RICHMOND — Reflecting national concerns over “food deserts,” federal and state lawmakers Monday called for legislation to help people in low-income neighborhoods get better access to fresh vegetables and other healthy foods.

The officials discussed food insecurity at a town-hall-style meeting at the Peter Paul Development Center in Richmond’s East End, where poverty is high and full-fledged grocery stores are scarce.


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STAFFORD – (Press Release) The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information from the public on a bicycle accident that occurred on March 28 in the area of Jefferson Davis Highway and Tracey Street.

On Thursday, March 28, 2019, at approximately 2:00 p.m., units with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office and Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department responded to reports of a pedestrian struck. Upon arrival, they learned a bicycle had been struck by a truck while traveling southbound on Jefferson Davis Highway in the area of the Hidden Valley 7-Eleven. The truck remained on scene and the 57-year-old male driver was identified.


STAFFORD – (Press release) River Road will be closed several days next week to accommodate work on Phase IV of the Belmont-Ferry Farm Trail.

Crews will be installing a pipe under the road to improve drainage of runoff near the entrance to Pratt Park.  Visitors will still be able to access Pratt Park via River Road from Route 1. River Road will be closed to traffic on Tuesday – Thursday, April 2– 4, 2019, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.


STAFFORD – (Press release) Route 218 (Caledon Road/White Oak Road) in Stafford and King George counties will be reduced to a single lane at midday over the next two weeks to allow crews to install a centerline rumble strip as a safety improvement.

Route 218 will be reduced to a single lane between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Monday, April 1 through Friday, April 5, and again on Monday, April 8 through Friday, April 12.


Stafford County officials said Prince William County is the regional model for tax rates for data centers.

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STAFFORD — (Press release) Stafford County is moving ahead with the FY2020 Proposed Budget process with a public hearing on Tuesday, April 2, 2019, at 7 p.m.

To accommodate more participants, the location has been changed to the auditorium at Brooke Point High School, 1700 Courthouse Road in Stafford. The hearing is part of a series of meetings designed to move the Board of Supervisors forward to final adoption of the FY2020 Budget on April 16, 2019.


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