Protestors clashed with the Stafford sheriff’s deputies again Monday night, this time of the Falmouth Bridge over the Rappahannock River.
A group of protestors was marching on the bridge that links Stafford County to Fredericksburg City at about 6:30 p.m., with arms linked, blocking all four lanes of traffic, according to sheriff’s office spokeswoman Amanda Vicinanzo.
Windows at businesses along Liberia Avenue in Manassas were smashed following protest Sunday evening.
Manassas police spokeswoman Sarah Maroney said, after a group of peaceful protesters left, new ones showed and starting throwing objects, which ended up smashing the glass of businesses like Glory Days Grill.
Protesters fanned out across Manassas on Monday afternoon in the latest in a series of protests in the Manassas area in the past three days, following the death of 46-year-old George Floyd, in Minneapolis.
Floyd was killed during an arrest attempt on May 25. Former police officer Derek Chauvin is charged in his death.
The Fredericksburg City Government, in an abundance of caution for additional protests, has closed government offices at 2 p.m. according to a press release from the city’s Public Information Officer, Sonja Cantu.
This comes in light of what the city’s Fire Chief, Mike Jones, called a ‘civil disturbance’ that Fredericksburg faced on May 31 when peaceful protests turned unruly and people refused to disperse. Protestors, as well as Virginia Delegate Joshua Cole, were subdued with tear gas by police.
For the second night in a row, Virginia police have faced off with protestors and gassed a Virignia State Delegate, only this time it was in Fredericksburg.
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Stafford residents gathered for a peaceful rally at the Stafford Marketplace shopping center to protest police brutality and encourage community participation.
The rally was held outside a Target store at 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon to protest the actions of police brutality that took the life of Minneapolis resident George Floyd, 46. Residents gathered to hear speakers implore them to take action on the local level, to press leaders through the ballot to make sure that the events that have happened in Minneapolis and around the country don’t happen in Stafford.
A total of 39 CVS pharmacies are now serving as coronavirus testing sites in Virginia, and here’s where they are near you.
Fredericksburg, Fairfax, Dumfries, Manassas, Stafford County, and Alexandria all have CVS stores ready for coronavirus testing. According to CVS Pharmacy’s “Covid-19: Expanded Testing Locations” page, here’s where they are nearby.
A Fredericksburg-area DMV office will reopen on Monday, June 1 by appointment and offer limited services.
The DMV location in Southpoint Shoppes in Spotsylvania County will be one of a handful of locations that will be the first to reopen since the beginning of the quarantine due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A popular Chick-fil-A location in Fredericksburg has closed down, and not just because it’s Sunday.
It has been confirmed, by both Chick-fil-A and numerous Facebook posts from customers, that at least one staff member at the restaurant located at 1698 Carl D. Silver Parkway in Central Park has been diagnosed with the new coronavirus. The restaurant has reportedly closed.
The Fredericksburg City Council just approved a $545,000 plan to fix up the asphalt and pave over sections of William Street and Blue and Gray Parkway.
The William Street section will stretch from the Blue and Gray Parkway to Washington Avenue by the city cemetery.
