Stafford County is moving ahead with its plan to transform its courthouse neighborhood into a smart city of the future.
The Stafford County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to allow for the development of smart city technology for the Stafford County Government Center. This will designate the intersection of Route 1 and Courthouse Road as the Downtown area of Stafford.
A tree fell onto a minivan traveling on Interstate 95 in North Stafford.
Emergency crews were called about 12:25 p.m. after someone called and report the tree fell across the left and middle lane of the northbound side of the highway, just south of mile post 143.
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Manassas Police Chief Douglas Keen stood before the city council Monday night, about 24 hours after a peaceful protest turned into a riot.
There, he explained how nearly 200 rioters chased him and his officers, pinning them down in the Battery Heights neighborhood just off Signal Hill Road.
Manassas is about to recognized by the CDC as a coronavirus hotspot.
A new report to be released by the CDC will note the Prince William Health District, and specifically the zip code of 20110, as a region with the highest number of coronavirus cases in the state, according to city manager Pat Pate, who announced this during tonight’s meeting of the city council.
One man faces charges after a window of a car was smashed during a protest on the Cambridge Street (Falmouth) Bridge on Monday, sending shattered glass falling on a one-year-old, police said.
Stafford law enforcement officials tell us:
Several big projects are in the work for the landfill through the Rappahannock Regional Solid Waste Management Board (R-Board) including a new landfill cell, glass recycling program, and wheel wash system.
The R-Board has had an overall drop in revenues for the fiscal year 2020, yet they’re still on-budget since they were ahead of it prior to the coronavirus pandemic taking hold.
Germanna Community College is offering free zoom sessions for citizens in need of computer and career help over the Summer.
In an effort to help local people laid off due to the pandemic, Germanna Community College is offering a free “Summer Skillup” online class this summer called, “Computers and Career Planning- Your Path to Success.” The class builds an understanding of computer essentials, popular programs, and integrates this knowledge into resume creation for job searches, states Michael Zitz, of Germanna College in an email.
Profits at Stafford Airport are nearly grounded due to low fuel sales and a lower number of customers.
Stafford Regional Airport has seen its business take a nosedive due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Their fuel sales are down 67%, and their aircraft operations are down by over 50%.
Northern Virginia may have recently reopened, but no one is supposed to be going out in Fredericksburg.
The City of Fredericksburg declared a state of emergency and issued an 8 pm curfew yesterday, June 1, in response to protests within the city. The curfew will last until June 3, and it prohibits residents of the city from being in public between the hours of 8 p.m to 6 a.m. The curfew, however, does not apply in all situations. ‘Traveling to and from work and medical emergencies’ are situations in which the curfew does not have to be followed, according to the Fredericksburg Police Department.
