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Victim got call from a woman claiming to be his granddaughter in trouble

Published June 27, 2020 at 10:49AM

The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office warns public of a scam after man gathers money to help, what he believed to be, his granddaughter in trouble and gives money to a courier.

A report on this scam occurred on Thursday, June 25, at 2:23 p.m., when a deputy was called to a home in Grafton Village for a complaint of fraud, according to a press release from Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. Upon arrival, Layug was told that the resident had received a phone call from a woman claiming to be his granddaughter, according to police.

This week’s hot spots in Fredericksburg, Stafford

By Rick Horner

Published June 27, 2020 at 10:44AM

I-95 north of Rappahannock River Bridge in Stafford County.

Here’s a look at construction hot spots in the Fredericksburg/ Stafford County region, from the Virginia Department of Transportation:

I-95 Southbound

Stafford delays school start date, looks at mixing in-person and virtual learning

By Gianna Jirak

Published June 26, 2020 at 9:31PM | Updated June 26, 2020 at 10:20PM

Students in Stafford County are getting an extra week of summer vacation as the start of the school year has been pushed back for additional teacher training.

At their June 23 meeting, the Stafford County School Board approved an updated school calendar that both delays the start of the school year by one week and adds two additional days onto the academic year. These changes have caused the school year to now begin on Aug. 17 and end on May 28.

Stafford prohibits employees’ use of personal accounts to communicate with students, student use of cellphones

By Gianna Jirak

Published June 26, 2020 at 1:44AM | Updated June 26, 2020 at 2:01AM

School may be out of session, but Stafford County teachers have been given new rules to follow.

During their June 23 school board meeting, the Stafford County School Board unanimously approved revisions to the school division’s Standard of Professional Conduct for All Employees, which ‘sets forth expectations for employee behavior both in and outside the workplace, as well as with students in-person and remote,’ according to school board documentation.

From parks to the YMCAs — here’s what’s open and closed as we prepare to enter Phase III

By Arabella Thornhill

Published June 26, 2020 at 1:18AM

Destiny Neis, a personal trainer, leads the exercise routines during "Virginia Healthy Youth Day" at Triangle Elementary School. (Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

As Virginia prepares to enter Phase III of the coronavirus reopening plan, we’re learning more about what parks and recreation facilities will be open for use.

The SACC program at the Massad Family YMCA, located at 212 Butler Road in Falmouth will be open for residents.

Sheriff’s blotter: Washington, D.C. man faces charges

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 25, 2020 at 11:27AM

A Stafford County Sheriff's' patrol car.

Authorities in Stafford County say they charged a Washington, D.C. man with marijuana possession.

From the sheriff’s office:

Feds slap Stafford County with lawsuit over Muslim cemetery

By Rick Horner

Published June 25, 2020 at 12:11AM

The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Stafford County, claiming it blocked the creation of what would have been a Muslim-owned cemetery in the county.

The DOJ says the county violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act — RLUIPA — a federal law that protects religious institutions from discriminatory land-use regulations. The lawsuit alleges the county enacted overly restrictive zoning regulations that prevented the All Muslim Association of America (AMAA) from developing the cemetery, which would have been constructed on 29 acres of land the AMAA had purchased on Garrisonville Road in North Stafford.

Here’s the only place you can swim in public in Stafford County this summer

By Trinity Bui

Published June 24, 2020 at 11:41PM

Aquia Landing beach.

With the 4th of July approaching, Stafford County shared its plans for events, openings, and cancelations.

The county is currently in Phase II of Governor Ralph Northam’s reopening plan for Virginia following the coronavirus pandemic, however, the coronavirus has impacted many of the county’s plans for summer events and programs.