A tractor trailer slammed into the rear of an SUV just as it crossed the Rappahannock River from Stafford County into Fredericksburg about 5 p.m. The force of the crash caused the SUV to collide with two other vehicles in front of it.
No one was seriously injured, but the crash closed all three southbound lanes of the highway for a brief time. That prompted police to urge drivers to take alternate routes around the crash scene as traffic backed up.
Zibibbo 73 Chophouse in Aquia Park is one of Stafford’s newest and coziest restaurants. It replaced the Firkin and Bulldog pub earlier this year, but the owners made few changes to the interior of the restaurant.
The dark wood that makes up the large bar remains, along with the building’s signature red carpet which helps to bring about the restaurant’s warm feel.
That’s what happened Saturday at the Aquia Terrace apartments in Stafford, when about 10 residents of the complex paid $5 each to rent a table to sell their wares.
To make it more interesting, the apartment complex sold hot dogs and drinks for $1 each and donated the money to charity.
Stafford County, Va. –– A Stafford racing tradition will make its return to the Potomac River..
The Rockhill Ruitan’s Club Cardboard Boat Regatta will be held Saturday at Aquia Landing Park.
For weeks I have declined to mow over a small volunteer petunia growing beside my driveway. You see, I don’t have the best of luck growing things that I have planted so when a petunia sprouted up on its own I didn’t have the heart to mow it down while trimming the rest of the lawn.
Would you mow over a petunia for the sake of a perfectly manicured lawn or let it grow?
The program is the first of its kind in the school division, but Colonial Forge is enrolling 192 more students in the fall than the school was designed to hold, reports Fredericksburg.com.
The school system’s policy allows high students to transfer into other schools that do not offer similar academic programs at their own schools. However, the policy was revised last year to allow the school superintendent to override transfer decisions.
The President’s draw down from Afghanistan may mark the beginning of the end of our almost ten year involvement in that country.
The thousands of American and allied Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines who have served in that “graveyard of empires” have helped make our world more secure by disrupting the havens of al Qaeda terrorists and taking down the regime of their Taliban hosts. Although these successes may be temporary, they were achieved in a very inhospitable environment.
Flames broke out at 44 Joshua Road in North Stafford, just off Garrisonville Road (Va. 610).
Two adults and one child were inside the house when it caught fire, and all of them managed to escape the burning house without injury, said Stafford fire and rescue spokesman Mark Doyle.
A Stafford sheriff’s deputy traveling south on Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) saw an SUV headed in the opposite direction traveling at a high rate of speed. The deputy flipped on his emergency lights and began pursuit.
The deputy pulled up behind the truck and told his dispatch center he was pursuing gray Chevrolet Silverado with Oklahoma license plates traveling at 69 mph, said Stafford Sheriff’s Maj. David Decatur.
Potomac Point Winery opened in 2007, the brain child of Cindy and Skip Causey who both have long called Stafford’s Widewater area home.
The winery now offers at least 15 different varieties of wines, some of which area seasonal their availabilities depend on weather conditions. In addition to the Mediterranean-inspired building where all of their wine is made, the winery is surrounded by a vineyard that produces grapes used in all of the wines made here.
