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The week’s top stories
-An opening date for the Buc-ee’s in Stafford hasn’t been announced, but the travel-center firm has bought the land in the county where it plans to put its third Virginia gas station and convenience store. The price? More than $14 million.
-Spotsylvania’s School Board has seen its share of controversy over the past few years, and that scenario seems to be continuing. The latest dustup is between two board members and the superintendent over how the work of educating the county’s students should be carried out. Taft Coghill Jr. has the story.
-The heat wave in the Fredericksburg area over the past few days ended up as forecasted, with sweltering temperatures. And the experience was probably even worse for certain residents: those who lack air conditioning. Some may see the modern convenience as a necessity, but more than 570 households here don’t have such a cooling system, Adele Uphaus writes.
-The Rappahannock Whalers, a group of historical interpreters who sing sea shanties, were to perform in Port Royal on Saturday for July Fourth, but your Press Rewind writer caught up with the musical crew recently in Baltimore at another event celebrating America’s semiquincentennial.
Go figures (numbers in the news)
$8.8 million — That’s the amount of additional state funding that’s coming to Stafford schools as a result of the recently approved Virginia budget for the biennium. County budget-writers initially planned for less money from the state.
What they’re saying
“I realized that if I wanted to be a legit business, I could no longer meet in our neighborhood and fill my cul-de-sac up with all these customer cars.” -Claire Ellinger, founder of Art Time 4 Kids. Abigail Freehling talked to her recently about the Fredericksburg business’ past and future. The story is in our arts and entertainment newsletter, Free Time.
