News

Here are this week’s traffic hot spots in the Stafford County and Fredericksburg area provided by the Virginia Department of Transportation:

I-95 Northbound


Traffic

Metro today announced plans to accelerate major capital work on the Blue Line in Virginia that will modernize the signal system in the Alexandria Rail Yard, resulting in improved safety, reliability and on-time performance.


Event

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Obituaries

Susan Marie Thacker (Cronin) was born August 3, 1946 in Jacksonville, Florida. Soon after her family moved to Alexandria, Virginia where she lived until 1968. She graduated from Thomas Edison High School in Fairfax County Virginia in 1964 and began working at C&P telephone company in Washington, D.C. In 1968 she married James Thacker and […]


Prince William

Prince William County, in conjunction with the Fairfax County Department of Transportation, will hold a virtual information session regarding the Route 28 Bypass project on Dec. 7, 2020, at  7 p.m. The $300 million infrastructure project, one of the largest in the history of Prince William County, is aimed at reducing traffic congestion, improve travel reliability, and address other transportation challenges in the area.

The meeting is meant to inform residents of both counties about the project background, efforts to date, and the current status, focusing on proposed concepts for the Route 28 Bypass connection and tie-in point to the existing Route 28 in Fairfax County.