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The week’s top stories
-Stafford is a possible location for one of several new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities that could be set up under a new deportation system, and county leaders may not be able to stop it if they don’t agree with the placement. No decisions have been made on the matter, according to a Washington Post report detailing ICE’s plans, and Stafford supervisors were awaiting more information last week.
-Two elderly sisters who were the last remaining residents of the Hill Mobile Home Park in Caroline County are looking toward the future as the community is shutting down. A judge ruled in 2024 that most of the Hill’s residents had 10 days to move after the community’s owner, Homes of America, filed for eviction. Legal machinations continue in the case, but the sisters have followed through with other housing plans. The matter underscores the tenuous nature of living in mobile home parks, where residents often own the trailers but rent lots, Taft Coghill Jr. reports.
-Massaponax High School grad Grayson Wood won the White Sands Bahamas Men’s Invitational golf tournament Dec. 16, which earned the 20-year-old a PGA Tour exemption, meaning he can compete in either the tour’s Puerto Rico Open or ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic. It is believed that he is the first golfer from the Fredericksburg area to ever qualify for a PGA Tour event. has the story.
-Winter cold got you down? can help. She details three restaurants in the Fredericksburg region where you can settle in by the fire and enjoy food and maybe a warming drink. Her tips are in Free Time, our weekly arts and entertainment newsletter.
Go figures (numbers in the news)
5 — We ended last year by publishing links to each staff member’s Top 5 stories from 2025. If you didn’t see them, check them out. Taft Coghill Jr., Jonathan Hunley, Free Time and Joey LoMonaco.
What they’re saying
“We made a pact before the Battle of the Wilderness that if one of us died, the other would take care of his body and make sure it got back.” –Steve Morin, National Park Service volunteer, recounting a letter from a Union lieutenant to the brother of another soldier. Morin’s Civil War research led to the creation of an exhibit at Fredericksburg’s city visitor center.
Pressing on (a look at the week ahead)
-The local governments in Fredericksburg and in the counties of Stafford and King George will hold their organizational meetings this week, and we’ll let you know who the leaders of the governing bodies will be.
