We’ve long been reporting on Stafford County’s efforts to bring wireless high-spend internet to portions of the area that don’t have it.

It’s been an issue Aquia District Supervisor Cindy Shelton has championed during multiple meetings and town halls. As leaders pressed state and federal officials for funding, Shelton knocked on doors rally neighbors to the cause.


Stafford County Administrator Tom Foley will retire on July 1 after a 30-year career serving jurisdictions in Virginia.

The county will search for a replacement for Foley. His departure comes as the county continues to grow in population and increasingly finds itself increasingly becoming apart of the Northern Virginia region.


The observation tower overlooking the Manassas Regional Airport has reached the end of its useful life.

The nearly 60-year-old structure is wrought with issues, to include the air conditioning not being able to keep pace with the heat generated by the electronics inside the tower, to the most serious: those in the tower can’t get a full view of the airport’s runway, which was extended by 500 feet in 2012.


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