Stafford News

Virginia registrars are gearing up for a heavier-than-usual election year, with all localities holding at least three elections in 2012.

Stafford County Board of Supervisors members say education and public safety are the priorities for the upcoming fiscal 2013 budget, with fiscal responsibility as an overarching theme.

Those were a few of the goals shared during a summit on area telecommunications and businesses that was held yesterday at the University of Mary Washington's Stafford campus.

Anne Victoria Reich of Stafford, Va., likes to buy blankets and sheets that come in resealable plastic bags.

The fourth quarter of 2011 was the best for taxable sales locally since the third quarter of 2006.

To say that 21 Aztec Drive in Stafford County offers water views is to say a little U.S. history unfolded in Virginia.

SPOTSYLVANIA County fans of Kobe Japanese Steak and Seafood House no longer have to drive to Garrisonville to get their sushi, sashimi and teriyaki fix.

The Stafford County School Board did not name a new member Wednesday night, but it did winnow the field of candidates from fiveA to two.

In mid-February, crews will build A new sidewalks while repairing and widening exiting ones in the area.

Dany Hernandez, 26, of Florida Drive, was charged with assault on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest, disarming a Taser from a law enforcement officer, grand larceny, conspiracy to commit grand larceny, larceny with intent to sell, conspiracy to commit larceny with intent to sell, and vandalism, deputies said.

BY KATIE THISDELL One of Stafford County's fire stations no longer offers adequate housing for its crews.A A 1920s farmhouse in North Stafford has been a temporary home for Station 14 for the past three years.

Five candidates will vie for the Garrisonville District seat on the Stafford County School Board on Wednesday night.

The George Washington Toll Road Authority welcomed three new members at Monday night's meeting.

The state Senate on Monday passed a bill that would let localities choose whether to participate in so-called "urban development areas." The Senate bill from Sen.

Here's the CliffsNotes version from Brett Haber 's story on Washingtonian.com A from late December: "Daniel was a captain and three-year starter at Brooke Pointe High School in Stafford, Virginia, and led his team to a district championship in his senior season.

Copley devoted more than 200 hours to restoring and reinstalling the Washington Avenue entrance gates at Kenmore, which had been absent for many years.

Police have taken multiple reports in Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg and Stafford.

Artisans who donate items for their swag bags, such as Tina Dean Allen of Stafford County, are hoping their glamour will help boost awareness and appeal of their work as well.

A Stafford County deputy who happened to be in the right place at the right time apprehended a suspected thief Saturday, police said.

The pending start of construction work at the large Embrey Mill subdivision in Stafford County isn't the only project in the works along Courthouse Road just west of the Interstate 95 interchange.