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Stafford County receives funding for transportation projects

By Rick Horner

Stafford County recently announced they had received $8.4 million in transportation funding through the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Revenue Sharing Program for roadway improvements on Shelton Shop Road, Leeland Road and the U.S. Route 1/Courthouse Road Intersection.

Transportation fund availability varies each year since it is based mostly on gas tax dollars tied directly to gasoline sales and prices. This year, the coronavirus pandemic significantly impacted transportation funding on local, state and federal levels. To address some of the funding shortfalls in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Governor Northam made changes to the state’s Six-Year Improvement Plan that reallocated funding for projects in the out years to ensure current project schedules are supported.

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Wedding rings recovered after woman hires in-home cleaning company

By Uriah Kiser
A photo of the recovered rings. [Stafford County Sheriff's Office]

A Stafford woman told law enforcement authorities she hired a cleaning company to come into her home and later found a tote bag containing two sets of wedding rings were missing.

The victim reported the theft to police on Friday, November 13, according to the Staford County Sheriff’s Office.  The cleaning company was inside the victim’s home on November 12, according to the sheriff’s office.

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Stafford votes to cap limits on flagpole height following Confederate flag removal

By Rick Horner

The Stafford County Board of Supervisors recently passed an ordinance to remove monuments and flag poles from the list of structures exempt from height limitations in the county’s code.

The move comes after an 80-foot-flag pole along Interstate 95, and a Confederate battle flag the flew atop it, sparked years of debate in the region about whether or not to remove the pole and flag. Last month, the Virginia Department of Transportation acquired the private property on which the flag pole sits, along with nine other parcels of land, and removed the flag pole.

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Prince William extends tax deadline, while Stafford is due on Dec. 5

By Uriah Kiser

Prince William County Supervisors voted to extend the deadline for residents to pay their property taxes.

During a meeting on Nov. 17, 2020, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors passed a resolution extending the payment deadline for real estate taxes for the second-half of 2020 for 60 days, changing the deadline from Dec. 5, 2020, to Feb. 3, 2021. The extension applies to both commercial and residential real property.

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Marine Corps museum to close to visitors, again

By Uriah Kiser
Photo: The National Museum of the Marine Corps Facebook page

Visitors who want to visit the exhibit halls of the National Museum of the Marine Corps will be turned away starting Monday, November 23.

The museum announced it will temporarily close its building to the public due to the rising number of cases of coronavirus in Virginia. The museum details its plans in a press release.

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