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Ann Little is running for Mayor of the City of Fredericksburg.

She’ll face incumbent Mayor Katherine Greenlaw in an upcoming city-wide election on May 19. That election was postponed from May 5 by order of Gov. Ralph Northam, due to the coronavirus pandemic.


A former employee of a Safeway Food and Drug store went back to his former workplace and exposed himself, according to police.

Police were called on Tuesday, April 28, at 12:45 p.m., to a Safeway Food and Drug store at 4240 Merchant Plaza in Lake Ridge. A man, who was identified as a former worker at the stated Safeway store, walked up to the counter where a female employee was working, made obscene gestures, and exposed himself, according to police.


Prince William

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors unanimously approved a request to add approximately 84 acres of land into an agricultural and forestal district during their board meeting on April 28.

Located near the Nokesville School, the first parcel, located at 13063 Hickerson Lane, is 80 acres. It will be used for fields, forestry, crops, and livestock. The second four-acre parcel is located at 13209 Farmview Road, known as the Madera Farm. It will be used as a “wooded lot to be forested,” according to county documents.


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Starting today, Gov. Ralph Northam is relaxing what were his strict orders that prevented Virginians to have nonessential surgery during the spread of the coronavirus.

“Today, I’m announcing that elective surgery and dental procedures can resume when the public order expires at midnight on [May 1] with guidelines in place to ensure safety for healthcare workers and patients and to maintain an adequate supply of PPE,” Northam said at a press conference on Wednesday, April 29.


Obituaries

Susan Frances Egleston, 70 of Fredericksburg, VA died at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center on April 27, 2020.

She was born in California on April 14, 1950 to the late Francis and Katherine Egleston. Susan was an active member of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church in Fredericksburg, VA where she was involved in the Council of Catholic Women (CCW) for many years.


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A candidate for Manassas City Council teamed up with Miss Virginia to bring hot meals to a city trailer park.

Miss Virginia United States 2020 Katelyn Page joined Helen Zurita, a community activist turned city council candidate, at the East End Mobile Home Park on Route 28 where they donated 150 hot meals to residents.


Some of the budget priorities passed into Fiscal Year 2021 adopted budget by the Prince William County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday’s meeting are those championed by Woodbridge District Supervisor Margaret Franklin.

The Board of County Supervisors approved a budget that will increase the average Real Estate tax bill for county residents, netting additional money for the county budget that is now about $40 million lighter than it had been before the coronavirus outbreak, thanks, in part, to a collapse in sales tax revenues brought on the by the government-ordered shutdown.


Business

Hospitals in Prince William County and Manassas won’t be affected by a new round of cuts and furloughs announced by the UVA Health System.

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