Work work scheduled Sunday nights thru Thursday nights until the middle of the month. Here’s what you need to know:
Overnight road work on Poplar Road in Stafford begins
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Resurfacing begins Monday for the Houser Drive Park and Ride lot
Weather permitting work will go until March 19
LISTEN: The Business of Adventure podcast
We invite Dan Craddock, owner of Metro Nova Creative, to discuss the popularity of thrifting, the outdoor industries embrace of consignment, and the work to brand Re-Boot as a program at River Rock Outfitter.
PHOTOS: Strolling around history
Outside on a mild afternoon. Parking areas were filled aound the Spotsylvania Battlefield-Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park.
WATCH: STEM in schools–keeping us all safer
Speaking to us at Innovation Challenge @ Dahlglren, Micahel Darnell says STEM students in school today will be some of the Dahlgren engineers of tomorrow
PHOTOS: King George wins Innovation Challenge @ Dahlgren
King George (Team 1) is first, Westmoreland 2nd and Fredericksburg Christian (Team 1) 3rd.
PHOTOS: Robots and coding and finding STEM solutions at Dahlgren
Final day of the Innovation Challenge @ Dahlgren today for high school teams.. Caroline Middle School is also competing since they were the Middle School winners last month.
WATCH: High School STEM teams competing at Dahlgren this weekend
Twenty teams representing 16 area schools have been programming and testing robots to compete this weekend in the third annual High School Innovation Challenge @ Dahlgren.
Rain to end later this morning
After today’s rain, dry until mid-week
PHOTOS: Packed house for final performance of High School Musical Jr. @ Freedom Middle School
Make sure you go see and support local school theater this spring. At Freedom, they collected supplies for Spotsylvania Schools Treasure House.
Above normal temps, below normal snowfall
With Meteorological Winter (Dec-Feb) complete, here is a rundown for all 8 National Weather Service climate sites
State Police continue to investigate the disappearance and homicide of Alicia Showalter Reynolds
She was last seen along Route 29 in Culpeper on March 2, 1996
PHOTOS: Late winter on the Dahlgren Railroad Heritage Trail
Off of Indiantown Road in King George
WATCH: Congress approves short-term funding to avoid shutdown
Virginia Senator Mark Warner says he’s tired of short term solutions. Warner says this is no way to fund the government
LISTEN: Fredericksburg Regional Spelling Bee preview
The Fredericksburg Regional Spelling Bee is this Saturday (the 2nd) at James Monroe HIgh School beginning at 10. 15 will compete. The winner goes to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
LISTEN: Town Talk/Fredericksburg Area Association of Realtors
FAAR President Randy Walther (Nest Realty), Dawn Josemans (Caldwell Banker Property Management), and FAAR Public Policy Director Kim McClellan with an overview of the market–constrained supply, high prices, volatile interest rates.
LISTEN: Worried about doing your taxes? Rappahannock United Way Prosper Tax Services may help
You may be eligible if your household income was $80,000 or less in 2023. We talk to Janel Donohue of Rappahannock United Way.
WATCH: A look at local Black History
The Central Rappahannock Regional Library hosted a virtual event: African American Women in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania and Stafford history.
Spotsy Supervisors advertise a tax rate of 78.17
The current rate is 77.17. This is the advertised rate–not the final rate. Supervisors can adopt a lower rate, not a higher one.
LISTEN: Town Talk/UMW Admissions
Dean of Admissions Melissa Yakabouski with tips on the college search, paying for college, changes in FAFSA and writing an application.
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