The memorial will be designed by Eto Otitigbe, the lead artist behind the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at the University of Virginia.
Fredericksburg City Council grants FAM $150,000 for design of auction block memorial
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Learning Lane work in Fredericksburg to continue through January
The emergency project originally was expected to be finished last month.
WATCH: A Thanksgiving Free Press forecast with meteorologist Sean Sublette
Meteorologist Sean Sublette tells you what to expect weather-wise on Thanksgiving in the Fredericksburg area.
Work on Fredericksburg bike path to begin next week
The $2.4 million project will add shared-use path to span of Lafayette Boulevard; also includes improvements to VCR trail.
PODCAST: Coffee Shop Talk with Fredericksburg Mayor Kerry Devine
Free Press managing editor Joey LoMonaco sits down with Fredericksburg Mayor Kerry Devine to discuss her two decades in city government, as well as data centers, homelessness and affordable housing.Â
WATCH: Saving and preserving old family photos
Curatorial Specialist Kylie Thomson with the Fredericksburg Area Museum talks about taking care of old photos.
WATCH: Free Press forecast with meteorologist Sean Sublette
Cold and windy Friday, but a weekend temperature turnaround.
Carter, Brooks sentenced to 28 years for ‘senseless’ 2023 city slaying
Fredericksburg Circuit Court Judge Gordon F. Willis sentenced Aaron Carter and Lorenzo Brooks to 40 years, with 15 suspended, for second-degree murder, along with three years for the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
And then there were two: firm hones in on route for Rappahannock river crossing
More than 140 people attended an open-house-style information session on the proposed crossing.
LISTEN: Lafayette weekend in Fredericksburg arrives
There’s a Thursday night lecture and then events Saturday and Sunday.
WATCH: New life for the Executive Plaza building downtown
Many city offices now available in one location.
‘We have work to do’: Virginia Black Legislative Caucus discusses priorities
Group’s first gathering in Fredericksburg focused on solidarity, constitutional amendments.
Local officials asking state to pay for bike/pedestrian path on U.S. 1 bridge
Pedestrian bridge would be part of planned $86.2 million rehabilitation project.
LISTEN: Lafayette weekend in Fredericksburg–the beginning
David Durham says a simple computer search several years ago got the ball rolling on the Lafayette focus this year.
Constitutional amendment gets a vote of confidence at Restoration of Rights Forum
HJ 2, which would automatically restore felons’ right to vote, passed the House of Delegates Committee on Privileges and Elections on a party line vote Wednesday.
Fredericksburg’s Lafayette Bicentennial to culminate with full weekend of events
Commemoration of Frenchman’s ballyhooed visit started back in March.
‘Creating a talking culture’: FCPS superintendent roundtable discusses mental health
Panel discussions touched on mental health trends, resources available to students.
WATCH: Free Press forecast with meteorologist Sean Sublette
Sublette: expect a dry and cool weekend after Friday morning rain ends.
Cowan Blvd. to reopen to all traffic on Monday
The Cowan Blvd. closing along with changes at the Falmouth Bridge has resulted in some legendary back-ups in recent weeks.
Fredericksburg City Council hails data centers as ‘generational’ opportunity
After passing resolution on data centers, the body then went into closed session to discuss a development in Celebrate Virginia South.
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