FREDERICKSBURG — A historic slave auction block at the corner of Charles and William Street is being relocated to the Fredericksburg Area Museum, after more than two years of an intensive dialogue between city councilmembers and citizens on the block’s future.

At the July 9 city council meeting, councilmembers and representatives of the Fredericksburg Area Museum agreed that the block would be moved to the museum, contingent on the city and the museum coming to a mutually satisfying plan for the block’s funding and future.


You can volunteer to participate as an actor in Capital Fortitude, a full-scale mock-emergency exercise.

Everyone is welcome to come out and see a public health emergency response in action and help the community. There is also a giveaway for anyone interested in participating.


MANASSAS — Two people are now being treated after exposure to rabies in Manassas.

Dr. Alison Ansher at the Prince William Health District office says they called the office after we reported a group of people who appeared to be in their early 20s was seen handling a bat they picked up from a sidewalk in Downtown Manassas.


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