If you’re paying late, you won’t be penalized.
The Stafford County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to waive penalties on Real Estate property taxes that were paid after the June 5 due date.
Author: Rick Horner
Stafford County is moving ahead with its plan to transform its courthouse neighborhood into a smart city of the future.
The Stafford County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to allow for the development of smart city technology for the Stafford County Government Center. This will designate the intersection of Route 1 and Courthouse Road as the Downtown area of Stafford.
This past Friday saw the Prince William Chamber of Commerce (PWCC) partner with the Prince William County Economic Development (EDO) and Emergency Management Departments (EMD) to provide area businesses with masks and hand sanitizer in celebration of the kickoff of the Phase 1 reopening in the region.
Staff and volunteers from all three organizations as well as two members of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors manned three locations throughout the region, providing over 4,000 masks and close to 500 gallons of sanitizer to around 200 area businesses. The locations were at the PWCC’s office in Manassas, the EDO’s office in Gainesville, and the EMD held their end at the Ferlazzo Building in Woodbridge.
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Profits at Stafford Airport are nearly grounded due to low fuel sales and a lower number of customers.
Stafford Regional Airport has seen its business take a nosedive due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Their fuel sales are down 67%, and their aircraft operations are down by over 50%.
The 2020 Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) Weekend that is planned for October will have a new addition that will employ the safety measures and follow the guidance of government and public health officials.
In addition to the planned live version, the MCM10K scheduled for October 25, 2020, will now be offered as a virtual event.
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Stafford residents gathered for a peaceful rally at the Stafford Marketplace shopping center to protest police brutality and encourage community participation.
The rally was held outside a Target store at 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon to protest the actions of police brutality that took the life of Minneapolis resident George Floyd, 46. Residents gathered to hear speakers implore them to take action on the local level, to press leaders through the ballot to make sure that the events that have happened in Minneapolis and around the country don’t happen in Stafford.
A Fredericksburg-area DMV office will reopen on Monday, June 1 by appointment and offer limited services.
The DMV location in Southpoint Shoppes in Spotsylvania County will be one of a handful of locations that will be the first to reopen since the beginning of the quarantine due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Prince William police have identified the driver of a 2006 GMC Sierra that was involved in a fatal crash in Manassas.
Demetrius Lamar Whitehead, 29, of Woodbridge, was involved in a crash that occurred on May 24 at 5:07 a.m. in the area of Davis Ford Road near Yates Ford Road near Manassas.
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The Commonwealth Transportation Board has awarded a contract to begin construction on a project that will add northbound travel lanes to Interstate 95. The objective is to reduce driver delays in the Fredericksburg area between two of the busiest interchanges in the region.
The project contract was awarded to Wagman Heavy Civil, Inc., of York, Pa. Wagman was awarded $107.5 million to use for the project.