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Stafford aims to strip Jefferson Davis’ name from Route 1

By Rick Horner
This large crucifix sits along U.S. 1 in Stafford County. Photo: Mary Davidson.

Stafford County wants to change the name of Route 1, but leaders there would prefer a different name than what Delegate Joshua Cole (D-28, Fredericksburg, Stafford) proposes.

At a meeting of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, December 15, a leaders discussed a Cole’s bill that will introduced into the Virginia General Assembly, which begins on January 13, 2021, that would remove the name of Jefferson Davis from Route 1 and rename the highway after the Loving Family, of Caroline County.

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Royal Farms wants to open new location in Fredericksburg

By Rick Horner
Royals Farms Facebook

Royal Farms, a Maryland-based convenience store chain has applied for special permits to open a new location at Alum Springs Road and Route 1.

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Stafford will install bipolar ionizers county in buildings

By Rick Horner
Stafford County Fire Station 14. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/Potomac Local News]

The Stafford County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution to install bipolarization filters on the air conditioning units on all of the county’s government buildings.

The new filters match what has already been installed inside the county’s public schools, and come in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

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KO Distillery in Manassas unveils its first bottle of bonded bourbon

By Rick Horner

KO Distilling, the Manassas-based producer known for its smooth-tasting bourbon, released its first bottle of bonded bourbon.

KO’s Distiller’s Reserve Bottled in Bond, a four-year-old, 100-proof bourbon whiskey kept in wooden barrels made from charred American White Oak. The whiskey itself is distilled from Virginia grown grains, including 70% corn, 20% wheat, and 10% malted barley.

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Stafford waives tax payment late fees until the end of January 2021

By Rick Horner
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Stafford County residents will get another reprieve on their Personal Property and Real Estate taxes.

At a joint meeting of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors and the county’s School Board today, Supervisors decided to waive late temporarily and interest for late tax payments. Residents can pay the taxes due on December 5, as late as Jan. 29, 2021, without facing a penalty.

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Fredericksburg developing Riverside into a “smart” park

By Rick Horner
[Photo: Fredericksburg City Government]

Fredericksburg is looking to turn the city’s new Riverside Park into a “smart” park.

The city will enter a partnership with the Center for Innovative Technology to bring smart technology that would be a feature of the new park when it opens to the public next year.

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This week’s traffic hot spots in Stafford, Fredericksburg

By Rick Horner
A 14-feet 9-inch bridge overpass will be replaced with a taller bridge as part of the Rappahannock Bridge River Crossing Project. [Rick Horner/PLN]

Here are this week’s traffic hot spots in the Stafford County and Fredericksburg area provided by the Virginia Department of Transportation:

I-95 Northbound

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Stafford County receives funding for transportation projects

By Rick Horner

Stafford County recently announced they had received $8.4 million in transportation funding through the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Revenue Sharing Program for roadway improvements on Shelton Shop Road, Leeland Road and the U.S. Route 1/Courthouse Road Intersection.

Transportation fund availability varies each year since it is based mostly on gas tax dollars tied directly to gasoline sales and prices. This year, the coronavirus pandemic significantly impacted transportation funding on local, state and federal levels. To address some of the funding shortfalls in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Governor Northam made changes to the state’s Six-Year Improvement Plan that reallocated funding for projects in the out years to ensure current project schedules are supported.

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Stafford votes to cap limits on flagpole height following Confederate flag removal

By Rick Horner

The Stafford County Board of Supervisors recently passed an ordinance to remove monuments and flag poles from the list of structures exempt from height limitations in the county’s code.

The move comes after an 80-foot-flag pole along Interstate 95, and a Confederate battle flag the flew atop it, sparked years of debate in the region about whether or not to remove the pole and flag. Last month, the Virginia Department of Transportation acquired the private property on which the flag pole sits, along with nine other parcels of land, and removed the flag pole.

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