Update 12:45 p.m.
Investigators working the scene of a deadly boat crash in Stafford County say speed was a factor.
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Originals
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MANASSAS, Va. –– They’ve spend a year learning how to become better community-minded members of society, better business people, and better overall leaders.
On Thursday night, inside the terminal of Manassas Regional Airport, those leaders spoke about their experiences in an effort to attract new ones into the fold.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Voters in Virginia’s 1st Congressional District will head to the polls Tuesday, June 10, as incumbent Republican Rob Wittman faces challenger Republican Anthony Riedel in a Primary Election.
The June vote will mark the first time voters in Prince William County have been to the polls since some major changes were made to voting precincts.
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HAYMARKET, Va. — The Haymarket Town Center has become a frequent site of flooding, but it’s more than just employees who work for the the tiny town’s government that is getting wet.
A real estate agency, a consulting firm, as well as a small shop called The Very Thing all rent space inside the Town Center located at 15000 Washington Street. The building is prone to flooding during moderate rain storms.
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STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Jamie Henshaw was looking for a place to exchange vows with her beau, Donnie Kelly, in front of family and friends.
A Stafford County resident, she thought about parks in Fredericksburg like the City Dock or Old Mill Park. But when she came to Aquia Landing on the Potomac River, things changed.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — It was 54 degrees at 8:30 Saturday morning. A a cool, not-so-perfect moment for the Stafford Stringrays youth swim team to be the swimmers inside the newly renovated Curtis Memorial Park Pool.
But despite the late-season chill in the air, and undoubtedly in the pool, they jumped in anyway.
How did climate change became such a divisive issue? How did the warming of the Earth evolve into a line in the sand for politicians? I don’t know those answers. What I do know is that it is definitely hotter earlier in the season, year after year.
I don’t need scientific data, I can just look in my garden. All plants come up earlier. June bugs arrive in May. Lenten roses are blooming in February.
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FALMOUTH, Va. — There is a now a plan to improve the parking lot at the Historic Port of Falmouth Park, and with it restrict access to a popular beach on the Rappahannock River.
The proposed plan, with an overall $230,000 price tag, calls for building a split rail a fence in the park near the river shoreline. It’ll mean removing a fence and gate that now that sits at the park’s entrance on River Road.
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Good morning –
· Please don’t forget that Hurricane season is right around the corner so mark your calendars for our annual Hurricane preparedness sales tax holiday – May 25th-31st. It’s a great time to stock up on chainsaws, ice packs, batteries, light sources, first aid kits, radios, tarps and fire extinguishers to name just a few. I will have more to come so mark your calendars!
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DUMFRIES, Va. — A Dumfries developer is betting that you would pay nearly $1,300 per month to live in a newly built one-bedroom apartment.
The Promenade at First Town Center is the off again, on again development that could soon line Main Street (U.S. 1 south) in Dumfries between the ACTS Thrift Store and a commercial building next to Town Hall.