City council met last night. You can find a great blog post by Emily Battle of the FLS here. The meeting started off with a passioned statement about the War Memorial, very appropriate for Veteran’s day.
They city then heard another passionate request for the city to do something, anything, with the Idlewild mansion. This was [...]
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According to both the state board of elections, Fredericksburg City voters overwhelmingly voted for Obama. 6081 vs 3381, I would say that was pretty decisive. Even more voters cast their ballot for Mark Warner (7037 to Gilmore’s 2217). Even Bill Day took the city with 5154 votes to 3773 for Rob Whitman. This area has officially [...]
At 2:30pm, the city’s ward 1 polling station was operating well. There was no line, the multiple stations to check ID was working much better than the last election, and people were friendly. There was a full parking lot. There were more than 2100 ballots cast by the time I finished, considering that in 2004 [...]
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Awesome – they found the foundation of George Washington’s home.
Just in time for the 4th of July celebrations there – I’m hoping it’ll be packed Friday as folks come out to see what the archaeologists found.
I guess it’s a good thing Wal-Mart didn’t build next door back in the 1990s?
I’m not holding out for the [...]
A tanker spilled over 5,000 gallons of raw milk at the Faquier/Stafford line in a creek that feeds the Rappahannock River. Officials are worried of a fish kill…
…just when I wanted to go fishing down at the City Dock.
Source: FL-S & KG Alert
It’s been a rough month for city police. They tragically lost one of their own and have had a bit of a problem with duplicate names.
However, I must say that I’m impressed with the department. Last night my wife and I took a walk downtown starting at about 9:30. As we walked down William past [...]
…but luckily most aren’t that bright.
In today’s FLS there are two reports of home invasions. The first occurs in Spotsylvania when an intruder demands money and an XBox while using a shotgun. The pair wrestle outside until the intruder announces that this is a prank and it’s going to be on Myspace.
What? (BTW, this story [...]
The FLS reports that a 52 year old father is missing in the Rappahannock… Anyone want to place bets on if/when Stafford bans swimming in the River?
Oy.
