Rappahannock Adult Activities is getting ready for their big plant sale this spring. The planting has begun at 750 Kings Highway. The Garden Party is in April. Easter Lily orders are being taken too. Check out their Facebook page for info.
The tomatoes so many of us buy each year at the Rappahannock Adult Activites Spring Plant Sale have started to grow at 750 Kings Highway in Stafford. We watached as Alexis Fox led RAAI’s Horticulture Therapy Program one morning last week.
The Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (FAMPO) is conducting a survey on unsafe local roads, sidewalks or bike paths. The survey allows you to pinpoint locations on a map where you see transportation concerns.
Caller claims to be a member of the Sheriff’s Office and demands money. Stafford authorities say don’t fall for it…
Town of Culpeper Communications and Marketing Manager Nicole Warner talks about bringing tourists and those interested in history to the region thru the telling of stories like Civil War nurse Cornelia Hancock.
Sherry Loy, Cornelia Rutherford and Bob Cohen preview the Ren Faire at Lake Anna Winery May 11-June 9th on weekends. Auditions this Saturday (16th) at the downtown library on Caroline Street at 1:30, 2:30 and 3:00. You don’t need to be scheduled.
Civil War Trails tells of another small town, big story from the war. A sign has been installed at Shiloh Church on Stevensburg Road in Brandy Station of nurse Cornelia Hancock.
She was a volunteer nurse stationed at the Brandy Station field hospital and is one of the rare women who lived and worked near the front lines during the war. Hancock experimented with hops and yeast for medicinal purposes.
The project at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park will take place this spring and summer
All work is scheduled weather permitting. Updated information on work zones and lane closures is available on 511Virginia
The Food Bank has a free app, FREDFOODVA
Wind gusts up to 40 miles an hour possible today
Mike Zitz and Dennis Rapkins talk about the summer league–for ages 8-18–plus a 18+ team is in the works. Registration begins March 22. There’s a need for coaches and more business sponsors. sunshinebaseball.net
County officials think it’s been at leasat 50 years since the county opened a brand new fire station
Big day in Caroline. Caroline County officials gathered to celebrate the grand opening of Carmel Church Fire Station 10.
Stephanie Benson with Columbia Gas talks with us about preparing for spring and summer storms. AND things to know about natural gas and storms…
Traffic will be detoured for an estimated two weeks while crews complete safety improvements between Piney Branch Road and Cherokee Lane, ahead of paving this summer
VDOT says there will be traffic impacts in both directions on I-95 and E. Broad Street in Richmond in March
Caroline Supervisor Floyd Thomas (Mattaponi District) talks about the opening of of the Carmel Church Fire Station. Supervisor Thomas says this may be the first new fire station in the county in 50 years.
Lisa Durham and Mary Katherine Greenlaw preview events from now to November to highlight General Lafayette’s visit to Fredericksburg in 1824. fxbg.com/lafayette
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