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- April 9, 2024
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Stafford Theater Teacher Honored by Longwood University

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT The 2024 Longwood University High School Theater Teacher of the Year is a middle school teacher. Aidan Brown, a sophomore at Longwood, wrote in the letter nominating his middle school theater teacher Andrea Candea-Carroll for the award that he’s usually a rule-follower, but in this case, he had to […]

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- April 8, 2024
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Stafford to Receive Federal Grant to Fix Frequent Flooding on Brooke Road

Flooding on Brooke Road on April 3. Photo from Monica Gary.

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Stafford County will receive $10.2 million in funding through a federal grant program to reduce flooding on Brooke Road. The offices of Virginia Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner announced the funding in a press release Monday afternoon. Brooke Road, or State Route 608, is the only access point […]

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- April 8, 2024
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New Tour Tells Stories of Enslaved Resistance in Fredericksburg and Stafford

Gaila Sims, curator of African American history and special projects at the Fredericksburg Area Museum, leads a preview of a new tour titled "Sparking Freedom" on April 6, 2024.

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT In the Fredericksburg area today, we’re accustomed to crossing the Rappahannock River with ease, often multiple times a day, to get to work, or to an appointment, or to run an errand. Two hundred years ago, a young, enslaved man named James attempted to cross the river in order […]

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- April 4, 2024
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School Divisions Prepare for Solar Eclipse

Simulation showing how the partial eclipse will appear in Fredericksburg at its maximum point, around 3:19 p.m. on Monday, April 8, from timeanddate.com.

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Monday’s solar eclipse will occur at the end of the school day or on the way home for most area students, and school divisions have announced plans to ensure that children are safe and able to enjoy the rare phenomenon. Fredericksburg will experience a partial solar eclipse beginning at […]

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- April 3, 2024
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Stafford Supervisors Approve Increased Funding for School Major Maintenance

Chris Freeman addresses the Stafford Board of Supervisors on April 2.

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Stafford supervisors on Tuesday approved a budget for the upcoming fiscal year that will provide about $15 million to the school division for critical systems maintenance and repair, replacement, and renovation, or “3R” projects. This funding is in addition to $13 million in new money for the school division’s […]

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- April 3, 2024
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FAMPO Seeks Public Input on New River Crossing

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT The Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (FAMPO) invites the public to weigh in on possible locations for a new bridge crossing the Rappahannock River. The new river crossing will link Stafford County and the City of Fredericksburg west of Interstate 95 and seeks to alleviate traffic congestion on the […]

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- April 2, 2024
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ANALYSIS: What’s It Like to Visit a Data Center?

FXBG Advance recently visited two centers in Prince William County, seeing first-hand the size, potential, issues, and benefits these centers bring. by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF Data centers are both hailed as regions’ financial saviors, and spurned for their impact on local environments as well as their ever-growing real-estate footprints. Perhaps more than any other industry, however, […]

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- March 31, 2024
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Stafford Elementary Schoolers Collect 2,000 Cereal Boxes for Food Bank

Donated cereal boxes are displayed in the Grafton Village Elementary School gym. Photo courtesy Stafford County Public Schools.

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Grafton Village Elementary’s second annual cereal box drive for the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank started slowly, but by the end of last week, the shelves of the local Giant’s cereal aisle were cleared out and the school’s hallways, stairwell, and gym were filled instead. Students and staff collected more […]

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- March 29, 2024
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Stafford Supervisors Can’t or Won’t Answer School Board Questions

As financial situation for school district grows more dire, questions arise about extent to which the Board of Supervisors are hearing the district’s needs. by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT The Stafford County Board of Supervisors indicated this week that it could not, or would not, answer most of the questions posed earlier this month […]

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- March 27, 2024
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Stafford Supervisors Aren’t Finished Discussing Elementary School 19

The Stafford Board of Supervisors met for a budget work session on Tuesday, March 26.

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT A majority of the Stafford Board of Supervisors is in favor of continuing to fund the construction of elementary school #19 on the campus of Brooke Point High School. Chair and Falmouth District representative Meg Bohmke conducted a straw poll of supervisors at a budget work session on Tuesday […]

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