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Stafford Courthouse Road widening begins July 10
“Construction began Monday on the $35.9 million project to widen Route 630 (Courthouse Road) in Stafford County to four lanes west of Interstate 95 between Ramoth Church Road and Cedar Lane. East of the interstate, Courthouse Road will also expand to four lanes. That...
Stafford Navy officer competing in DoD Warrior Games
Stafford business owner Sean Ricks, owner of Ricks Roasters Coffee Company, recently competed in the air pistol shooting event at the 2017 Department of Defense Warrior Games in Chicago. Read more>>
Stafford and VDOT continue to progress on the future of the courthouse area
Stafford, Va. – Officials from Stafford and the Virginia Department of Transportation broke ground this morning on the Courthouse Road Widening Project. This project is part of a major redevelopment effort in the area that includes a number of transportation...
Walgreens Gets Bigger While Rite Aid, Fred’s Pick Up the Pieces
Walgreens Boots Alliance will buy 2,186 stores from Rite Aid Corporation. CVS Health Corp remains the #1 national chain, with Walgreens in a stronger #2 position. Affected stores will be announced soon. Read more
Congratulations Walmart Neighborhood Market!
Store #6936 is the new “2.0 Prototype” Market and the first Walmart Neighborhood Market to open in Stafford County. It is a convenience” of a smaller format over Supercenters; Community feel.
Redeveloping Falmouth requires careful planning
FOUNDED IN 1728 by an act of the Virginia Assembly, Falmouth was created as a port town on the Rappahannock River. One decade later, a 6-year-old George Washington moved to Ferry Farm just down river with his family. The nonprofit George Washington Foundation and...
New warehouse will let Stafford’s SERVE expand its mission of feeding needy
There’s a reason the working areas at SERVE Inc. “look like your teenager’s bedroom,” according to Executive Director Marilyn Stevens. Space is so limited in the current building that boxes of cereal and cases of green beans are packed as tightly as the canned...
New warehouse will let Stafford’s SERVE expand its mission of feeding needy
There’s a reason the working areas at SERVE Inc. “look like your teenager’s bedroom,” according to Executive Director Marilyn Stevens. Space is so limited in the current building that boxes of cereal and cases of green beans are packed as tightly as the canned...