Fairview Beach News

Jerry Puckett wasn't terminally ill as his family believed when he blasted his way into his former girlfriend's Fairview Beach house, killed her, nearly killed her sister and killed himself, King George prosecutor Matt Britton said yesterday.

The doors held because of special locks installed as a result of fear over his harassment.

Fingers are being pointed in King George County over a murder-suicide that ended the lives of a well-known couple in Fairview Beach.

Susan and David Puckett said their father was in the final stage of cancer when he drove his John Deere Gator five blocks to his former girlfriend's Fairview Beach house and killed her and then himself Saturday night.

Two people were killed in what authorities suspect was a murder-suicide of a domestic nature in Fairview Beach on Saturday night.

In May, a 3-year-old Culpeper boy and his grandmother were mauled by two pit bull s loose in their neighborhood.

Swimmers headed to Fairview Beach for the long holiday weekend won't have to sit on the shore after all.

Another swim advisory has been posted at Fairview Beach, along the Potomac in King George County.

During the 20 months that James Mullen has served on the King George County Board of Supervisors, he has disqualified himself from voting 19 times.

My golden memories feature a mooing cow and a dancing mouse. Tops on my list is that Friday night in July at the Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair when 1960s rock 'n' roll, seasoned with a chorus of barnyard sounds, created an evening of nostalgic bliss.

The last time the Fairview Beach rezoning came before the King George supervisors, the issue sounded like a clash between the haves and the have-nots. Last night, it came down to a debate over diseased trees, typos and concerns about what role the county will play in helping displaced residents.

The last time the Fairview Beach rezoning came before the King George supervisors, the issue sounded like a clash between the haves and the have-nots. Last night, it came down to a debate over diseased trees, typos and concerns about what role the county will play in helping displaced residents.

T'S 11:30 on a summer Sun- day morning, and Buddy Steffen is behind the wheel of the most unusual vessel on the Fairview Beach waterfront.

Weekend duty in our newsroom is rarely something that has reporters and editors lining up at the gate.

It's been two years since Taylor Swift won local hearts by performing on a barge in the Potomac River at Fairview Beach's first AquaPalooza.

On paper, the proposal to build 60 townhouses at Fairview Beach looks like a rezoning issue, a matter for King George County officials to decide.

Cedell Brooks Jr. was indignant that in these troubled times, a county employee paid $215 for a chair.

In 2009 Independence Day is on Saturday but area fireworks displays and celebrations are scheduled for the 4th, 5th, 11th and even June 28th! When planning your festivities be aware that not all 4th of July celebrations will present a fireworks display this year so be sure that the event you choose will be firing rockets! Some brave souls will reap ...