STAFFORD — Residents on Tuesday night pleaded with Stafford County leaders to raise their taxes.

They say the county’s current tax rate of 99 cents per every $100 of the assessed residential property would provide needed money to repair and rebuild crumbling schools, and improve the county’s transportation network.


DUMFRIES — Both candidates for running for mayor in Dumfries say the biggest issue facing the town is the need to improve Route 1, realign it, and widen it to six lanes. 

That they say will eradicate a chronic traffic bottleneck through the town and spur economic development.


From a press release: 

Shooting Investigation – On March 31 at 5:08AM, officers responded to the Heathcote Medical Center located at 15196 Heathcote Blvd in Haymarket (20169) to investigate a shooting after a man was brought to the facility suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the lower body. A group of individuals dropped the victim off at the hospital before fleeing.


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