World Otter Day, observed annually on the last Wednesday of May, is a day dedicated to raising awareness about otter conservation and celebrating otters.
Celebrating Otters!
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WATCH: Extended work for the Old Mill Park goats
The goats will stay until next March.
Area road work this week
All work is scheduled weather permitting.
WATCH: Honoring sacrifice–Memorial Day in Fredericksburg
Themes included sacrifice, honor and remembering.
PHOTOS: Memorial Day @ the Our Fallen Heroes Memorial downtown
Fredericksburg Area Veterans Council annual program.
PHOTOS: Memorial Day 2025 @ the Fredericksburg National Cemetery
Annual program at the Lafayette Blvd. cemetery
WATCH: The importance of remembering on Memorial Day
Beth Parnicza with the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park talked about remembering those who sacrificed.
WATCH: Installing Living Legacies at FAM
Living Legacies: African American history in the Fredericksburg area opens at the Fredericksburg Area Museum this Friday.
Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank distribution this week
The Food Bank says there’s no need to bring paperwork or ID.
PHOTOS: VFW Post 3103 remembers
Each Memorial Day weekend the VFW Post in the city places flags at the graves of veterans in Oak HIll Cemetery.
PHOTOS: Getting the Fredericksburg National Cemetery ready for the 30th annual luminaria
Saturday morning scout troops (and their leaders and parents) placed the 15,300 bags and candles that will brighten the cemetery.
WATCH: “We must be louder. We must be bolder with remembrance.”–Deuntay Diggs
The importance of never forgetting.
PHOTOS: Memorial Day 2025 in Stafford
Powerful Friday morning in Stafford at the Armed Services Memorial.
WATCH: Spotsylvania-based Leashes of Valor founder and CEO reflects on Memorial Day
LOV’s Jason Haag talks about remembering on Memorial Day and how easy it is for all of us to get involved in their mission to help veterans.
Memorial Day weekend Express Lanes schedule
Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer – which also means the start of the summer reversal schedule on the 95 and 395 Express Lanes.
LISTEN: Annual Tattoos for Community this weekend @ Jack Brown’s Tattoo Revival
100% of sales Saturday and Sunday goes to Empowerhouse.
PHOTOS: Spotsylvania fire officials checking on progress of new ladder truck in Wisconsin
Spotsylvania fire officials say Tower 6 is cutting edge and will replace their current ladder truck in the Salem Church District.
LISTEN: Spotsylvania Schools social worker to walk across England to raise money for local mental health
Later this month, Heidi Tippett begins the nearly 200 mile/14 day hike across England west-to-east from the Irish Sea to the North Sea to raise money for Mental Health America Fredericksburg Region.
LISTEN: What you need to know about measles
Measles cases has the attention of health officials.
WATCH: Fredericksburg Area Museum getting ready to open the Living Legacies exhibition
The exhibition opens May 30th with a block party,
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