Aquia Harbour News

So we're again celebrating Independence Day. Hooray for the U.S. of A! America still shines as freedom's home.

Patrick McGlade, a 21-year-old senior at Virginia Commonwealth University, decided one day last December that he would run home for the holidays.

A sewage spill occurred in Stafford County's Aquia Harbour subdivision last week, and as of this week, residents are being advised to stay out of the water.

A 16-year-old Stafford County boy is being investigated for having "sexually explicit" pictures of a 15-year-old girl on his cell phone, court records show.

The crew of Engine 9 scrambles down 24 steps at the Aquia Harbour Volunteer Rescue Squad building, climbs aboard Engine 9, and within three minutes, the firefighter/medics arrive at their destination a few miles away.

HE DECISION to move terrorists from Guantanamo to the brig at Marine Corps Base Quantico has not been officially announced, but rumors abound that Quantico is on a very short list.

Forgive me, but I have misplaced my optimism. I'm sure it's somewhere, because it has stood me in good stead for these many years: Boost don't knockKeep your sunny side up.

William Jonas Fell earns $57,800 annually in his job as a parking-meter repairman in Alexandria.

National Night Out, a nationwide event bringing local police forces and communities together in a common fight against neighborhood crime, will be held throughout Stafford on Aug.

So the writing is on the wall and in your bank statements: Times are tough. So scrimping is in.

Stafford Circuit Judge J. Martin Bass stayed a juvenile court judge's ruling yesterday, blocking Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney Eric Olsen from commenting on the records of a teen he prosecuted on a rape charge ...

A Stafford County jury was unable late Wednesday to agree on a prison term for a county man who had repeated sex with a runaway teenager who showed up at his home last year.

For 110 years, the Fredericksburg area has been served by a single hospital. Today there are two.

Stafford Hospital Center had its ceremonial ribbon-cutting this morning, then, within minutes, treated its first patient.

A hearing to decide whether at least part of the court file of a teen convicted of rape should be made public was continued until next Thursday at the request of the boy's attorneys.

Stafford County has a long history of problems surrounding development, water runoff and siltation.

A team of attorneys is asking the Department of Juvenile Justice to release a former Aquia Harbour teen they say was wrongfully convicted of rape and is listed on the state's sex offender registry.

This Thanksgiving, S.E.R.V.E. had the task of helping nearly 150 area families for Thanksgiving with food-pantry shelves that were almost empty.