The program’s Mission is to promote, plan, and establish transportation alternatives to driving alone, improving transportation system efficiency, enhancing quality of life, and benefiting the environment.
Sound familiar? As the popularity of the I-95 E-ZPass Express Lanes soared in recent years, Fredericksburg commuters heading north to the Pentagon and Washington, DC, have many options for ride-sharing up I-95 in the morning that suffered in the pandemic.
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Peeps - those sugary marshmallow treats that pop out around Easter to dominate Easter baskets alongside dyed eggs and plastic grass. In recent years, Peeps became art, too, and Peeps diorama contests sprouted up in a few places, including the Fredericksburg Visitor Center, where the second annual Peeps Diorama Contest kicked off on Friday, June 7.
The theme for this year's contest is "Summer Fun with my Peeps!" from the looks of things, the Peeps artists had just as much fun building their dioramas.
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Beginning Tuesday, June 25, a new traffic pattern will be in place at the Route 3 and Orange Plank Road intersection in Spotsylvania County.
The Route 3 and Orange Plank Road intersection will become a Restricted Crossing U-Turn pattern. Left turns from Route 3 westbound onto Orange Plank Road will be controlled by a green arrow and then a flashing red arrow to provide a stop control. The flashing red arrow is being used to provide additional direction to motorists, requiring them to come to a complete stop and yield to oncoming traffic before proceeding.
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After a few bridge mishaps in the news lately, highlighted by the Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, VDOT is turning its attention to the Falmouth Bridge in Fredericksburg which will undergo a rehabilitation project starting in early June. In October 2023, the bridge was rated “Poor” by VDOT.
The Falmouth Bridge crosses the Rappahannock River, connecting Fredericksburg to Stafford along Route 1.
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Michelle Shropshire left a void in Fredericksburg when she became the new Megaprojects Director in VDOT's Northern Virginia District.
Her past work in Fredericksburg with the 95 Express Lanes Fredericksburg Extension as VDOT’s Assistant District Engineer of Project Development put her in the “megaprojects” zone.
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“Suad’s Majles Desserts and Coffee” will mark its first anniversary in June. But it didn’t take a year for their customers to become regulars and discover drinks and pastries rich in culture and tradition.
Pistachio, saffron, and rose water are used in many of their recipes to give the food a Middle Eastern flair.
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For the last few months, speculation and arguments have been flying around the Fredericksburg Purina Tower like a magnet for opinions about this local landmark. On May 20, a cherry picker crane hoisted up some paint professionals to put a stop to all the talk.
All the areas that used to be red will now be blue, and the blue areas will be red.
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Construction on an existing building is moving slowly along Lafayette Boulevard in Fredericksburg, and everything about it is a mystery.
On the front window of this gray building, there are several city permits, dating from the original permit from July 2022 to more recent electrical, mechanical, and plumbing permits, showing that something is going on.
The rumor is that a new “Carbonaro’s Latin Kitchen” is coming, but none of the permits actually say “Carbonaro’s Latin Kitchen.”
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Making it as a small business today can be difficult, but small business leaders in the Fredericksburg area can look to the University of Mary Washington’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for lessons on succeeding. The center guides future entrepreneurs in pursuit of economic growth through education, consulting, connecting, and supportive research.
“A lot of people want to be their own boss,” said Susan Ball, the Director of the SBDC. She sees this as the number one reason people want to own a small business, followed by the opportunity to make more money and the feeling that they can do it better.
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