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Viewfinder: Holidays March Into Town
Thousands cram downtown streets for annual Fredericksburg Jaycee's Christmas Parade.

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Thousands cram downtown streets for annual Fredericksburg Jaycee's Christmas Parade.

Read more details in today's City Blotter.
Christmas for cops? Department to purchase crime analysis software, night vision scopes with $30k in grants and donations.
Two great events on Saturday to help you get in the festive mood.
Expect detours next Tuesday on William Street as a rotting oak is removed.
Bank robbers nabbed after Fredericksburg stick-up plead guilty in federal court.
More than a week after a large sewage leak spilled into the Rappahannock, city officials say that water test results have returned to safe levels.
A rough estimate from state officials underscores the significance of last week's sewage spill.
Read more details in today's City Blotter.
In the span of three months the Fredericksburg Police Department has compiled an impressive record closing high-profile cases.
Civil War themed holiday concert featuring renown composer to be broadcast on PBS stations in Virginia. Get your tickets now.
Amendment limiting government's ability to seize land has already sailed through one round of approval and has garnered friends in high places.
There's still more testing to be done before city officials take down warning signs at City Dock.
Student reports middle-aged man seen jogging nude in Fredericksburg yesterday.
The delayed reporting of a sewage leak into the Rappahannock River underscores the glaring ineffectiveness of Fredericksburg's website to alert area residents of important information.
Shots fired in Central Park, attempted wounding, a bizarre but brief home invasion, and an irate pizza customer, among others, kept Fredericksburg police busy over the holiday weekend. Read more details in today's City Blotter.
City officials are trying to figure out what caused two sewage pumps to simultaneously fail last Wednesday.
A proposed state constitution amendment strengthening restrictions on eminent domain has elected officials here and across the state on alert.