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Fredericksburg using more federal pandemic money to for food, housing

Published January 14, 2021 at 2:44PM | Updated July 1, 2022 at 5:18PM

The City of Fredericksburg City Hall building.

The second round of CARES Act funding is being delivered to non-profits working to help people in the Fredericksburg region during the pandemic.

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Habitat for Humanity consolidates in Manassas, closes Woodbridge ReStore

By Uriah Kiser

Published January 13, 2021 at 3:05PM | Updated July 1, 2022 at 5:18PM

The continuing coronavirus pandemic has claimed another business, as a Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Woodbridge has closed.

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Manassas approves rezoning for new townhomes next to elementary school

By Uriah Kiser

Published January 13, 2021 at 1:07PM | Updated July 1, 2022 at 5:18PM

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A Manassas City elementary school will soon have some new neighbors.

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Prince William keeps up pressure to return students, overrules superintendent

By Uriah Kiser

Published January 13, 2021 at 6:02AM | Updated August 13, 2024 at 6:29PM

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School leaders are hopeful they can get more children back into classrooms by March.

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Stafford geocaching game gives tour of our nation’s oldest stone quarry

By Rick Horner

Published January 12, 2021 at 3:55PM | Updated July 1, 2022 at 5:20PM

Visitors got a look at Government Island Saturday as it is opened to the public for the first time in 2010. Sandstone from the Islands quarry was used in the construction of the White House and the U.S Capital. (Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

Stafford County now has a geocaching game that can be played on Government Island.

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Gainesville HS renaming fails, angering school board member

By Uriah Kiser

Published January 12, 2021 at 11:47AM | Updated August 13, 2024 at 6:29PM

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The effort to rename a school that has yet to open has failed, and the school board member pushing the idea dropped out of the meeting before it adjourned.