Author: Christopher Hirons

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City leaders sign letter of intent to move P-Nats to Fredericksburg

By Christopher Hirons

FREDERICKSBURG — City leaders in Fredericksburg on Tuesday signed a letter of intent to move the Potomac Nationals from Woodbridge to Fredericksburg.

This comes after the announcement from the city and Potomac Nationals Owner, Art Silber agreed to a 30-year lease to move the team to Fredericksburg.

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More planes to use Stafford airport after $12 million expansion completed

By Christopher Hirons

STAFFORD — The Stafford Regional Airport plans to expand its only runway by about 1,000 feet with construction starting in 2020 and ending in 2022.

The project was approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, and a meeting with adjacent landowners during a meeting held in 2015. The runway expansion will allow planes more room for takeoff, allowing them to travel non-stop to the west coast.

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Stafford’s new animal shelter has more than 100 kennels for stray, sick animals

By Christopher Hirons

STAFFORD — Stafford County unveiled its new 17,500 square foot Animal Shelter during a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The new Animal Shelter is designed to enhance the lives of animals giving them an improved chance at adoption.

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Stafford’s newly approved capital improvement plan includes school renovations, a new courthouse, no road improvements

By Christopher Hirons

STAFFORD — The Stafford County Board of Supervisors voted on the 2019-2028 Capital Improvement Plan during the June 19 meeting. The CIP was passed with a vote of 5-2.

The CIP was revised by the Finance, Audit and Budget Committee Meeting just hours before the Board voted on the final CIP.

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Stafford business leaders told college grads fleeing Virginia in record numbers

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Exclusive: Dumfries to buy new town hall building, become landlord

By Christopher Hirons

DUMFRIES — Dumfries officials will close on a new town hall building in the coming weeks.

The town will purchase the private office building built in 2008 located next to the current town hall building located at 17755 Main Street. The building will serve as a meeting place for Town Council, boards and commissions, and town administrative offices. A portion of the building is already home to the town’s police station.

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Exclusive with Stafford Chairman Meg Bohmke on Ferry Farm: Expect renovations, not rebuild

By Christopher Hirons

STAFFORD — The Stafford County Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday, June 5 to consider adopting the 2018-2019 capital improvement plan.

Earlier in May, the Board heard from the members of the county’s infrastructure committee about a plan to build an addition to the current courthouse. County officials have planned to redevelop the area at the intersection of Route 1 and Courthouse Road, for several years, around the existing courthouse into an area called “downtown Stafford.”

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Stafford officials keep Cox which promises discounts for lower-income families

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STAFFORD — Some Stafford County residents will continue to get their cable TV and internet from Cox Communications. Cox had been providing telecommunications services to customers in the southern portion of the county under an agreement that expires June 6. The Stafford County Telecommunications Commission negotiated with Cox so that they could continue to serve […]

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In rapidly growing Stafford County, officials take groundwater inventory

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STAFFORD — There are 2,089 homes planned to be built in Stafford County all needing wells. With some wells underperforming in a rural section of the county, officials ordered a study of the available groundwater residents in those homes would use.

In 2016, residents who lived along Mount Olive Road in the western portion of the county voiced concerns that their wells were slow to recharge. They also voiced concerns about potential impacts to their wells from a nearby developing subdivision at the time.

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