Man shot near local school Nov 19, 2009
Hoover said one man was wounded in the shooting and flown by helicopter to Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg. He said the shooting, as well as the identities of both the victim and suspect, were still under investigation. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Shooting range has opposition Overuse--especially by law enforcement groups--has put the future of an educational youth shooting range at risk. Nov 19, 2009
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High salaries, but low profiles Constitutional officers usually keep low profile, with high pay. Nov 18, 2009
Fredericksburg Treasurer G.M. Haney, who ran unopposed this month, was re-elected to another four-year term ... The city of Fredericksburg picks up the rest of the tab$33,519 ... Spotsylvania School Superintendent Jerry Hill is the highest-paid government official in the Fredericksburg area, but county School Board officials say he is well worth the money. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Trails in Virginia: For recreation, security, and transportation Nov 18, 2009
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UMW to cut costs, raise tuition midyear Nov 18, 2009
The Fredericksburg area is served by Germanna, Rappahannock and Northern Virginia community colleges. "The state board made a difficult decision, and we promise to do all we can to help our students by providing services and programs and by looking for aid and assistance that is not loan-based," Germanna President David Sam said in a statement. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
• Margaret Shipp Nov 17, 2009
Baltimore and Northern Virginia before moving to Fredericksburg, residing at Chancellor's Village and the Golden LivingCenter. She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Walter M. Shipp. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Know your geography, especially this week! Nov 17, 2009
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RULE INFRACTION ERASES JM WINS Nov 17, 2009
He's guided JM to four state titles, which is tied for the most for any coach in the history of the Fredericksburg area ... He then transferred to JM, went to the regional alternative school in Fredericksburg and returned to JM, where he's been a student the past two years. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
UPDATE: JM appeals in hopes of saving season Nov 17, 2009
Serbay, who also serves as the Yellow Jackets athletic director, said tonight that he had resigned from that position, but that the resignation had not yet been accepted by James Monroes principal or the Fredericksburg school superintendent. The VHSLs communications director, Mike McCall, said appeals are usually heard every two weeks and the most recent one was held last Tuesday. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
• Joyce L. Kush Nov 17, 2009
Joyce L. Kush, 77, of Fredericksburg died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, at her home after a long battle with multiple sclerosis ... A funeral will be held at noon Thursday, Nov. 19, at Covenant Funeral Service, Fredericksburg Chapel, with the Rev. Jeff Parsons officiating ... 23227, or to Hospice Support Care, 2215 Fall Hill Ave., Fredericksburg, Va. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Pitt Women: Berenato looking for new players to step up Nov 17, 2009
who averaged 9 points, 14 rebounds and 10 blocks per game last season and chose Pitt over Gonzaga, Washington and Northwestern; Marquel Davis, a 5-foot-8 guard from Stafford High School in Fredericksburg, Va. who averaged 16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals per game and chose Pitt over Michigan State, Temple, Memphis and South Florida; and Asia Logan, a 6-foot guard from Digital Harbor High School in Baltimore, Md. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Job seminar today at Germanna Germanna holding job fair for employed, underemployed Nov 17, 2009
8 percent in the Fredericksburg area in September. Though that's lower than the statewide rate and well-below the figures from other parts of the country, it's higher than the region is used to. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Two Road Projects Likely To Snarl Traffic Road work on Route 2 and Interstate 95 this week could cause traffic delays Nov 17, 2009
Two road projects have the potential to create traffic jams this week in the Fredericksburg area ... Local drivers may consider using U.S. 1 south between Exit 130 in Fredericksburg and Exit 118 at Thornburg as an alternate route ... In addition, a daytime project on Tidewater Trail (State Route 2) will delay traffic near the Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania border. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
DOUBLE-BUCK LUCK ON HUNT Nov 17, 2009
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• Marie C. Bair Nov 16, 2009
Marie Caroline "Mama Bair" Bair, 90, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, of cancer at the home of her daughter and son-in law Linda and Eric "Ric" Garrett of Fredericksburg ... Memorial donations may be made to Fredericksburg SPCA, 10819 Courthouse Road, Fredericksburg, Va. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Why are you littering Virginians so prideless? Nov 16, 2009
