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Today’s edition · Tues., Nov. 10

I-95 lane closures this week, plus a Link Wray highway marker

Plus, roller derby is collecting toys for Toys for Tots on Sat., Nov. 14.

The Daily Fredericksburg team7 sources3 min read

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Roadwork

Driving I-95 this week? Single and double lane closures run Wednesday and Thursday, 9 p.m. to 4:30 a.m., between mile markers 145 and 142 near Exit 143 (Aquia/Garrisonville), for pavement markers and rumble strips, and southbound mobile soil-sample work closes single lanes between Exit 148 (Quantico) and Exit 133 (Falmouth/Warrenton). Fredericksburg Free Press

I-95 lane closures near Exit 143 run overnight Wednesday and Thursday

I-95 northbound and southbound near Exit 143 (Aquia/Garrisonville)

Midnight6 a.m.Noon6 p.m.9 p.m.to 4:30 a.m.
  • 9 p.m. to 4:30 a.m.Single and double lane closures
Days
Wednesday and Thursday
Mile markers
145 to 142

Source: Fredericksburg Free Press

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WhenWhat
9 p.m. to 4:30 a.m.Single and double lane closures
DaysWednesday and Thursday
Mile markers145 to 142

Toy drive

Fredericksburg Roller Derby hosts its fifth annual Toy Box Scramble Sat., Nov. 14, at the Fredericksburg Field House, 3411 Shannon Park Drive, with games at 2:30 and 5 p.m. Tickets are $15 online and $17 at the door, children under 10 are free, and organizers hope to collect more than 200 toys for Quantico . Fredericksburg Free Press

Link Wray

A highway marker will commemorate , who first played the instrumental "Rumble" at a sock hop in the old Fredericksburg Arena in 1957. Chris Williams, at the University of Mary Washington's multi-cultural center, was convinced Wray deserved a monument. WVTF

Stafford park

A former Stafford supervisor's plan for a park at the closed golf course has hit a snag. Joe Brito, who represented the Hartwood District, asked the Board of Supervisors to declare the land a park in the county's . Potomac Local News

UMW soccer

UMW women's soccer outshot CNU but settled for a 1-1 draw in the C2C championship, then fell 4-2 in a shootout. The team now awaits the NCAA selection show. Fredericksburg.com

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A 312-year-old Stradivarius played in a Fredericksburg high school auditorium, and almost nobody knew. Violinist Timothy Chooi brought the 1714 “Dolphin” Stradivarius, the violin famously associated with Jascha Heifetz, to the Fredericksburg Symphony Orchestra’s Oct. 23 concert at James Monroe High School. Even the music director had to guess it by ear. That's one way to keep a secret.

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Daily Fredericksburgto me · Tues., Nov. 106:00 a.m.

I-95 lane closures this week, plus a Link Wray highway marker

Plus, roller derby is collecting toys for Toys for Tots on Sat., Nov. 14.

The TLDR

  1. I-95 lane closures near Exit 143 run Wednesday and Thursday nights
  2. Roller derby's Toy Box Scramble is Sat., Nov. 14
  3. A highway marker will commemorate rock legend Link Wray
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