I see that the Stafford County Board of Supervisors have tabled the POTOMAC RIVER RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT
This ordinance is really a down zoning in disguise.  It renders over 57,000 acres totally unbuildable.  Did the written notice that the County sent to property owner’s state which properties would be rendered unbuildable?  Is the county going […]

Emily Battle who writes the City Beat blog for the Free Lance-Star is branching out from the city stories and had her first cooking simple column in the Life section today (funny, I would have sworn the title was food, but in the online edition it’s de…

Stafford County, VA is considering raises tax income via a BPOL tax in an already depressed economy.

It’s been slow around here as I’m working on a couple of projects – one of which directly involves this site.  Look for something new next week.

We have a moderate risk today for severe storms – hail and wind will be the primary threat, but a tornado could form as well.

Meanwhile, a flash flood watch is in effect until 6pm.

Expect the bulk of the rain to occur mid-to-late afternoon, with some possibly spilling over into the evening.

Just in time for rush-hour.

Jeff and I have written several articles about how various FHA loan products be very useful in the current Fredericksburg real estate market.  With current home inventory, prices, and the great FHA loan products – now is the time to be buying your first home, or down sizing to meet the ever changing economy we live in!
The following […]

Everybody, SING!
Where’s Simon Cowell, or Howard Dean, when we really need them?

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Thursday 22nd [May 1862] Received a long letter from my dear husband yesterday, of the 14th, telling me of Tom’s safe arrival in Richmond, and of his adventures while in the enemy’s lines. After the battle at Williamsburg Tom went, with sev…

ou have perhaps seen the story in the FLS about the Courtland High
student who was at first going to be denied the privilege of at least
walking with his graduating class this year. He had been undergoing
dialysis treatments and the after effects of th…