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Benefit for Bailey was a tremendous success Nov 16, 2009
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• Patricia A. Ward Nov 15, 2009
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, at Covenant Funeral Service, Fredericksburg. Online guest book at covenantfuneralservice. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
School chiefs top public pay in area The job of school superintendent is, on average, the highest-paid local government position in the Fredericksburg region, according to an analysis by The Free Lance-Star of top local government salaries. Nov 15, 2009
The job of school superintendent is, on average, the highest-paid local government position in the Fredericksburg region, according to an analysis by The Free Lance-Star of top local government salaries ... The area includes Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania, Stafford, King George, Caroline, Westmoreland, Orange, Culpeper, Fauquier and Louisa counties ... The and Fredericksburg governments recently promoted from within to fill their top spots. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
• Inez Lawson Nov 15, 2009
Inez Eleanor Shirk Lawson, 76, of Fredericksburg passed away peacefully from this earth on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, at Mary Washington Hospital after a brave fight against lung cancer ... She and Harold lived for many years in Lorton , where she was active in the Lorton Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary before moving to Fredericksburg ... Inez is survived by her five children, Cynthia Lawson of Alexandria, Evelyn Penn of Fredericksburg, Harold "Randy" Lawson Jr. and his wife, Karen, of... (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Virginia's alcohol consumption: Sobering Nov 15, 2009
Featured Advertisers. In Virginia, statistics on liquor sales and consumption are kept by the ABC Board. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
At the State Fair, funnel cakes never get old Nov 15, 2009
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DELUGE SOAKS NORTHERN NECK Nov 14, 2009
Featured Advertisers. "Super Nor'easter" soaks Northern Neck, but region escapes heavy damage. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
A private fiefdom rules over LOW Nov 13, 2009
Featured Advertisers. The Lake of the Woods dam and spillway. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Storm closes some Va. roads Across Virginia yesterday, transportation officials reported road closings on five interstates, 24 primary roads and 158 secondary roads, mostly in Hampton Roads and the Danville are Nov 13, 2009
Only a handful of roads were closed in the Fredericksburg area yesterday, but more rain is forecast for today ... No closings were reported on Interstate 95 in the Fredericksburg area, although traffic accidents happened throughout the day ... State Police responded to more than 100 crashes by midafternoon in just a portion of the Fredericksburg area, from Caroline and King George counties south to Richmond, and east along the Northern Neck. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
• Kevin M. Martino Nov 13, 2009
Survivors include his wife, Virginia McSwain of King George, and two brothers, Marc Martino of Long Island, N.Y., and Christopher Martino of Fredericksburg. A funeral will be held at noon Saturday, Nov. 14, at Cedell Brooks Funeral Home Memorial Chapel, Port Royal, with the Rev. Lance Bacon officiating. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
What's $6 million to the swells on the LOW board? Nov 13, 2009
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Virginia spoke, Mr. Obama; did you hear? Nov 12, 2009
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• Gary W. Totten Nov 12, 2009
Gary Wayne Totten, 67, of Fredericksburg died Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at his residence ... Survivors include his mother, Martha L. DeMark of Fredericksburg; two daughters, Pamela Madalone of North Ridgeville, Ohio, and Tami Diehl of Hancock, Md ... his sister, Jenny D. Staggs of Fredericksburg; seven grandchildren, one great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Orange allowed anti-memorial to war heroes Nov 12, 2009
If Walmart decided it needed to add another unit in central Virginia besides the two at Fredericksburg and the one each at Culpeper and Charlottesville, it would have been willing to take the alternate site. That was just bluster, and we have fallen for it. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
• Mitchell Robert Leslie Nov 12, 2009
The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at Woodward Funeral Home, 200 Fredericksburg Ave., Louisa, Va. 23093. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
New pollutants threaten area waters Pollutants brewing in the Potomac River basin are creating fish with both male and female characteristics, and may be playing a role in fish kills. Nov 12, 2009
