The rules for newly-built cemeteries in Stafford County changed this week, just as the county finds itself embroiled in a federal lawsuit claiming it denied Muslims a chance to build their own.
A new ordinance passed by Supervisors on Tuesday night now requires cemeteries to be built 656 feet from wells, or other sources of groundwater used to supply water to nearby homes. Under the old county rules, cemeteries had to be set back 900 feet from water sources.
A traffic stop in Stafford County resulted in the recovery of some stolen items reported missing from a North Stafford neighborhood home.
“A suspect stopped by the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office for several minor traffic violations yesterday was incarcerated for a prior breaking and entering offense. On August 18th at approximately 2:08 p.m., Deputy S.C. Martin conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of Garrisonville Road and Jefferson Davis Highway.
Boaters on the Rappahannock River will have to steer clear of the Chatham Bridge in Fredericksburg next week.
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Stafford County will open its schools this fall for daycare. It’ll keep the buildings closed for teachers and students.
The county school division says it plans to house up to 675 students, across 13 different schools, as part of a daycare program hosted by the Massad Family YMCA on Butler Road in Falmouth. Children of Stafford County Government employees will get priority placement in the schools, while others will be placed at other sites as selected by the YMCA.
In the era of Zoom, teleworking, and distance learning brought on by the coronavirus, access to reliable, affordable internet has become an essential issue to Virginians.
Because of the decision by multiple counties to opt to send students back to class at the start of the new school year, students, like never before, are dependent on quality internet.
Someone left behind their iPhone at a convenience store, and another customer picked it up and claimed it as their own.
That’s when the Stafford sheriff’s office got involved.
Manassas will give nearly a half-million dollars to help residents find a new job or train for a new one.
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Trespassing is a problem at Abel Lake, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s office.
Deputies have written 25 summons for trespassing during the summer months, said Maj. Shawn Kimmtiz. They’ve also stepped up patrols in and around the area of the lake, which serves as one of three of the county’s drinking water reservoirs.
As Stafford County prepares to send its public school students back to class virtually, county leaders must decide whether to use federal money to subsidize child daycare.
The Board of Supervisors tonight will hold a public hearing to discuss the allocation federal CARES Act funding, some $600,000 of which could go to the Massad Family YMCA which would provide daycare in its new virtual learning center at one of six locations in the area. For $113 per week, children who cannot attend classes in public schools will be allowed to come to the Massad Family YMCA on Butler Road, with a laptop in hand, to attend virtual classes.
The Rappahannock Area Community Services Board and Rappahannock Adult Activities are hosting an annual fall plant salet to help adults with disabilities.
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