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The week’s top stories
-A day after a multi-vehicle wreck involving a tour bus shut down southbound Interstate 95 in Stafford County, another fatal crash closed northbound I-95 in Caroline County. A 45-year-old Fredericksburg resident was killed in the incident as well as a 59-year-old from Raleigh, N.C.
-Fredericksburg officials are looking at rezoning Small Area 8, which includes Mayfield and the Dixon Street corridor, as a way to generally permit more diverse uses of commercial properties. But residents are concerned that it could bring about displacement, Joey LoMonaco reports.
-The Cosner Tech Campus data center development in Spotsylvania County isn’t up and running, but it’s already been flagged by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality for violations relating to the Virginia Air Pollution Control Law. The regulation was about circumstances at the development last year. Taft Coghill Jr. has the details.
-Del. Joshua Cole recently added to his resume. But the new line didn’t reflect a political accomplishment. It was an educational one, LoMonaco writes.
-The parents of two children, ages 7 and 3, were killed in a bizarre domestic dispute in Fredericksburg that included gunshots, two car chases and a vehicle wreck, police reported last week.
Go figures (numbers in the news)
529 — As in, 529 Caroline St. That’s the location the bagel business Water & Barley is coming to in Fredericksburg. It’s apparently bagel time in the region because the downtown establishment follows Einstein Bros. Bagels arriving on State Route 3 in Spotsylvania County, Bill Freehling explains in the Biz Beat newsletter.
What they’re saying
“We just want to celebrate people that otherwise wouldn’t have a home.” -Cara Hall, owner of Madame’s Oddities. in Free Time, our weekly arts and entertainment newsletter.
Sunday read
-D.J. Palmer held the first-ever football practice for the new Hartwood High School last week. It’ll likely be a hard job being the head coach at a new school. But perhaps not as difficult as the challenge Palmer has been facing for the past several weeks. Taft Coghill Jr. has the story.