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Grade school pays tribute to veterans Parading through the hallways of a Spotsylvania County elementary school yesterday, some brave and tough men and women were reduced to tears. Nov 12, 2009
Edd Houck, D-Spotsylvania, attended meetings of the Spotsylvania Board of Supervisors and the Fredericksburg City Council last night to deliver a sobering message on the budget crisis the state faces, and the difficult decisions that state cuts are likely to force localities to make in the coming years. "You cannot find any time in the past 50 years that our general fund revenues have suffered more and fallen more drastically than what we are dealing with now," Houck said at the Fredericksburg... (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Final moments Nov 11, 2009
8: On 4 October a woman is shot at a mall in Fredericksburg, Virginia ... Two days later, Kenneth H Bridges is killed near Fredericksburg. (BBC News)
D.C.-area sniper John Allen Muhammad executed Nov 11, 2009
Featured Advertisers. A prison spokesman says John Allen Muhammad died by injection at 9:11 p.m. Tuesday at Greensville Correctional Center. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Lashus named to 'Women of Distinction' list by Girl Scout Commonwealth Council Nov 11, 2009
Melanie Lashus - a 1996 Bartlett Yancey High School graduate and Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division engineer -was recently honored as one of greater Fredericksburg's "Women of Distinction" by the Girl Scout Commonwealth Council of Virginia ... Melanie Lashus - a 1996 Bartlett Yancey High School graduate and Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division engineer -was recently honored as one of greater Fredericksburg's "Women of Distinction" by the Girl Scout... (Yanceyville Caswell Messenger, NC)
Area relives sniper terror NEW: With pending execution, echoes of those three weeks on edge reverberate throughout the region. Nov 10, 2009
(10/31/2002) After the sniper shootings, a few Fredericksburg-area families are curtailing Halloween festivities ... (10/26/2002) Children are all smiles in the Fredericksburg area as recess and other activities finally get the green light ... (10/25/2002) News of arrests in sniper case puts people in Fredericksburg more at ease. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
US Supreme Court refuses to stop sniper execution Nov 10, 2009
Featured Advertisers. The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block Tuesday's scheduled execution of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
• Correction Nov 10, 2009
Featured Advertisers. Date published: 11/10/2009. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
VDOT will be ready to handle snow, ice Nov 10, 2009
Whatever winter casts down on Fredericksburg-area highways, the Virginia Department of Transportation says the public should be assured that it has the staff, the vehicles, and the chemicals to handle it. "Even though we've had some reductions in our overall program, our focus is still on emergency management," said VDOT's Glenn McMillan, Fredericksburg District maintenance engineer ... In VDOT's Fredericksburg District, a 14-county region, VDOT has 497 pieces of snow-removal equipment prepared... (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Supreme Court Won't Save Sniper Nov 10, 2009
The next day, a woman was wounded in a craft store parking lot in Fredericksburg, Virginia, 50 miles from Washington, D.C. ... (Left: Sheriff's deputies place crime scene tape around cars at an Exxon station after a man was shot in Fredericksburg, Va. (CBS News)
Was the LOW board negligent? Nov 9, 2009
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• Barbara S. Edenton Nov 9, 2009
Arrangements are by Covenant Funeral Service, Fredericksburg. Online guest book at covenantfuneralservice. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Home will welcome those in crisis Nov 8, 2009
At first glance, the house appears unremarkable: just another beautiful and inviting Fredericksburg home ... About 70 people attended Thursday night's celebration honoring Doris Buffett, the Fredericksburg philanthropist who paid for the house ... Thursday night, the Rappahannock Area Community Services Board announced that a partnership with the Fredericksburg City Police Department will allow for off-duty officers to work eight-hour shifts at the center, providing security. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Wildlife refuge secures more land With $1.5 million purchase by trust, Rappahannock River preserve acquires 260 more acres Nov 8, 2009
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Some clarification on the LOW dam issue Nov 8, 2009
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Shoplifters make Santa's naughty list Fredericksburg retailers aren't the only ones expecting to do most of their business this holiday shopping season. Nov 7, 2009
Among them are organized crime rings that hit Fredericksburg-area stores then head out of town on Interstate 95. One such group cut a hole in the back door of a local electronics store earlier this year, and made off with a huge haul, said Fredericksburg Detective Wayne Hunnicutt. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Victims, relatives to witness sniper execution Nov 7, 2009
