Business

Embrey Mill Primary and Urgent Care, an independent healthcare organization, join the Stafford business community at 1610 Publix Way, Building B Unit 112, in Stafford.

The organization aims to provide reliable healthcare services. They rang in the New Year and were welcomed by the county with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on January 2, 2023. The office opens to the public on Monday, January 16, 2023.


News

A student representative sits on the Stafford County School Board for the first time.

During the school board meeting on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, the School Board voted unanimously to appoint its first-ever Student Representatives to the Stafford County School Board. Katherine Buckman, a junior at Mountain View High School, will serve as the primary student representative. In contrast, Miss Maraki Solomon, a Brooke Point High School junior, will serve as the alternate student representative. Both students will serve one-year terms.


Business

Onelife Fitness held its Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the grand opening of a 7,000-square-foot expansion at the Stafford location, 315 Garrisonville Road.

The expansion included a new Saltwater Pool, Whirlpool, and an expanded turf functional training area with Explosive Performance athlete training. According to the company, the firm invested $1 million into the North Stafford location.


Event

Dreaming about your next vacation? Join Cruise Planners Beth Borrego and Rod Rodriguez for an inspiring day devoted to ocean and river cruises, guided tours, luxury travel and unforgettable destinations!

Meet representatives from AmaWaterways, Collette, Oceania Cruises and Premier World Discovery. Hear informative presentations, ask questions, explore exciting vacation possibilities and discover which travel experience may be the perfect fit for you.


News

Gov. Glenn Youngkin singled out a Germanna Community College nursing graduate when he spoke during his State of the Commonwealth speech on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, about the critical need to boost the number of nurses and other healthcare professionals trained to fill openings in Virginia.

She is Kaitlyn Niesent, a Stafford County resident who graduated from Germanna last spring.


Opinion

The Democratic Party charter states: “What we seek for our Nation, we hope for all people – individual freedom in the framework of a just society, political freedom in the framework of meaningful participation by all citizens.

Bound by the U.S. Constitution, aware that a party must be responsive to be worthy of responsibility, we pledge ourselves to open, honest endeavor and to the conduct of public affairs in a manner worthy of a society of free people.”


News

A Stafford County 911 operator is credited for helping to deliver a baby over the phone.

At 2:26 a.m. today, Thursday, January 12, 2022, the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office said the child’s mother went into labor at her North Stafford home. The child’s father was also home, realized he didn’t have enough time to drive the mother to a hospital and dialed 911.


Business

For the sixth year, Atlantic Builders has completed a home whose proceeds have been donated to charitable organizations throughout the Fredericksburg region. These “Give Back Homes” are possible with the cooperation of Atlantic’s trade partners and suppliers who contribute materials and labor at a reduction in cost or in many instances for free.

This year’s Give Back Home was built in the Kellogg Mill, a community of single-family homes, located in Stafford County.


News

On December 18, the children of the Linden family let out Samus, an 11 year-old, female German Shepherd, and forgot to put on the electric fence collar. The family noticed she had gone missing and assumed she would return home.

That night, a bystander found Samus and shortly she was brought over to the Prince William County Animal Shelter. The shelter staff kept Samus overnight, and in the morning called the family after scanning for a microchip. On the afternoon of December 19, she was picked up and brought home.