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Virginia-Florida St. Preview
Mainstays North Carolina and Duke unsurprisingly sit atop the ACC standings, though upstarts Florida State and Virginia are just as much a part of the race. The 21st-ranked Seminoles try to maintain at least a share of first Saturday with a seventh straight win overall and ninth consecutive home victory over the 16th-ranked Cavaliers, who can pull even with the Seminoles in the ACC race.

Attempted-murder charges are dropped
An attempted-murder charge against a 28-year-old Stafford County man was dropped yesterday.Eston Dewitt Mason had been charged in connection with a June 7 incident in which police said multiple shots were fired during a dispute in Olde Forge subdivision....
Stafford school renovations approved
Stafford's School Board approves two elementary school renovations after applying some cost-cutting measures.
MEMORIAL >> Honoring fallen combat engineers
The names of five Virginia Army National Guard combat engineers, including two from the Fredericksburg area killed during combat operations in Iraq, are among the more than 330 names etched on the Memorial Wall for Fallen Engineers unveiled last week at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Among the names on the wall are those of Sgt. Nick Mason, 20, of King George and Sgt. David A. Ruhren, 20, of Stafford. Both died of wounds Dec. 21, 2004, in Mosul, Iraq, after their dining facility was attacked....
ST. JUDE THANKS ROCKY RUN
Stafford's Rocky Run Elementary students raise $14,000 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
COMMUNITY CALENDAR COMMUNITY CALENDAR
CLASSES/SEMINARS/EVENTSSAT Workshop, Tuesday, 6-7 p.m. at England Run Library, 806 Lyons Blvd., Stafford. Free program to educate parents and students about SATs. 540/548-8110....
Stafford schools looking at spending
The Stafford County School Board yesterday eliminated from consideration several potential cost-saving measures for 2011-12.That includes a 1 percent salary reduction for all employees, cutting 15 assistant principals and cutting funding for Commonwealth Governor's School....
STAFFORD >> Work nearly done on cut-through
Stafford County's Harrell Road, which has been closed for more than three months, will reopen by Monday-or Tuesday at the latest
Stafford to hire anti-gang deputies
The Stafford County Sheriff's Office saw enough success after the initial phase of last year's gang suppression detail to warrant a long-term solution.Stafford supervisors have approved hiring four new officers in the next fiscal year who will focus exclusively on gang activity in the county....
Man, 74, accused of fathering his grandson
Former Stafford resident accused of fathering own grandchild more than 30 years ago
Stafford budget looks good midyear
Stafford's financial outlook improves, but the Board of Supervisors delays action on funding school operations
Stafford School Board picks officers
Stafford School Board picks officersThe Stafford County School Board last night unanimously voted to name Patricia Healy as this year's chairwoman....
Cut workers, taxes, say Stafford's supervisors
Stafford County's supervisors have given their county administrator his marching orders for preparing the upcoming fiscal 2012 budget: Cut staff and lower taxes.Specifically, supervisors want a real estate tax rate no greater than $1.08, a 5 percent reduction in county government work force over the next 18 month, and to ensure that local funding for schools does not increase....
Trio held in thefts from Walmart
A Stafford County man lost his job and his freedom after being charged with conspiring with two friends to steal from a Walmart in North Stafford, police said.David P. Conrad Jr., 20, is charged with two counts of grand larceny and two counts of conspiracy, Sheriff's spokesman Bill Kennedy said. His alleged accomplices, John Ellis Ferguson, 26, and Matthew Wayne Ferguson, 29, both of Onville Road in Stafford County, are charged with the same offenses....
Grant helps Crow's Nest
A conservation group has reimbursed the state $5,000 for its removal of 17 acres of Japanese stilt grass in Stafford County's Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve.The Northern Virginia Conservation Trust announced yesterday that it had provided the grant to the Virginia Natural Area Preservation Fund....
United Way helped, then hired, woman
Tamara Martin used to fly around the United States raising money for Egyptian orphans.The Stafford County resident could raise as much as $250,000 in a single event. And Martin learned the most important part of raising money: Tell the story of the children she had met in Egypt through her Washington D.C.-based agency....
Volunteer visitors spread holiday cheer
Sally Anderson celebrated Christmas yesterday the same way she has for the past 30 years--by spending time with total strangers.The Stafford County resident led almost 25 people through the corridors of Woodmont Center, a local nursing and rehabilitation center, as part of a national program called The Holiday Project....
Stafford school may get trailers
Over the years, Stafford County's school system has prided itself on not having trailer classrooms.That may change next year....
Comp Plan spawns conflict
Stafford's Urban Development Area committee hits a snag before its first meeting
Salvage yard wins in court
A North Stafford neighborhood will continue to live with an auto salvage yard next door
Architect visits Capitol stone's home
In 1806, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, second architect of the U.S. Capitol, traveled to Stafford County to scout for stone with which to continue building the "People's House."Yesterday, the 11th architect of the Capitol, Stephen T. Ayers, paid a visit to Stafford's Aquia Creek to see where some of that building material originated....
Man charged in police car crash
A Dale City man is accused of ramming a Stafford County deputy's cruiser in a crash that caused the suspect's own vehicle to overturn.Sheriff's spokesman Bill Kennedy said the crash took place Thursday night on Interstate 95 about a half-mile south of the Stafford Courthouse exit....
Man beaten in robbery try after ATM deposit
A 45-year-old Stafford County man was beaten Friday by three men who apparently were too late to rob him, police said.Sheriff Charles Jett said the victim made a deposit at the Navy Federal Credit Union on Corporate Drive in the northern part of the county about 4:30 p.m....
Robbery tale lands man in jail
A Stafford County man has been accused of concocting a robbery in an effort to cover up a theft of his own.Sheriff Charles Jett said Deputy J. Mains was in the area of Crescent Boulevard off U.S. 1 north of the courthouse area Saturday at 7:40 p.m. when he noticed a vehicle stopped in the intersection....
Couple suspected of taking van
A Stafford County man and woman were arrested early Saturday, suspected of taking a neighbor's vehicle on a shoplifting mission.According to Sheriff Charles Jett, someone stole two DVD players and a Samsung telephone from the Walmart on Garrisonville Road in North Stafford late Friday....
Hiring spurs Stafford debate
The Stafford County Board of Supervisors has approved filling 28 empty non-public safety government positions this year, including a number of utilities workers, a county attorney, an assistant commonwealth's attorney and a second public information officer.All those positions are covered in the current budget, and a number of budgeted positions remain empty....

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