Good morning, Fredericksburg.

This upcoming Tuesday, shelters in Prince William County (Bristow Road), Manassas (Dean Drive), and Spotsylvania are hosting Take Me Home Tuesday featuring three adoptable dogs: Cleo, Lemon, and Nola.

Interested adopters can call the shelters to schedule visits.

Rapidan Equine Sanctuary will host a cocktail reception and silent auction on Oct.

24 to mark its first anniversary — an event that supports equine care and education.

Atlantic Builders founder Adam Fried will interview Biz Beat Banter host Bill Freehling this week about his life and career as a business reporter at the Fredericksburg Free Press.

The Fredericksburg Free Press earned the LION Publishers’ Financial Health Award on Sept.

10 in San Diego, where judges praised its community outreach and revenue strategies that strengthened newsroom staffing. It expects 15% revenue growth in 2026.

On Sept. 15, Kalahari bet $900 million on a massive resort in Virginia while Swift Creek Mill sought $250,000 to reopen its theater, and local residents remembered jazz musician Lonnie Liston Smith.

Stan Jones, who was appointed last month as interim at-large representative, is running a write-in campaign for the school board.

He brings 30 years of experience in public education and will work to improve student performance in our local schools.

Stafford County School Board deferred its proposed shift from an eight-course to a seven-course high school schedule for 27-28 after nearly 90 minutes of public comments at its meeting on Tuesday, Sept.

8.

Residents in Fredericksburg can drop off unwanted, expired or leftover pesticides at Greenline Service Corp., 11417 Tidewater Trail on Thursday, Sept.

17 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., an event co-hosted by Virginia Cooperative Extension-Stafford and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.