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A traffic stop in Stafford County resulted in the recovery of some stolen items reported missing from a North Stafford neighborhood home.

“A suspect stopped by the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office for several minor traffic violations yesterday was incarcerated for a prior breaking and entering offense. On August 18th at approximately 2:08 p.m., Deputy S.C. Martin conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of Garrisonville Road and Jefferson Davis Highway.


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Boaters on the Rappahannock River will have to steer clear of the Chatham Bridge in Fredericksburg next week.

More in a press release from the Virginia Department of Transportation:


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Stafford County will open its schools this fall for daycare. It’ll keep the buildings closed for teachers and students.

The county school division says it plans to house up to 675 students, across 13 different schools, as part of a daycare program hosted by the Massad Family YMCA on Butler Road in Falmouth. Children of Stafford County Government employees will get priority placement in the schools, while others will be placed at other sites as selected by the YMCA.


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In the era of Zoom, teleworking, and distance learning brought on by the coronavirus, access to reliable, affordable internet has become an essential issue to Virginians.

Because of the decision by multiple counties to opt to send students back to class at the start of the new school year, students, like never before, are dependent on quality internet.


Prince William

It’s back to the drawing board for the long talked about interchange at Routes and 123 in Woodbridge.

Prince William County’s Department of Transportation is conducting a “Strategically Targeted Affordable Roadway Solutions” study, also known as the STARS, to identify new, cost-effective designs for an interchange that would untangle traffic in the busy intersection, as well as provide easy access to the nearby Belmont Bay neighborhood and Virginia Railway Express commuter rail station.