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Stafford high schools deliver 122 hours per credit, not 140; board reviews 2027–28 calendar and schedule options Tuesday

By PLN News
Stafford County students / Stafford schools

Stafford County high schools deliver about 121.8 seat hours per course, 18.2 hours short of Virginia’s 140-hour standard for graduation credit — roughly 13 class meetings, or five weeks on the current A/B schedule.

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Stafford board advances repeal of unique transportation impact fees, pauses new collections

By Potomac Local News
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.

The Stafford County Board of Supervisors voted 4–3 on Sept. 1 to advertise a public hearing on repealing the county’s transportation impact fee ordinance and then passed an emergency measure 4–2 to stop new collections until that hearing.

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Prince William

FLOCK BLOCKED: Dumfries benches plate-reader cameras until residents get a say

By Potomac Local News
Dumfries Town Council dais and chambers
Dumfries Town Council chambers. A public YouTube campaign video titled “Brian Fields 4 Mayor of Dumfries” shows Councilman Brian K. Fields in the chamber; weeks later council put an ethics warning on the record without naming a member.

The Dumfries Town Council voted 4-2 to keep newly installed Flock license-plate readers dark, halt any new data collection and send the program back for public engagement before the cameras can go live.

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Stafford

SUPERMARKET SWEEP: Stafford bags Publix a $2.25M tax cut — by a 5–2 squeaker

By Potomac Local News
Rendering of Publix's 1st Louisville, Kentucky, store from the groundbreaking ceremony.
Rendering of Publix's 1st Louisville, Kentucky, store from the groundbreaking ceremony.

The Stafford County Board of Supervisors voted 5–2 on Tuesday to approve a performance-based incentive of up to $2.25 million over 10 years for a Publix grocery store on tax map parcel 44-62, in front of the new Hartwood High School on Warrenton Road (U.S. 17) in south Stafford.

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Stafford posts $2.1 billion in announced deals in first year of new economic plan

By Potomac Local News

Stafford County’s economic-development office said Tuesday that fiscal 2026 produced more than $2.1 billion in announced capital investment and 1,671 announced jobs, and posted the first public annual report under a strategic plan adopted last year.

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SUNK: FAMPO’s $6.5M Bid for New Rappahannock Bridge Gets the Boot

By Uriah Kiser
Interstate 95 over the Rappahannock River. [VDOT]

The Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s request for approximately $6.5 million in federal BUILD grant funding to complete the full National Environmental Policy Act process for a new Rappahannock River Crossing bridge and parkway was not selected in the latest round of awards.

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Stafford Board Kills Only Transportation Impact Fee Program in Virginia

By Uriah Kiser

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Stafford Eyes Business Tax After Hitting Homeowners Hard

By Uriah Kiser
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.

A Business, Professional and Occupational License (BPOL) tax is a levy on a business’s gross receipts — its total revenue before expenses.

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TWO-WAY OR THE HIGHWAY: I-95 Express Lanes Eyed for Permanent Dual Direction All the Way to Spotsy

By Uriah Kiser

The Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Committee received an update Monday on a feasibility study examining the conversion of the existing reversible I-95 Express Lanes into permanent bi-directional lanes from the Springfield Interchange south to Spotsylvania Parkway.

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Business

Fredericksburg Veteran’s App Aims to Cut Food Waste

By Mike Salmon
Kevin Barr, who has roots in Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania. [Submitted photo]

Believe it or not, the struggle to minimize food waste can begin with an app. Kevin Barr of Fredericksburg has just the app—and the energy—to do something about it when he launches “Health Barr” on August 30, just before Food Waste Prevention Week, September 28–October 4.

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