STAFFORD — (Press Release) The Rappahannock Regional Solid Waste Management Board (R-Board) will temporarily waive fees for the disposal of yard debris from residents beginning today August 21, 2019 through September 1, 2019, at the Regional Landfill at Eskimo Hill.
The Stafford and Fredericksburg area served by the Regional Landfill has experienced recent violent thunderstorms with high winds, causing many trees and limbs to fall. The R-Board wants to assist residents with clean-up activities.
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A plane crashed in Spotsylvania County today as the pilot was attempted to land on Lake Anna.
The crash occurred today at 4:27 p.m. at 3318 Fisherman’s Way.
MANASSAS PARK — Fire crews were called to a small fire inside of a townhouse.
The fire was caused by a candle burning inside the home in the 8000 block of Duck Pond Drive, behind the Manassas Park Fire and Rescue Station. The occupant of the home called 911, and then evacuated, according to initial reports.
NORTH STAFFORD — A new Virginia ABC store opened at the North Stafford Complex shopping center last year, next to a Walmart Neighborhood Market.
This morning, it was the target of smash and grab thieves.
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STAFFORD COUNTY — A tractor-trailer overturned at the intersection of Route 1 and Layhill Road.
About 100 gallons of diesel spilled from the truck into the nearby Claiborne Run, causing a major HAZMAT situation in the area, Stafford fire and rescue Chief Joseph Cardello. State authorities have been called in to help Stafford County crews with the clean up that is expected to take five to six hours.
A discussion with two independent news publishers, Denise Civiletti and Katie Blasl, about the local news business in 2019. They’re both independent journalists working to cover Riverhead, N.Y.
STAFFORD — Did you get a juror questionnaire in the mail this week? If so, you’re not alone.
Stafford County Circuit Court Clerk Kathy Sterne said she mailed 21,000 paper questionnaires to county residents. She’s on a mission to fill jury panels for trials slated to happen in 2020.
