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Planners show several options for new Rappahannock Crossing

Published March 22, 2024 at 8:45AM | Updated November 25, 2024 at 1:23PM

Many identified their houses on the maps around the room and where they sit in relation to where a new Rappahannock River crossing could be built. [Photo: Mike Salmon]

At Fredericksburg, three bridges cross the Rappahannock River to keep traffic flowing at Interstate 95 and points east.

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Hope for area rivers flows from Fredericksburg film festival

By Mike Salmon

Published March 18, 2024 at 11:50AM | Updated March 20, 2024 at 12:22PM

All proceeds from the event went to the Friends of the Rappahannock group. [Photo: Mike Salmon]

Fredericksburg and the Rappahannock River have a rich history, and this bond was prominent at the recent Wild & Scenic Film Festival at the University of Mary Washington. River enthusiasts and filmmakers highlighted the positive effects that rivers bring to an area.

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Health

Crews work to finish transportation fixes ahead of Fredericksburg Veterans Affairs Clinic opening

By Mike Salmon

Published March 12, 2024 at 11:44AM

An artists rendering of the Fredericksburg Health Care Center, a new VA medical center in Spotsylvania County.

As the Veterans Affairs Clinic enters the final year of construction, there are several transportation improvements north of Exit 126 in Fredericksburg to improve access to this needed facility for area veterans.

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Features

New Crimson Coward Chicken offers fresh, spicy cuisine

By Mike Salmon

Published March 11, 2024 at 11:08AM

Chicken samples and cake were a hit after the ribbon cutting. [Photo: Mike Salmon]

The five levels of spicy chicken is a feature at Crimson Coward so at the recent opening of this area’s first restaurant, they put it out there that the “Burrrrn Baby, Burn,” variety is only for the super spicey palettes.

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Insights into the Legacy of Colin Powell: An Exclusive Discussion with Leslie Lautenslager at the Historic Mary Washington House

By Mike Salmon

Published March 8, 2024 at 1:23PM

Lautenslager

Imagine being with the late Colin Powell, who was Secretary of State and a U.S. Army general, traveling around the world looking out for U.S. interests while maintaining diplomacy at nearly all costs.

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Park ideas on Post-It notes: Fredericksburg hashes out recreational plans

By Mike Salmon

Published March 1, 2024 at 5:39PM | Updated March 2, 2024 at 12:06AM

Park information boards were posted around the room. [Photo: Mike Salmon]

Three Fredericksburg parks were under the microscope at a recent public meeting where planners were there to hear suggestions for the future of these parks in the wake of floods, funding shortfall, and changing outdoor trends.

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Fairfax

Will I-95’s E-ZPass lanes go both ways? They’re looking into it

By Mike Salmon

Published March 1, 2024 at 5:22PM

Looking south along the I-95 E-ZPass Express Lanes near Springfield. [Photo courtesy of Transurban]

Suppose the latest idea on the Interstate 95 E-ZPass Lanes comes to fruition. In that case, drivers can access lanes in both directions during rush hours, creating a busier highway transportation system while offering more choices to drivers.

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High-tech hunt for Mary Ball Washington’s grave

By Mike Salmon

Published February 28, 2024 at 12:46PM

Dr. Katherine Parker, a professor with the Department of Historic Preservation at the University of Mary Washington. [Photo: Mike Salmon]

George Washington’s mother, Mary Ball Washington, died in 1789 and was buried in Fredericksburg near a monument that resembles the Washington Monument but on a lesser scale.

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Future Dale City Ball Hockey rink gets boost from Washington Capitals

By Mike Salmon

Published February 22, 2024 at 12:30PM

Children playing ball hockey teaches teamwork and sportsmanship

Construction on the rink will begin later this year and will be similar to previous Capitals projects, using a Riley Manufactured board system and a branded Mateflex flooring system.

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I-66 Express Lanes driver finds office closed to public when he needed answers

By Mike Salmon

Published February 15, 2024 at 9:00AM | Updated February 18, 2024 at 7:41AM

While driving through this confusing interchange at I-66 and I-495, it’s appropriate to play “Flight of the Bumblebee,” on the stereo with the volume up.

With a road project as significant as the Interstate 66 Express Lanes, having an office open to the public is ideal for those wanting to ask questions to an actual person and discuss future initiatives that impact hundreds of thousands of people in the I-66 corridor.

There is a certain level of complications, too, with the switchable HOV E-ZPass, so an office along I-66 outside the beltway is ideal. Only it’s not open and doesn’t appear to be in operation.