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The Town of Occoquan’s Fall Arts & Crafts Show takes over the historic district this weekend, Saturday, Sept. 26, and Sunday, Sept. 27, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
Mayor Earnie Porta, in a Sept. 18 e-newsletter to Potomac Local News, said the show will bring hundreds of vendors and thousands of visitors into town. He called it one of the area’s signature events.
Always Flavored celebrated its sixth anniversary last weekend at its bistro and market at 619 Caroline Street, opening the three-day party with a Friday ribbon-cutting hosted by Fredericksburg Main Street.
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High school students from across the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region are invited to participate in Dialogue for Democracy at George Mason University!
Hosted by the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, this event offers high school students an opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations about democracy, civic engagement, and the importance of understanding different perspectives.
Two reported rapes of women working at massage businesses on Plank Road — one in the city, one in are the backdrop for a Fredericksburg review of local parlor rules.
Fredericksburg police said a woman reported she was raped Aug. 31 while working at a massage and wellness spa in the 2100 block of Plank Road in the city. That call went to the city’s E-911 center. Fredericksburg police are investigating that case.
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Spotsylvania supervisors spent Tuesday night answering for social-media posts and appointment paperwork, Fredericksburg is moving toward monthly utility bills as soon as November, and Caroline County approved a large industrial rezoning on U.S. 1.
According to the Fredericksburg Free Press, two Spotsylvania supervisors came under fire Tuesday even though the board agenda had no public hearings. Courtland District Supervisor Drew Mullins apologized for posts on X, and residents challenged recently appointed Chancellor District Supervisor Tim McLaughlin over the address on his application, a late Statement of Economic Interests, and a confrontation at early voting.
Fredericksburg police on Tuesday night took a stabbing call in the 500 block of Caroline Street. The victim was treated for life-threatening injuries. Joseph Crawford, 64, of Fredericksburg, was held without bond on aggravated assault and public drunkenness charges.
Stafford County deputies on Sept. 23 took two fraud reports with no suspects named.
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