FREDERICKSBURG — A memorial service will be held Friday in Fredericksburg for a fallen U.S. Airman who died in Iraq.

Sheriff addresses group, points out problematic areas

STAFFORD — The Stafford County Board of Supervisors voted yes Tuesday to keep a pay increase implemented last December, raising supervisors’ salaries from $20,000 to $25,000 per year. 

STAFFORD — County Administrator Anthony Romanello outlined his plan Tuesday to recoup $9.2 million as a result of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors’ decision to advertise a real-estate tax rate of 84 cents

On April 16, Tommy McDearis was one of the first people at the hospital bedside of Emily Hilscher. Hilscher, whom Seung-Hui Cho shot in her dorm room that morning, was the first of Cho’s victims at Virginia Tech that day. 

STAFFORD — Germanna Community College inducted its fifth president in the college’s 38-year history April 4.

STAFFORD — Stafford authorities have arrested and charged a 19-year-old man for the murder of a Stafford County man.

STAFFORD — A North Stafford High School graduate has lost his battle with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma on Monday, and has died at the age of 18.

Ten trash trucks belonging to Shifflett’s Trash Service were vandalized late last week, prompting Stafford County investigators to search for the perpetrator.

AQUIA — Aquia Harbour residents and Republican activists are celebrating a state agency’s approval in burying a proposed 230-kilovolt-transmission line that will run through the northern section of the county.

Agreement could be used to pay for dredging

AQUIA — Aquia Harbour officials and Augustine Homes are in the process of discussing a financial agreement that would address the clay, silt and sediment deposits that have built up over time and clogged Aquia Creek.

FREDERICKSBURG — A Stafford man has been arrested and faces 22 charges in an attempted carjacking that occurred Monday evening on River Road.

FALMOUTH —The Handy Mart at 1001 Forbes St. was robbed at about 9 p.m. on April 4, according to information released by Stafford County Sheriff’s Office on Monday. 

RICHMOND — The search for a southwest Virginia man accused of shooting a Virginia State Police trooper has come to an end. 

STAFFORD — The Stafford County Planning Commission on Tuesday night voted to recommend one of the strictest waterway protection ordinances in 20 years, aimed at developers building homes near the county’s waterways.

STAFFORD — Included in Tuesday’s regularly scheduled semimonthly board of supervisors meeting was a work session with the local school board over the proposed 2009 budget. 

FREDERICKSBURG — A colon cancer educational forum held late last month at Mary Washington Hospital helped inform people about the risks associated with the disease. Doctors who spoke at the seminar hoped it would be informative enough to help save lives. 

Thousands of people came to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. this past Saturday for the 2008 Epilepsy Foundation Walk. 

STAFfORD — Following in the footsteps of other local jurisdictions, Stafford County has proposed limiting the number of people who can occupy a single home.

The latest in a string of accidents along that section of roadway happened the night of Feb.15, causing major personal injuries to the people inside the vehicle involved in the crash.

States in the Southeast rank among the country’s worst on key indicators for children’s well-being.