The southbound entry ramp for the Interstate 395 E-ZPass Express Lanes near Edsall Road is closed for repair work.
The specific cause for this closure has not been released yet.
Author: Susie Webb
The City of Manassas experienced a brief power outage on Monday morning affecting 493 customers.
The culprit – a squirrel.
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About 700 protestors marched through downtown Fredericksburg on Sunday afternoon in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
The protests come after the death of George Floyd that sparked nation-wide outrage.
Marchers in Fredericksburg walked the path from the Dorothy Hart Community Center to Shiloh Baptist Church, commemorating the Walker Grant High School graduating class of 1950.
The 27 graduates of the sole Fredericksburg high school that was open to African American students were supposed to have their graduation ceremony at the, then, Charles St. Community Center.
Several big projects are in the work for the landfill through the Rappahannock Regional Solid Waste Management Board (R-Board) including a new landfill cell, glass recycling program, and wheel wash system.
The R-Board has had an overall drop in revenues for the fiscal year 2020, yet they’re still on-budget since they were ahead of it prior to the coronavirus pandemic taking hold.
The Fredericksburg City Council just approved a $545,000 plan to fix up the asphalt and pave over sections of William Street and Blue and Gray Parkway.
The William Street section will stretch from the Blue and Gray Parkway to Washington Avenue by the city cemetery.
On May 26, the Fredericksburg City Council held a public hearing to discuss proposed revisions to their budget for the fiscal year 2021.
The revised budget total is down 7.5% from the March 10 recommended budget, coming in at $95.7 million. This is also a 5.9% decrease compared to the 2020 fiscal year.
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced is his coronavirus briefing on Tuesday, May 26 briefing that on Friday, May 29 all Virginians will be required to wear masks.
“Everyone will need to wear a face-covering when you are inside at a public place starting this Friday,” Northam said.
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I was so close, I could taste it.
After waiting in line for 90 minutes, I finally pulled up to the Krispy Kreme, ready for my free donuts. It was then, my car the next in line, that the police came and closed the sale, directing everyone to go home.
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The Stafford County Board of Supervisors decided to cancel the July 4 firework celebration this year due to budgeting cuts and social distance guidelines.
The cancelation comes after a $601,000 reduction in the county parks and rec budget.