The county’s fire and rescue department have operated from a trailer near the intersection of Garrisonville and Shelton Shop roads since 2012. It razed a 1920’s-era farmhouse so it could place the trailer on the corner for firefighters to use as a makeshift firehouse.
A new $6.5 million station to replace that trailer is about a year behind schedule. The station building is up, and the bay doors affixed.
Officials are working to purchase land for the future right-of-way for an expansion of Route 1 at Courthouse Road. But the cost is on the rise due to inflation, county officials said.
Last year, the budgeted cost was about $14 million. Now it’s increased to they’ve doubled, at $18.7 million.
That’s the message from the county’s communications office to members of the Board of Supervisors who are waiting to see if voters will approve the proposed bond at the voting booth on Nov. 5.
The money would go to improve multiple roads, to include
STAFFORD — A woman was arrested Sept. 4 by Stafford County Sheriff’s deputies. She’s accused of striking a 12-year-old boy who was riding a bicycle with her vehicle.
At 7:30 p.m., deputies were called to a report of a pedestrian struck at Paradise Court.
More than 15 pots of chili crowded a long table Saturday in Lake Arrowhead, as neighbors came together to hold a chili-cookoff fundraiser to get cash for repairs to the neighborhood park.
Residents paid $10 per person donation to get into the event. While there, they met Stafford County Sheriff David Decatur and some of his deputies who showed off one of the department’s drones. The sheriff is running for re-election on November 5.
Open swimming hours at the city’s community center’s indoor pool were slashed on September 9 due to a lack of lifeguards.
The city points to a national shortage of swimming pool lifeguards [as reported by our indie cousin Shawnee Mission Post] as the reason the hours modifying, cutting out midway swims from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
That partnership, between Fredericksburg City, Stafford, and Spotsylvania counties, is meant to pool the resources of each jurisdiction, to get more people to travel to the region, and bring their business events to hotels and the convention center.
In place since 1994, each jurisdiction spends $117,000 a year on the regional tourism effort. But the partnership expires on June 30, 2020, and that has local leaders in Stafford asking if they should go it alone when trying to lure tourists to breweries, wineries, and Ferry Farm, George Washington’s boyhood home on the Rappahannock River.
STAFFORD COUNTY — (Sheriff’s Department Press Release) A suspect was taken into custody on Thursday morning by deputies with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office for assaulting a female subject with a weapon.
On September 12, 2019, at approximately 5:22 a.m., Deputy Aubrecht was parked in the area of 2650 Jefferson Davis Highway when he was flagged down by a woman. She was distraught and told the deputy she was involved in a domestic situation at her residence located on Tolbelt Court.
A new policy from Schools Superintendent Dr. Scott Kizner means they can’t take pictures of athletes during school sporting events.
Professional photographers Sandie Waters and Jen Mulenbruck are the inferred subjects of the new policy. The duo had been hired to take photos of athletics teams at Stafford and Colonial Forge high schools, respectively. They’ve been shooting team photos since 2013.
