Author: Rick Horner

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Sunken Well Tavern adapts to the pitfalls of the pandemic

By Rick Horner
Sunken Well Tavern

Sunken Well Tavern was one of many restaurants to participate in the first Fredericksburg Restaurant Week of 2021.

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Scammers target Stafford County residents, send fake tax bills

By Rick Horner

Stafford County is warning residents about fraudulent tax bills.

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Tractor Supply store coming to Route 17, other retailers eye hosptial area

By Rick Horner
Photo: Tractor Supply Company

The Stafford Board of Supervisors approved a reclassification of agriculturally zoned land into an urban commercial zoned area in order to allow for the construction of a new Tractor Supply Company store.

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King moves to kill 2 bills aimed at improving election integrity in Virginia

By Rick Horner
King

Democrats today killed two efforts aimed at strengthening election integrity in Virginia.

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After 12-hour water main break, Stafford details water maintenance plan

By Rick Horner

In the dead of winter, Stafford County is working on maintaining its water system.

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Stafford mulls having businesses, startups compete for coronavirus aid

By Rick Horner

Supervisor Tinesha Allen wants to pour more funds into the Economic Development Authority to help new businesses that want to start up in Stafford County.

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Elementary school to open at former Fredericksburg battlefield B&B

By Rick Horner
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The Fredericksburg City Council approved a special-use permit for Brompton to operate a private elementary school.

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Stripped of committee assignment, Delegate Cole pushes for voter ID

By Rick Horner
Cole

Delegate Mark Cole (R-Spotsylvania, Stafford) was recently removed from the House Privileges and Elections Committee in Richmond after signing his name a letter that cast doubt on the results of the Presidential Election on November 3.

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Officials break ground for Stafford airport runway extension, hope to double number of aircraft

By Rick Horner
Officials break ground on an 1,000-foot runway extension at the Stafford Regional Airport. [Rick Horner]

During a closed-to-the-public ceremony sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, today’s Stafford County Regional Airport broke ground on a project to extend its existing runway.

A small group was invited to join the Stafford Airport Regional Airport Authority in the biting January wind to celebrate the beginning of construction on their new runway extension, which has been in the works since 2007.

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Newly opened IdeaSpace in Fredericksburg may be the future of libraries

By Rick Horner
Pepper the robot is programmed to greet visitors at the door. [Rick Horner]

The Central Rappahannock Regional Library System recently opened a satellite branch at 1616 Princess Anne Street in Fredericksburg called IdeaSpace, and it is far beyond a place to keep a few extra books.

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