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- September 19, 2024
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City School Orchestras Face Instrument Shortages

Walker-Grant Middle School and James Monroe High School have growing orchestra programs, but not enough instruments. Email Adele Until this year, violin and viola players in Fredericksburg City schools were able to take their school instruments home to practice on. This prevented families from having to rent an instrument to keep at home. Share But […]

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- September 13, 2024
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Additional Rappahannock River Crossings Revived

There are five options under consideration for a new bridge connecting Stafford and Fredericksburg, and the concept is also being revived in Spotsylvania. Anyone who has traveled State Route 3 during morning or evening rush hours can tell you it’s congested with motorists heading to work or on errands in Central Park or Spotsylvania Towne […]

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- September 12, 2024
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Affordable Rent is Still “Out of Reach” for Many, Report Finds

All across the Fredericksburg region, the average renter would have to work more than one full-time job in order to afford a two-bedroom apartment at fair market rent. In Fredericksburg City, you need to make an hourly wage of $39.33 in order to be able to afford a two-bedroom apartment at the area fair market […]

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- September 11, 2024
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History Thursday: Johnny Johnson’s Studio

Johnson’s studio at 1311-1313 Charles Street has housed Black-owned businesses since the 1880s. Editor’s Note: Welcome to History Thursday! Each week, we’ll be exploring a different historic building, site, or neighborhood in the region, hoping to shed some light on the many different stories they hold. We’re starting with historic “pocket” African American neighborhoods in […]

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- August 14, 2024
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Increased Passenger Rail Service Coming to the Fredericksburg Area in 2025

VRE is adding Saturday service to Washington, D.C. Central Virginia residents will soon have more passenger rail service into Washington, D.C., northern Virginia, and Richmond. Virginia Railway Express has approved adding passenger rail service on Saturdays sometime within the next ten months. VRE spokeswoman Karen Finucan-Clarkson says the final implementation of the new service is […]

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- August 14, 2024
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Spanberger Visits Site of CSX Derailment and Mayfield Railyard

The representative, City Council, and residents want to know how CSX will prevent future derailments. Directly behind the five CSX freight cars that derailed behind the Cobblestone Square neighborhood in Fredericksburg City last month were eight more carrying molten sulfur—which is flammable and can release hydrogen sulfide, a poisonous gas, when it burns. Those cars […]

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- August 12, 2024
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Fredericksburg EDA to Initiate Feasibility Study with Dominion for Potential Data Center in Celebrate Virginia South

EDA will act as “pass through” for city funds to initiate the study. Fredericksburg City is taking preliminary steps towards determining whether a data center can be constructed on several parcels of land in Celebrate Virginia South. On Monday, the Fredericksburg Economic Development Authority agreed to accept $200,000 in city funds to initiate a feasibility […]

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- August 12, 2024
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EDA Wrestles with Homelessness Issue

A request to help fund a street outreach position to aid the homeless on the city’s streets was met with skepticism, with one EDA member saying it’s a “Band-Aid” that doesn’t solve the problem. The Fredericksburg Economic Development Authority indicated Monday morning that its support for addressing issues of homelessness in downtown Fredericksburg will not […]

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- August 9, 2024
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Obituaries

For the week of August 3 to August 9, 2024 James AshcroftSpotsylvania Ronque BrownStafford Marlene CornettSpotsylvania Alexis DaileyStafford Elizabeth Youngkers GrahamFredericksburg Donald HagansFredericksburg Leonard HairFredericksburg Ruth Holmes Weer HutchinsFredericksburg Antoine HymanStafford David KellisonSpotsylvania Edward W.C. KingFredericksburg Ralph MettsStafford Waldron RosheimFredericksburg Russell SchadKing George Joe Israel SmithStafford Joseph SperoSpotsylvania Sharon WebbStafford Stephen WorrallFredericksburg

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- August 6, 2024
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City School Board Hears Accreditation Predictions

Three of the four city schools will be “accredited with conditions;” Lafayette Elementary will be fully accredited. Also, the Board votes on a name for the city’s third elementary school. James Monroe High School, Walker-Grant Middle School, and Hugh Mercer Elementary School are predicted to be “accredited with conditions” by the Virginia Department of Education for the […]

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