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Fredericksburg EDA asks whether the business license is costing employers

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A view of Downtown Fredericksburg from above Hurkamp Park [Photo: Fredericksburg City]

Fredericksburg starts taxing business receipts at $100,000. Spotsylvania’s comparable tier, as read in the room, starts at $2 million. Stafford has no BPOL tax and refused to bring one back.

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Fredericksburg City Schools eyes Project SEARCH partnership at new Kalahari resort

By PLN News
Construction tour of the new Kalahari Resorts & Conventions site
Construction tour of the new Kalahari Resorts & Conventions site in Spotsylvania County. Credit Courtesy Kalahari Resorts

Fredericksburg City Schools could join a regional Project SEARCH work-immersion program at the new Kalahari resort in Spotsylvania beginning in the 2027-28 school year.

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Stafford

Stafford supervisors meet Wednesday with a Richmond wish list on the table

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Stafford County Administrator Bill Ashton presents the proposed FY2027 budget to the Stafford County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 17, 2026, at the Government Center.

Stafford has posted the Oct. 7 Board of Supervisors agenda.

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OmniRide launches Insider podcast as it looks past the bus on the road

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Alyson Foster and Byren Lloyd sit at a table under an OmniRide Insider sign with an OmniRide bus behind them.

OmniRide has started its own show.

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Stafford names Erris Dunston deputy county administrator

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Official portrait of Erris Dunston in a blue blazer, named Stafford County deputy county administrator
Erris Dunston, named Stafford County deputy county administrator. She starts Oct. 5, 2026. Photo: Stafford County.

Stafford County has named Erris Dunston deputy county administrator.

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Fredericksburg

Stafford’s Brown-Page takes the library board chair as Fredericksburg seats Jennifer Clark Evans

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Dr. Janet L.S. Brown-Page, Central Rappahannock Regional Library Board of Trustees chair from Stafford County.
Dr. Janet L.S. Brown-Page of Stafford County. Photo courtesy Central Rappahannock Regional Library.

The Central Rappahannock Regional Library Board of Trustees has a new chair and a new Fredericksburg member after its Sept. 14 meeting.

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Supervisors: Faith in Housing is an unfunded mandate without local approval

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Crystal Vanuch in a red top next to Chairman Deuntay Diggs speaking at the Stafford supervisors dais
Stafford Supervisor Crystal Vanuch, left, and Board Chairman Deuntay Diggs. Credit: Left, Potomac Local News file; right, Stafford County meeting video via Potomac Local News

Supervisor Crystal Vanuch said Virginia’s new church-housing law leaves Stafford with no way to make a congregation pay for the water lines, sewer, schools, and roads that new homes would use — and called it another unfunded mandate.

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Stafford

Stafford medspa hits 20 years at Aquia Park

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Brick storefront of Rejuvalase Medspa at Aquia Park in Stafford
Rejuvalase Medspa at Aquia Park, 2761 Richmond Highway, Suite 201, Stafford. Photo: Rejuvalase

Rejuvalase Medspa celebrated 20 years in business at Potomac Point Winery.

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Toys “R” Us holiday shop slated for Spotsylvania Towne Centre

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A Toys “R” Us holiday shop operated by Go! Retail Group. The Spotsylvania Towne Centre shop is planned for a 7,400-square-foot bay in the Costco Concourse, with a tentative October opening. Photo courtesy Go! Retail Group.

Toys “R” Us is planning a seasonal holiday shop at Spotsylvania Towne Centre, the mall owner said Wednesday.

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PRTC shifts budget votes to November, sets Dec. 4 retreat at GMU Nexus

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The Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission voted Thursday, Sept. 3, to move its next OmniRide budget handoff up a month and to replace its December regular meeting with a Friday retreat at George Mason University.

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