Editor’s note: You won’t see a daily newsletter on Tuesday morning, as our newsroom staff observes the Memorial Day holiday.
The week’s top stories
-Will a new road and bridge over the Rappahannock River ever get built? The answer isn’t certain just yet, but Fredericksburg and Stafford County elected officials soon will weigh in on where they’d like to see a crossing west of Interstate 95.
-Federal funding cuts have now hit Fredericksburg Area Health and Support Services, which had to lay off 25 percent of its staff after learning earlier this month that a key grant had been halved. Taft Coghill Jr. has the details.
-The six candidates for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor squared off in Woodbridge last week in a debate hosted by Washington’s WJLA TV-7 and the Northern Virginia Democratic Black Caucus. The hopefuls never mentioned the GOP nominee for the job, John Reid. But they did frequently talk about another prominent Republican.
-How does a haircut help to reduce recidivism? Rick Horner has the answer in a story about a new local nonprofit.
-A year after Gunnar Burns suffered a spinal cord injury in a James Monroe High School lacrosse game, Burns and his family have adjusted to their new reality, Joey LoMonaco reports.
Go figures (Numbers that made the news)
-45, number of Albanians killed in a massacre in Kosovo in 1999. Former ambassador William Walker, who exposed the atrocities, was in Fredericksburg recently on tour for a book he’s written on the subject.
What they’re saying
–“What I do want to say is, as a county, we’ve got to stop saying ‘no’ to everything.” –David Sullins, King George County supervisor. He was talking about how landowners can’t expect supervisors to keep taxes flat while rejecting projects that would generate revenue.
Pressing on (a look at news in the week ahead)
-Stafford County supervisors and School Board members will meet with state lawmakers this week to talk about plans for next year’s Virginia General Assembly session.
Sunday long read
-The Meat Hook in Caroline County is more than just a business. It’s a family legacy, and Taft Coghill Jr. tells its story.
