Stafford County News and Notes
Katie Thisdell reports on news from Stafford County. Contact her at kthisdell@freelancestar.com or at 540/735-1975.
Students help design Armed Services Memorial
A North Stafford High School student had some say in what the county’s new Armed Services Memorial will one day look like. Aaron Brown won a design competition open to …more
May 7th, 2013
Celebrate Virginia North apartment project deferred
After almost dying Tuesday night, a proposed 692-apartment development in the Celebrate Virginia North community could still come to fruition. Debate continued late tonight at the Stafford Board of Supervisors meeting …more
May 1st, 2013
Milde makes election announcement
Aquia Supervisor Paul Milde will be running for a third term, he said in an email this morning. He’s one of four Republicans running for the four open Board of …more
April 29th, 2013
River Road to be closed Thursday
A popular cut-through road by the Rappahannock River will be closed Thursday. River Road will be closed from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A contractor will be removing a tree …more
April 24th, 2013
Key points from last night’s budget approval
Stafford supervisors passed a budget 7-0 last night, after little debate and several last-minute amendments. (Last year, the board had voted 4-3 for the final budget.) Here’s the full story. And …more
April 23rd, 2013
Civil War Park set to open Saturday
You’ll be able to see these two replica cannons on Saturday, at the grand opening of the Stafford Civil War Park. The crew from Friends of Stafford Civil War Sites …more
April 17th, 2013
Visit Crow’s Nest on May 11
The next field day at Crow’s Nest Natural Area Preserve is set for Saturday, May 11. The 2,800-acre preserve isn’t completely open for the public yet because of budgetary restraints. …more
April 12th, 2013
EDA awards grant to North Stafford Farmers Market
The Economic Development Authority approved a $10,000 grant for the North Stafford Farmers Market today. The money will be used over the first two years of the new market for …more
April 10th, 2013
Registrar demonstrates new ADA-voting equipment
Stafford County Registrar Greg Riddlemoser showed off new voting equipment this afternoon to a handful of election officials. The new AutoMark ballot marking device isn’t actually a voting machine, though. …more
April 10th, 2013
Second rabid cat found in North Stafford
A second rabid cat has been found in North Stafford in the past two weeks. Last Wednesday, a woman in the Stowe of Amyclae subdivision contacted Stafford County Animal Control …more
