Originals

Is daytime roadwork and all of those construction zones keeping you from getting where you’re going?

Newly-elected Delegate Joshua Cole (D-28, Fredericksburg, Stafford) think so, and he’s introduced a new bill that would require the Virginia Department of Transportation to do all of their work at night.


News

CRRL press release | Central Rappahannock Regional Library (CRRL) is offering its 3rd annual Winter Reading Challenge for adults January 1 through March 31, 2020. CRRL customers 16 or older can sign up at librarypoint.org/winter.

Similar to CRRL’s Summer Reading program, participants can complete online missions to earn digital badges and chances to win movie tickets or a bag of books. Participants who log four or more books will receive a limited-edition CRRL travel mug while supplies last.


News

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be remembered next week by the Catholic Diocese of Arlington.

Diocese press release | On Sunday, January 12, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, Catholic Diocese of Arlington, will celebrate a Mass in Recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More. The annual Mass honors the life and legacy of the late civil rights leader who was slain almost 52 years ago.


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4 p.m. | We just received an update from Virginia State Police on this morning’s fatal crash near Quantico.

Virginia State Police press release |Trooper J.D. Capra is investigating two crashes that occurred early Wednesday morning (Jan. 8) on Interstate 95 at the 149 mile marker in Prince William County.


Features

Adventure Brewing at Eagle Village will open for business on January 11, bringing its award-winning craft brews to a second location in Fredericksburg.

“We have been looking at locations for a very long time since Adventure South closed, with the landlord not wanting to renew the lease. We still wanted to have a presence in the Fredericksburg area,” said co-owner Russ Patishnock.


News

Stafford sheriff’s office press release | FRAUD — Pinkerton Court, 01/06, 6:00 p.m. A resident reported that an individual impersonating a deputy with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office called him and said he missed jury duty.

Consequently, he needed to pay a fine in the amount of $1111.00 using gift cards. The resident realized the call was a scam and immediately reported it to the Sheriff’s Office. The incident is under investigation.


Police press release | Reckless Handling of a Firearm – On January 5 at 8:15 p.m., officers responded to the area of Chesapeake Dr. and Beveridge Dr. in Dumfries (22026) to investigate a shots fired call.

The investigation revealed that a resident in the area, later identified as the accused, fired shots from the balcony of their residence towards a wooded area, before leaving on foot.


Prince William

Elected officials in Prince William County were sworn into office — officially — at the Hylton Performing Arts Center.

The ceremony was held at the Manassas area preforming arts center at 6:30 p.m. It included members of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors and its sheriff.