Rich Dalton, who had been serving as an acting chief operating officer for the Virginia Railway Express since November 2019 has been named as its permanent chief.
Dalton was hired by the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission and the Rappahannock Transportation Commission, both bodies oversee the VRE. He replaces former CEO Doug Allen, who stepped down nearly a year ago.
James Marsden, of Dumfries, collected $1 million after taxes from the Virginia Lottery after playing the Bank-A-Million game.
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A local food workers union protested inside of a Giant grocery store in Fredericksburg today.
The union wants hazard pay restored for workers who, for months, have been on the front lines of the pandemic.
The schedule for the Interstate 95 and 395 E-ZPass Express Lanes will change for the Labor Day holiday weekend
The reversible lanes will be opened for northbound traffic for the Labor Day holiday. There will also be changes afterward that were made to accommodate for late-summer travelers.
Commuters using Metro buses and trains to work can now add the SmarTrip cards to their iPhones and Apple watches. It’s a new touch-free method they can use to pay for their rides, just as they can at the supermarket.
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The Fredericksburg City Council has opened public comments regarding a set of resolutions to make a new Creative Maker Zone a reality.
The creative maker district would span an over 78-acre area of Downtown Fredericksburg which would encompass the Area 6 district, which lies between the Rappahannock River and the Rappahannock Canal and would include Princess Anne Street as well as where Princess Anne and Route 1 intersect.
Fredericksburg will receive two new sculptures into the City’s public art inventory. The City Council accepted theses pieces at its August 24 meeting.
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Here is a look at this week’s construction hot spots in the Fredericksburg and Stafford County area according to the Virginia Department of Transportation:
A historic African-American church still hopes to rebuild after an arson in 2012.
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, located at 15008 Lee Highway in Gainesville was the scene of arson in 2012. Parishioners watched helplessly as the church was nearly reduced to ashes.
Germanna Community College has been awarded a grant of $561,000 to develop coursework for geospatial technology and unmanned aircraft systems training. Germanna will be in partnership with Virginia Tech, Old Dominion University and the Virginia Space Grant Consortium to develop these programs.
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