Thornburg News

The Fredericksburg region is experiencing a hotel building boom. There were 89 hotels with a total of 8,274 rooms as of this past May, the most recent month for which HotelNewsNow.com, which tracks the hotel industry, has figures.

The ailing economy means fewer people are traveling for either business or pleasure.

Most Spotsylvania County supervisors made it clear last night that they want the county to stick with a 2 percent annual growth rate as they move forward with creating super-dense communities.

Spotsylvania Animal Control Department reunites family with dog after seeing newspaper advertisement, not the pet's microchip or dog tag By DAN TELVOCK Spotsylvania County's Animal Control Department kept a 2-year-old dog in a pen for six days without contacting its owners, even though the pet had tags and a microchip.

Joe Denette of Spotsylvania hits the JACKPOT! Video by Brian Baer, fredericksburg.com Unemployed since January, Spotsylvania resident purchased the winning ticket in Thornburg.

Could you be $75 million richer? A winning Mega Million ticket worth $75 million was sold at the Joyful Convenience Market, according to the Virginia Lottery Web site.

A small plastic box, plugged into an outlet in their living room, may well have saved a Spotsylvania County family from a silent killer.

Conceptual plans to improve safety and cyclist/pedestrian/vehicle/transit use on the road will be presented by the Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization.

U.S. 17 at I-95 On Tuesday night, motorists traveling north on U.S. 17 will be intermittently stopped for not more than 15 minutes between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. at the I-95 interchange in Stafford County.

EETING dates and times have been announced to comment on the Virginia Department of Transportation's plans to cut back on mowing, interstate maintenance, highway safety service patrols, and closing rest areas ...

Spotsylvania Crime Solvers is seeking information on the following crimes: In the overnight hours of Dec.

The Spotsylvania Lions Club has distributed eyeglass collection boxes throughout the area.