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Stafford GOP Rift Continues as Three-Way School Board Race Takes Shape

By Uriah Kiser
Blackwell, Siegmund, Mojica

A split inside the Stafford County Republican Committee continues to shape one of the county’s most closely watched local races, as early voting enters its final week.

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Fredericksburg

New Crisis Center Will Bring Round-the-Clock Mental Health Care to Fredericksburg Region

By Uriah Kiser

Governor Glenn Youngkin and State Senator Tara Durant (R-27, Stafford, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania) joined local officials today to break ground on a new Crisis Receiving Center (CRC) — a $12 million facility that will provide 24-hour behavioral-health stabilization and care for residents in the Fredericksburg region.

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Fredericksburg moves closer to 2-way street plan

By Uriah Kiser
Downtown Fredericksburg

Fredericksburg’s plan to convert several downtown one-way streets into two-way traffic—and add new bike lanes and pedestrian upgrades—now carries an estimated $7.7 million price tag, according to new engineering data presented to the city’s Planning Commission on October 22.

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Stafford

After a Marathon Hearing, Stafford Passes Sweeping Data Center Reforms

By Uriah Kiser

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Buc-ee’s Defends Stafford Plans as Residents Question Need for Another Gas Station

By Uriah Kiser

Hundreds of residents filled a community meeting room at Colonial Forge High School on Monday night to press representatives of Buc-ee’s, the Texas-based travel center chain, about its plans to build one of its massive stores at the northwest corner of Courthouse Road and Interstate 95 (Exit 140).

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Schools

‘Clown Show’ at School Board Meeting as Parents Battle Over Gender Rules

By Uriah Kiser
Shamgar Connors, a Stafford County parent, delivers remarks in costume during the Oct. 14, 2025, Stafford County School Board meeting. Connors has used satire at previous meetings to criticize the school division’s gender identity policies.

The October 14 Stafford County School Board meeting turned contentious as several residents used the public comment period to debate gender identity, religion, and what some described as “truth in education,” culminating with one parent calling the controversy “a manufactured crisis.”

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Stafford

After threat of 453 apartments, Stafford to vote on Garrison deal

By Uriah Kiser

A long-delayed plan to bring shops, homes, and a movie theater to Garrisonville Road faces a key vote Tuesday night, as the Stafford Board of Supervisors decides whether to approve a revised housing mix — or risk seeing 453 apartments built instead.

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Fredericksburg

Fredericksburg Plots Costly Downtown Street Shake-Up

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

Fredericksburg’s long-discussed proposal to convert several downtown one-way streets into two-way traffic will take another step forward next week when the city’s Planning Commission reviews the final version of the Downtown Traffic Engineering Study.

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Stafford

Stafford’s Power Play: County Cracks Down on Data Centers

By Uriah Kiser

Stafford County supervisors and the Planning Commission will hold a joint public hearing Tuesday, Oct. 21, on new rules governing where and how data centers can be built — just weeks after the Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of a major data center project near Cranes Corner in the Falmouth District.

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Schools

Parents, Teachers Push for More Inclusive Classrooms and Events in Stafford County Schools

By Potomac Local News
Kindergarten students get off the bus at Park Ridge Elementary School on "transition day," Monday, August 11, 2025. [Photo: Stafford County Public Schools]

From calming spaces at school dances to smaller group participation at crowded events, parents and educators in Stafford County are working to make school life more inclusive for students with disabilities.

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