Heart, when that first responder is having the worst day of his […]
Judge William E. Glover does not often have reason to smile in his Spotsylvania Circuit courtroom. His docket is generally filled with heinous crimes and tales of heartbreak that would make one wonder why he did not take Plato’s advice and: “Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as judge of the highest matters.” On […]
Entering the last weekend of September, fall colors are beginning to make their way to Virginia’s mountains, according to American Forests. Near-peak and peak viewing times will be October 16-23, according to the same website. For those who enjoy keeping a close eye on leafy colors, Smokeymountains.com invites people to help improve predictions by reporting […]
This evening, the NAACP of Stafford County is hosting a meet the candidates event. Attending will be: Del. Candi King (HD 2) – Candidate website James Tully (HD 23) – Candidate website Leonard Lacy (HD 64) – Candidate website Joshua Cole (HD 65) – Candidate website Invited by yet to respond: Paul Milde (HD 64) – Candidate website Invited and […]
Forty tons. That’s how much food is distributed by Jacob’s Ladder each month to people in need, and it all started when three men recognized they shared a common goal: to help their struggling neighbors. Reverend Dr. Frank Lacey of Touch Hearts Christian Center connected with Brian Gillespie and John Roller, both of The Church […]
Unlike last week’s questionnaire on the best pizza in town, this competition wasn’t close. In fact, the winning coffee shop more than doubled up the vote total of its nearest competitor. Which coffee shop has won the heart of the ‘Burg? Without further ado, the winners are: 6) Katora Coffee. “Funky.” That’s not our word to […]
