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5 days ago · People can now listen to the Free Press’ Biz Beat Banter podcast on two popular streaming services. Katie Simitoski and Kelly Guempel talk about Enrolled, Employed, Enlisted and Engaged. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division K-12 STEM Coordinator Tyler Truslow talks about the event at the UMW Dahlgren campus this weekend.
Election Day 2024: Live coverage with the Fredericksburg Free Press
2 days ago · Between 7 p.m. on election day and Nov. 15 — when they’ll meet to certify the vote — Walker and his two Republican counterparts, Michael Beyer and Dave McLaughlin, will review every single provisional ballot cast in the city. According to Walker, in 2023 Fredericksburg had the fifth-highest total of provisional ballots of any locality in ...
Welcoming the holidays: New Riverfront tree gets glow-up Saturday
1 day ago · Now it’s time to add the lights and make the magic. Fredericksburg Main Street Executive Director Chris Allen is excited about making the holidays ever bigger and bolder this year. Thanks to a $75,000 Downtown Investment Grant through Virginia Main Street, Allen and his staff purchased a new 30-foot reusable and expandable tree for Riverfront ...
Voter turnout in Fredericksburg region down from 2020 levels
2 days ago · King George saw the highest turnout in the Fredericksburg region at 71 percent. Registrar Lorrie Gump said Wednesday that 7,651 residents voted in person before Election Day, while 6,306 cast ballots Tuesday and 1,217 had voted by mail. In 2020, turnout was 74 percent, but Gump said she was generally happy with this year’s result.
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4 days ago · Board, division grappling with effects of a nearly $50 million budget shortfall. Fredericksburg postal workers aim to stamp out support for tentative agreement. Workers held informational picket held in opposition to a tentative agreement reached last week between the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) and USPS.
For local Electoral Board chair, democracy is in the details
2 days ago · For local Electoral Board chair, democracy is in the details. The distinction is largely semantic, but it matters to Scott Walker. “I like to point out that it is not a voting machine,” Walker said. “It’s a counting machine. It’s a scanner, you know, that counts who votes for what.”. Technicalities are integral to Walker’s job as ...
Fredericksburg City Council moves forward on legislative agenda ...
Nov 1, 2024 · When state legislators return to Richmond in January to convene the General Assembly, Fredericksburg city officials will be watching. At its Oct. 22 meeting, the city council unanimously passed its Legislative Agenda, which detailed the city’s stances on a number of statewide issues.. Assistant City Manager Mark Whitley outlined the statewide expansion of a referendum for a sales tax to ...
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3 days ago · A long line formed outside of the White Oak Fire Station to vote in the 2024 election before 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning.Victoria Wright places her ballot into the verifing voting machine at New City Fellowship Church in Frdericksburg.Carol Denise Dur ….
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Oct 12, 2024 · Northern Neck Electric Cooperative’s Powering Community Golf Tournament raises $7,000 for Ledwith Lewis Free Clinic. by Ted Schubel | Oct 9, 2024 | News, Non-Profits, Ted Schubel. Officials say the clinic will be able to use the $7,000 to deliver nearly $200,000 in medical assistance to those in the region. read more.
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4 days ago · WATCH:Free Press forecast with meteorologist Sean Sublette. by Sean Sublette | Oct 18, 2024 | ALLFFP, Fredericksburg, Weather. Sunny and warmer weekend No rain through at least Wednesday Cold air from the past few days retreats Sunny and warmer weekend Likely dry through the weekend of Oct. 26 Another quiet weekend is ahead.