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Man caught making a late-night withdrawal
A Stafford County man was caught trying to make a late-night withdrawal from a county bank early yesterday, police said.
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Stafford approves development district
In the end, it may have been a simple case of Urban Services Area fatigue. "We've been working on this thing for three months," Stafford Supervisor Mark Dudenhefer said.
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Wal-Mart begins construction at Stafford Lakes
Bulldozers and backhoes began moving dirt on the construction site of the new Walmart Super Store in southern Stafford on Nov.
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Technology Zones Could Boost Stafford
Deputy County Administrator Tim Baroody presented the Stafford Board of Supervisors with an idea last night that could make the county a more attractive place to locate a business.
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Stafford Wants To Renovate Schools Projects
The Stafford County School Board wants to spend $37.2 million to renovate five elementary schools through 2015.
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Stafford's Civil War forts may be preserved
A small patch of land that's been sitting undisturbed for more than 140 years will now get some recognition for the role it played during the Civil War.
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Stafford students getting tech dd Stafford school system starts...
Jimmy Fritz takes a bus to Colonial Forge High School on weekday mornings, only to board another bus five minutes later.
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Stafford County student is known in some circles as 'the bagpipe boy'
Jacob performs with the Colonial Forge marching band. LEFT: Jacob Minogue, 16, plays a tune during a bagpipe lesson at the University of Mary Washington.
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D.C. man charged in robberies
A Washington, D.C., man has been charged in a string of hotel robberies in Prince William and Stafford counties.
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At long last, we're now a part of the 3G universe
ONE SMALL STEP for AT&T. One giant leap for the Greater Fredericksburg metropolitan area.
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Stafford Man, 81, May Keep His Horse
The saga of Charlie Williams and his horse Penny came to an end last night, at least as far as county government is concerned.
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Relax a little, Stafford, with regard to cell phones in schools
A few days ago, my son was issued a one-day "out-of-school suspension" for violating the following rule from the Code of Student Conduct: "Pager, cellular phone, PDA, use or display of in the school building or ...
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String of crashes brings guilty plea
A man who crashed a stolen car and tried to steal three others during a wild April 7 incident in southern Stafford pleaded guilty to multiple charges yesterday.
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Repo Man Hit with Car
NOKESVILLE, Va. - A Nokesville woman tried to run over a man as he attempted to repossess her car Thursday, the Fredericksburg Freelance Star reports.
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Budget forecast is bleak Stafford supervisors get first look at next...
Stafford County may have to come up with almost $9 million to meet the budget shortfall project for the fiscal year that begins July 1 That information came from budget division director Nancy Collins who ...
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Cars damaged in chase Mystery man arrested following Stafford chase
A fleeing driver struck six vehicles Thursday during an unsuccessful attempt to elude police in North Stafford, police said.
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Car Repo Goes Awry; Woman Is Charged
A Nokesville woman lost her car and her freedom Wednesday afternoon. The trip to jail came after the woman nearly ran over a man who was trying to repossess her car, police said.
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Barking dog helps stop burglary try
A barking dog helped thwart a theft attempt Tuesday in Stafford County. Sheriff's spokesman Bill Kennedy said a resident was upstairs in his home in the 200 block of Scattered Pines Lane in North Stafford when ...
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Callander: Stafford's political landscape shifts
It turns out that victorious Mark Warner's decision to run for the U.S. Senate bolstered Barack Obama in Virginia and in Stafford County.
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Robber being sought in North Stafford holdup
Authorities are looking for a man who robbed a Stafford County bank with a threatening whisper.
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