With Opening Day on the horizon, fans around the Fredericksburg region are getting ready to welcome in the newly formed Fredericksburg Nationals at their new ballpark on Thursday, April 23.
When preparing to spend your evening at the ballpark, keep in mind the team’s latest backpack policy which will be in effect come Opening Day.
Did you get your property assessment in the mail?
Those important documents that tell Stafford County residents the value of their home, which affects the average tax bill and can affect monthly home payments, were mailed out this week.
The Fredericksburg City Council is moving ahead with plans to allow an area of the town to have a creative makeover.
The City Council approved a plan this month to create a Creative Maker District in the city’s Old Mill District along Princess Anne Street. The area his home to the Old Silk Mill event venue, and the popular Carl’s Ice Cream shop.
Now there’s a way to use the tolled lanes on Virginia’s highways without having to use an E-ZPass.
A new app that can be downloaded to your cell phone will allow you to register your license plate, and then pay to use toll lanes like the E-ZPass Express Lanes on Interstate 95, 395, and 495. An E-ZPass or E-ZPass Flex transponder is not required.
In an about-face, the Dumfries Town Council voted to approve a conditional use permit clearing the way for a new gaming parlor to open in the town.
The Town Council voted 5-3 Tuesday night in favor of allowing the Rosie’s, a pari-mutuel off-track betting parlor, to open in Triangle Shopping Center, located in the heart of town.
It’s been two and a half years since leaders approved a new animal shelter they said was desperately needed.
A shovel has not yet touched the dirt, the shelter is $1.6 million over budget, and the dogs are now barking. “This is a hot mess,” said Neabsco Supervisor Victor Angry.
The building that houses a popular used book store is one step closer to becoming a historic landmark.
The Manassas City Planning Commission on Feb. 5 voted unanimously to make the Hibbs and Giddings Building in Downtown Manassas on the city’s list of historic landmarks.
Stafford County officials presented a plan that would radically change the county’s courthouse neighborhood, making it a hotbed for new broadband technologies.
“Stafford is going to be ground zero for these things,” said Tom Foley, Stafford County administrator. “There are two places in the state where the state government is investing — Arlington and Stafford.”
Spotsylvania Town Center announced the winner of its Small Shop Showdown.
Soapmaker, Lilly Bloom, owned by Margo Frazier and her children Sierra and Dakota Frazier will be the recipients of six months free rent from the shopping mall, starting April 1.
The option for millions of dollars in tax breaks for the owners of a once prosperous shopping center in North Stafford is dead.
The Stafford Board of Supervisor voted unanimously to terminate its contract with Mosaic Realty Partners, the owners of the Aquia Town Center, they say because agreements the Maryland-based firm made to clean up the center weren’t honored.
