Germanna Community College’s enrollment is climbing despite the pandemic.
Enrollment is up 4.24% for the fall compared to the same date in 2019, the college reports.Germanna began bucking the national trend with a 25% surge in summer enrollment.
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Here are this week’s traffic hot spots for the Stafford County and Fredericksburg area, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
I-95 Southbound
Early voting is underway across the state, and in our region, thousands have already went to the polls to cast their ballots.
In Prince William County, nearly 3,300 people cast their ballots over Friday and Saturday, September 18 and 19, respectively. The county’s office of elections has polling places set up at
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Pastor Dr. Bennie Earl Rodgers was born on December 23, 1951 and passed away on September 20, 2020. Pastor Rodgers was a resident of Conyers, Georgia.
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Public libraries in the Fredericksburg region are set to reopen to the public, in an limited capacity, on November 11.
But county leaders in Stafford are asking why the Central Rappahannock Regional Library system hasn’t already done so, similar to libraries in neighboring counties. There’s also a discussion about whether or not Stafford would be better off operating its own library system.
Saturday will be sunny and breezy.
Many schools in our region plan to return to some form of in-person learning in late October or early November.
Some parents and teachers across the region say a return to in-person learning is needed now to benefit students.
A Stafford woman faces felony murder, involuntary manslaughter and child neglect charges in the death of an infant.
On November 12, 2019 at 4:57 p.m. the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office and fire and rescue department were called to an address on Spinnaker Way for a 4-month-old boy that was not breathing. The infant was taken to Stafford Hospital and later flown to VCU Medical Center in Richmond for treatment.
Prince William County, Manassas, Manassas Park, and all the towns now have a Public Defender.
On Wednesday, September 2, Woodbridge District Supervisor Margaret Franklin hosted a virtual forum along with Chief Public Defender Tracey Lenox and Deputy Chief Public Defender Jenny Miller, as well as Occoquan District Supervisor Kenny Boddye and EJ Scott from the Prince William County NAACP.