Caroline County
Board of supervisors meeting, Tuesday, 6 p.m.Â
- DSS presentation on Thanksgiving assistance program
- Discussion of possible park improvements
- Resolution and agreement approving equipment lease financing and purchase
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Supervisor Reginald Underwood of the Reedy Church District requested county staff revisit several potential improvements to the Caroline Recreation Park in Milford. Director of Public Works Joseph Schiebel detailed all potential improvements which would total $4.8 million. The improvements would include upgrades to the soccer fields, lighting, increased parking and other miscellaneous items. The most expensive item is $2.8 million for the installation of five synthetic turf fields. Schiebel indicated that his office explored other options to improve the playing surfaces, including Bermuda grass and found them to be “impractical.”
-Taft Coghill Jr.
City of Fredericksburg
City Council work session/regular meeting, Tuesday, 5/7:30 p.m.
- UMW and MWHC Healthcare partnership
- Legislative agenda preview
- Special Use Permit to construct 242 multifamily dwelling units in the adaptive reuse of 2300 Fall Hill Avenue (public hearing)
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During its work session, the city council will hear from representatives from the University of Mary Washington and Mary Washington Healthcare about their partnership to bring a medical school to the Fredericksburg region… Residents will get a say about developer Rebkee Project Management’s proposal to put 242 apartments in the former Mary Washington Hospital building on Fall Hill Avenue… Earlier in the afternoon, officials will attend a ground-breaking for Fredericksburg’s wastewater treatment plant, a long-planned expansion with a $168.5 million price tag.
-Joey LoMonaco
King George County
Planning commission meeting, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.
- Staff reports
- Discussion of joint meeting with the board of supervisors
- Review of proposed ordinance amendments
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The commission will consider amendments to the King George County Ordinance, following the Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment Committee and Board of Supervisors direction, to increase minimum lot sizes in the Agricultural zoning districts and to revise access requirements. A planning commission public hearing on the topic is tentatively scheduled for Nov. 12.
 -Taft Coghill Jr.
Spotsylvania County
School board meeting, Monday, 5:30 p.m.Â
- Update on the FY26 Capital Improvement Plan
- Non-title grant report
- Approval of award for employee benefits
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Chief Operations Officer Kenny Forrest and Chief Financial Officer Phillip Trayer will provide an update on the fiscal year 2026 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). All CIP modifications are reported to the board on a quarterly basis. Procedures established by the board call for the superintendent’s approval of project appropriation transfers for projects costing $200,000 or less provided the transfer appropriation doesn’t significantly modify a project, eliminate an existing project or create a new project.
Board of supervisors meeting, Tuesday, 5 p.m.Â
- Our Community Salutes – 2026 presentation
- George Washington Regional Commission annual report
- Legislative priorities presentation
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The board will conduct a public hearing on a special use permit application submitted by U-Haul to construct a 75-foot tall double-sided pylon sign on approximately 3.6 acres at 5801 Southpoint Centre Boulevard, a quarter mile east of the intersection of Patriot Highway (U.S. Route 1) and Southpoint Drive. The property is in the Commercial District in the Lee Hill District. The planning commission recommended denial of the permit by a 3-1 vote following a public hearing on Sept. 27. Also, county staff did not identify justification for the increase in signage height, expressing concern that approval will trigger similar requests from businesses along Interstate 95.
-Taft Coghill Jr.
Stafford County
School Board work session 1/work session 2/regular meeting, Tuesday, 4/5/7 p.m.
- Discussion of the school board’s legislative priorities for 2026
- Discussion of proposed changes to the 2026-2027 program of studies
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School board members will have two work sessions before their regular meeting Tuesday. They’ll talk about what education bills they would like for the Virginia General Assembly to pass in its legislative session next year, and they will go over changes to the school division’s program of studies for the next school year. The latter will include discussion about new specialty centers at North Stafford and Hartwood high schools.
-Jonathan Hunley
