Author: Uriah Kiser

STAFFORD, Va. — Residents will get to speak out on a plan to enact a 1 cent tax levy for a $42 million storm water management plan. Stafford County officials on Tuesday authorized a public hearing for April 15 before the County Board of Supervisors.

Officials must decide whether or not to create a storm water service district to help curb pollutants that flow into streams and rivers from entering the Chesapeake Bay. Since 2003, Virginia has required Stafford County to inspect storm water management facilities owned by private home owners associations, but new federal mandates put Stafford and other area counties on a “pollution diet” that means they have to reduce even further the amount of nutrients and sediments flowing to the bay.

FALMOUTH, Va. — When Lynn Knight first drove to Falmouth she couldn’t find the place.

The area – once a bustling port in the 18th and 19th centuries – sits on the Rappahannock River in Stafford County across from Fredericksburg. Knight, a consultant who was hired to figure out how to make Falmouth bustling again eventually did find the tiny village, and then she devised the Falmouth Master Interpretive Plan that details how to bring more people to the area with the hopes of boosting tourism and commerce.

MANASSAS, Va. — The chronically sick, under insured, or uninsured in need of medical attention now have a new option in Manassas.

The Evergreen Health Clinic opened its doors on Monday offering an all-inclusive approach to treating the sick and tracking their progress keep them on the road to getting well.

STAFFORD, Va. — Stafford residents got their first look at the County Administrator’s proposed $261 million budget for FY2015 Tuesday night.

The plan calls for increased funding for road construction projects, park improvements, and a the installation of a new computer-aided 911 dispatch system to be used by the sheriff’s office and fire and rescue department.