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May 15, 2020

Some Virginia Restaurants Are Reopening, But Service Won’t Look Like It Used To

Restaurants are reopening under new restrictions in parts of Virginia this weekend. D.C.-area restaurateurs are taking notes as they prepare to reopen in the coming weeks.

May 26, 2017

Virginia Teen Takes Terminally Ill Grandmother To Her First Prom

Stephen Vigil decided to take his grandmother to the prom after learning that she had pancreatic cancer earlier this year.

Aug 12, 2013

Plane Makes Emergency Landing at Wawa, Not For Sandwiches

The reason? He forgot to fuel the plane before take off.

Aug 13, 2012

Shit Travis Morrison Says: Our Favorite Quotables From Last Weekend’s Dismemberment Plan Shows

It’s been a tempting option every time The Dismemberment Plan plays to do a full post of S*** Travis Morrison Says. So, we’re finally bowing to that temptation.

Jul 12, 2012

The Dismemberment Plan to Play Two Shows in August

The Dismemberment Plan is playing two shows next month. On August 10, they’ll be in Baltimore, and on August 11, they’ll be in Fredericksburg, Va. Tickets are on sale, so get to it.

Apr 16, 2012

Best Buy Closing Two Washington-Area Stores, but Columbia Heights Location to Remain Open

The consumer electronics giant Best Buy announced 42 stores it plans to close in the coming weeks, and the Columbia Heights location is not one of them. Two stores in Northern Virginia will close, though.

Jul 20, 2010

Mid-Summer, Mid-Day Break Time!

Yeah, we know that Fredericksburg is a good hour and a half drive from Washington. And sure, we see these kinds of stories all of the time. But it’s that mid-ish period of July when the Council goes on recess, it’s miserably humid outside and things are generally slow. There’s really not much else to do during the day but sit inside and watch YouTube videos all day, like this one, of a mockingbird going…

Apr 19, 2010

VRE to Launch Express Route from Fredericksburg

Via the Examiner, it looks like Virginia Railway Express will start offering a weekday a.m. express train from Fredericksburg to Union Station in July. The faster route would save commuters about 20 minutes each way. VRE is still developing plans to make several service changes once its new storage track at L’Enfant Plaza is operational. The planned express train will only carry four train cars, and will be stored at the existing storage track at…

 
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