Thanks to G from http://dandelionsinmygarden.blogspot.com/ for sending in this report from the Heritage Festival and all of the events around town July 4th 2008 (see more text over at her own blog):Here’s a few pictures from the Fredericksburg festivit…

Wow! In a day and age when I thought customer service and standing behind your product had gone out the window – one company comes through and has restored my faith in society.PetSafe – maker of radio fences for pet containment (along with many other …

VDOT is working to finish up the road sensors on RT3 East of I-95. Look at the mess they are leaving behind. Tape is rolling all over the road, and I guess they are hoping for rain this weekend to wash the asphault laden sand away from the roadway.VDOT…

Seen at a local Sheetz Station: (c)2008 InTheBurg.info

For all of us that like the relaxed atmosphere hanging out in the square behind the museum, will have to wait until Saturday this month. The Museum decided to move the concert due to all of the other 4th activities. This should make for a nice alternat…

Donations keep many organizations running around the area. The FLS reported earlier this week that the United Way had distributed 1.5M of 3M they have raised through local events. But many of these agencies also rely on city funding for some portion of…

The other week I had the opportunity to experience the joy of traveling after the airlines started charging for the 1st and 2nd bags. Needless to say, trying to finding an overhead bin was “fun”. Just before the trip, I retired my old 21″ carry on. My …

This is going to be a weekend to celebrate (actually it started this past weekend with fireworks at Spotsylvania Court House). Starting Friday there is the Beach Wop series at the Volvo/Mercedes dealers park. Then on Friday their are a series of events…

Today’s FLS lead off today with a front page article on Bicycling around the Fredericksburg area. As good as the article was at bringing up the major issues for people wanting to ride in and around the city, it missed a few vital bits of information.Th…

This week I took a few more samples in my experiment of temp differences between area strip malls and treed neighborhoods. By far, Altoona which was built in the 70’s and has tons of trees beats every shopping area by 5+ degrees or more. The smallest d…