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Maryland aerospace company moving to Stafford Regional Airport
A Maryland aerospace company will relocate its office to Stafford Regional Airport, where it has a three-year lease. The move is intended to provide NX Aviation, which was founded in Westover, Md. in 2015, with access to the National Capital Region customers, as well...
Fredericksburg Baseball to break ground for stadium Feb. 24
Fredericksburg Baseball will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Feb. 24 for the organization’s $35 million multipurpose stadium in Celebrate Virginia South. The Silber family, Fredericksburg Mayor Mary Katherine Greenlaw and members of the City Council will join others...
Amazon Officially Announced Itself As A Competitor To FedEx, UPS
Amazon is the figurehead for the supply chain revolution that has caused a boom in industrial real estate, and it is still growing its influence. In its annual 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Amazon added transportation and logistics...
Stafford County Defers Vote on Tax Incentives for Aquia Town Center Developers
Stafford’s Board of Supervisors put the developers of the Aquia Town Center on notice Tuesday when they considered a resolution to rescind tax incentives extended to Mosaic Realty Partners, the developers and owners of Aquia Town Center. The Board is extremely...
Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce to hold STEM16 Summit March 2
The Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce will hold the 2019 STEM16 Summit from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 2 at James Monroe High School in Fredericksburg. The eighth annual event will feature hands-on activities, demonstrations and competitions, which will give...
Two area companies merge
Legacy Engineering, a civil engineering firm specializing in land development design and consulting, merged with Miles and Company, a surveying and land planning firm, on Jan. 1. Both companies are based in Fredericksburg. Legacy, owned by Sara Fila and Bruce Reese,...
Virginia seals deal to extend toll lanes on the Capital Beltway and on Interstate 95 down to Falmouth interchange in Stafford
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday that the state has signed an agreement with Transurban to extend the 495 Express Lanes to the American Legion Bridge, a project that will add nearly three miles to the state’s system of high-occupancy toll lanes and...
Shutdown like ‘vacation without any money’ for area furloughed federal workers
Sally Knight normally commutes from Fredericksburg to Washington for her job as assistant office manager for the U.S. International Trade Commission’s chairman. But life is no longer normal for her and thousands of other federal employees affected by the government...