Americans’ ideals, focus must extend beyond our own shores
By ED JONES THE embroidered pillow was beautifully stitched. It was nestled beneath a pew in an ancient chapel deep within the English countryside. Its message all but jumped off the fabric: “God bless...
View ArticleUtility crews don’t take holiday from storm work
BY SCOTT SHENK While others enjoyed July Fourth festivities, utility crews were out in the scorching heat working to bring electricity back to the last of the more than 100,000 customers in the...
View ArticleFireworks cap off a fun-filled, scorching-hot Fourth of July
BY LINDLEY ESTES AND LIANA BAYNE THE FREE LANCE-STAR On a Fourth of July that was as hot as a firecracker, Fredericksburg-area residents celebrated downtown with a five-mile race, a parade, the...
View ArticleFourth of July updates: Raft race winners, fireworks times and places, and more
It’s 2:30 p.m. and my fellow reporter Lindley Estes has passed the torch to me. She was out this morning at the five-mile run and Heritage Festival while I went over to Ferry Farm. We met up at the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Area power outage numbers as of this afternoon
Happy Fourth of July! Utility crews worked through the night and today and have brought the estimated number of homes and businesses in the Fredericksburg area that remain without power down to 3,557...
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Downtown Federicksburg 4th
7:30 Registration started at 6:45 a.m . for the Heritage Festival 5 Mile outside of the visitors center on Caroline Street. Runners are now lining up at the start line. Organizer Bob Lang said they...
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Family has reason to celebrate the 4th
The Sesays have recently attained U.S. citizenship. The family is from Liberia and lives in Spotsylvania County. (Peter Cihelka/The Free Lance-Star) Sample Quiz To become a U.S. citizen, a person must...
View ArticleEnjoy Fourth of July, but take some precautions
BY LIANA BAYNE If you’re planning on heading out to enjoy everything the Fredericksburg area has to offer on the Fourth of July, don’t forget sunscreen and water. Jared Klein, a forecaster for the...
View ArticleGearing up for some July Fourth festivities
DESPITE ROUGH WEEKEND AND PERSISTENT HEAT, AREA HAS A LOT TO OFFER ON INDEPENDENCE DAY RELATED: Enjoy Fourth of July, but take some precautions BY LIANA BAYNE The Free Lance-Star Fourth of July...
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