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- March 25, 2024
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Giant Food Helps Local Groups Combat Food Insecurity

Stafford High School students package meal kits to distribute to fellow students over spring break.

By ADELE UPHAUSMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Giant Food has partnered with two local organizations in recent weeks in efforts to alleviate food insecurity in the Fredericksburg region. Government students at Stafford High School used a $17,000 grant from Giant’s “Nourishing Our Youth” round-up program to prepare 385 meal kits for students for whom spring break […]

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- March 21, 2024
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A Decades-Old Stafford Cold Case is Solved

By Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT In November of 1986, David Decatur was just two months into his job with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office when deputies were called to respond to a crime scene at the office of Mount Vernon Realty in the 300 block of Garrisonville Road. Employees of the real estate office […]

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- March 20, 2024
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Stafford Residents Ask Supervisors to Fund the School Division

By Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Stafford County parent Joshua Mead stood before the Board of Supervisors yesterday evening and suggested that they hold their next work session on the ground in a hallway, instead of seated at a desk in a conference room. “Or maybe you could hold these meetings in a trailer in […]

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- March 15, 2024
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Stafford School Board and Supervisors Working to Reschedule Last Week’s Cancelled Joint Meeting

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT There is no date yet for a rescheduled joint meeting between the Stafford School Board and Board of Supervisors, though the clerks of both boards are discussing options. “Both boards have expressed commitment to making [the rescheduled meeting] happen and recognize the importance of cooperation,” School Board Chair Maureen […]

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- March 13, 2024
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A ‘Transformational’ Moment for Virginia

Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Amazon Web Services formally announced the company’s $35 billion dollar investment in data centers at Germanna Community College. To truly understand the word “billion,” some context is necessary. Jeff Black of the Caroline County Board of Supervisors provided that frame of reference at Germanna Community College on Wednesday morning where Gov. […]

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- March 8, 2024
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The News That Moved Us This Past Week: March 1 – 8

by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF The week just past saw still another local school district with unfunded needs, all things election, elementary school No. 19 still homeless, Mary Washington Healthcare expanding, and FOIA Follies in King George. Also – our new website continues to pick up steam. Check it out to easily access and read the most […]

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- March 7, 2024
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U.S. House Passes Spanberger Legislation Investing in Local Infrastructure, Employment Access

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday approved funding requested by Rep. Abigail Spanberger for two local projects—improvements to the American Job Center in Fredericksburg and infrastructure and public safety improvements in Stafford County. Spanberger secured the funding for both projects as part of the House’s appropriations package for fiscal […]

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- March 7, 2024
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Stafford Supervisors to Advertise Tax Rate of $0.91.

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Stafford County Supervisors on Tuesday voted to advertise a real estate tax rate for calendar year 2025 of $0.91 cents per $100 of assessed value. This rate includes a levy of $0.0131 for fire and rescue capital projects. The tax rate is subject to a public hearing on March […]

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- February 29, 2024
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Stafford School Board Directed to “Immediately Stop Spending Dollars” on Elementary School Site at Brooke Point High School

Proffered school site in Embrey Mill neighborhood

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Stafford County Administrator Randall Vosburg has directed the School Board to “immediately stop spending dollars on the Elementary 19 site at [Brooke Point High School.” “As you know, the [Board of Supervisors] has been expressing concerns over the School Board’s proposed location for the elementary school at [BPHS] for […]

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- February 29, 2024
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FAMPO Seeks Feedback on Safe Streets and Roads for All Action Plan

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT The Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is seeking public input into its comprehensive draft safety action plan, which it released Wednesday. FAMPO is responsible for transportation planning in the Fredericksburg area, to include the City and the counties of Stafford, Spotsylvania, and it also provides rural transportation planning for Caroline […]

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