She and her family moved to South Carolina not long after the shooting outside a Fredericksburg, Va. Michael's craft store. (Pensacola News Journal)
Spotsylvania snags tags of delinquent taxpayers Sheriff's deputies are taking tags off vehicles owned by residents who have not paid their personal property taxes in 12 months or longer. Nov 7, 2009
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• Robert D. Renn Nov 7, 2009
Memorials in Bob's memory may be made to Mary Washington Hospice, 5012 Southpoint Parkway, Fredericksburg, Va. 22407; the American Cancer Society, c/o Sonja Gallahan, 5504 Igo Road, King George, Va. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
A place for shelter, second chances New cold-night shelter in Stafford offers refuge for some homeless and new life for others Nov 7, 2009
In 1988, a group of Fredericksburg churches banded together to shelter the area's homeless in church basements, school buildings and vacant warehouses. In 1992, the area's first permanent homeless shelter opened on Essex Street in Fredericksburg. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
14 held in federal, Stafford probe Illegal cigarette trafficking, drugs and murder for hire part of 14-month Stafford-based probe Nov 6, 2009
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Army: 12 dead, 31 hurt in attacks at Texas base Nov 6, 2009
Featured Advertisers. Army: 12 dead in attacks at Fort Hood, Texas. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Va. Cox customers lose signal during World Series Nov 6, 2009
Company officials say customers from Fairfax County to Fredericksburg lost their television signal Wednesday night due to a disruption in the digital cable service. Cox spokeswoman Gwen Sparks tells The Washington Post that crews were working to identify the problem and restore service. (FindLaw News)
Stafford hospital wins heart-lab OK Stafford Hospital Center has received state permission to open a cardiac cath lab Nov 5, 2009
Currently, patients who need treatment at a cath lab must travel to Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg or other hospitals ... It argued that the Fredericksburg area doesn't need another cath lab, given the number of procedures done here ... HCA representatives have argued since June that with 4,500 procedures and four labs, the Fredericksburg area does not meet the standard. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Capitol Square in transition Nov 5, 2009
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'Pre-existing condition' hit our family hard Nov 5, 2009
Featured Advertisers. Pre-existing condition' hit our family hard. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Pollard narrowly defeats Crabill VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY Nov 4, 2009
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Stafford parks measure approved by voters Voters in Stafford yesterday approved borrowing $29 million to improve parks in the county. Nov 4, 2009
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McDONNELL TOPS STATE GOP SWEEP Nov 4, 2009
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City voters crowd the polls Nov 4, 2009
At Ward 1, Precinct 101 at Hugh Mercer Elementary in Fredericksburg, some voters waited in line at the polls ... At Ward 4, Precinct 402 in Fredericksburg at the VFW Hall, several voters favored the Democratic candidates at the state level ... As voters left the polls in Fredericksburg this morning, we asked them what significance the 2009 Virginia gubernatorial race had for them. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
• Donald Mullins Nov 3, 2009
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Mary Washington Hospice, 5012 Southpoint Parkway, Fredericksburg Va. 22407. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Lost Dog and Owner Reunite After Ten Years Nov 3, 2009
Search the District, Virginia and Maryland. (WUSA) --- Man and dog reunite for the first time in a decade. (W-USA News, DC)
'Reverse commute' won't work on VRE Nov 3, 2009
In fact, unless things have changed on I-95 from nine years ago--when I used to commute from Northern Virginia through the Fredericksburg area to southern Maryland--I found that traffic was nowhere near as heavy going south on I-95 in the morning versus going north on I-95, and vice versa in the afternoon. The biggest strike against Northern Virginians commuting to the Fredericksburg area is the fact that, at least for federal employees, the further you get from Washington, the fewer the higher... (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
New film spreads local war story Nov 3, 2009
Wounded soldiers rest outside a Fredericksburg building that still stands today ... Residents invited to first public showing of Civil War film that brings Battle of Fredericksburg into living rooms, classrooms ... Not since Ron Maxwell's "Gods and Generals" or Ken Burns' PBS "The Civil War" series has there been such hubbub over a film featuring Fredericksburg. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
