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FXBG Advance
- August 23, 2024
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Spanberger Presses Federal Railroad Administration for Review of Derailment

Congresswoman cites longtime concerns of Mayfield residents in need for a thorough review of area rail operations. Rep. Abigail Spanberger is pressing the Federal Railroad Administration to conduct an incident review of the July CSX derailment that damaged property in the Cobblestone Square neighborhood in Fredericksburg. In a letter to Administrator Amit Bose today, Spanberger […]

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FXBG Advance
- 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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FXBG Advance
- July 18, 2024
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Meeting Reveals Disconnects; Bridges Divides

A community meeting held this week in Mayfield about the Comprehensive Plan began with confusion between residents and city staff about purpose; concluded with concrete ideas for future. Some residents came to Wednesday’s Comprehensive Plan meeting in the Mayfield neighborhood thinking a new plan for their community was already in place. It was an example […]

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FXBG Advance
- July 18, 2024
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Meeting Reveals Disconnects; Bridges Divides

A community meeting held this week in Mayfield about the Comprehensive Plan began with confusion between residents and city staff about purpose; concluded with concrete ideas for future. Some residents came to Wednesday’s Comprehensive Plan meeting in the Mayfield neighborhood thinking a new plan for their community was already in place. It was an example […]

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