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7/30/2010 11:00 PM

Residents who live near a site Fredericksburg is eyeing for a proposed fire station can learn more about what it would mean to their neighborhood at a public meeting early next month. Fredericksburg's planning and fire departments will host a meeting Aug. 10 at 7 p.m. in City Council chambers in City Hall to answer questions about the plan to purc...Read More

'Jambo General' aids Scouts

7/30/2010 11:00 PM

Any city of 45,000 people will have its medical emergencies, but so far those at the National Scout Jamboree have not been too serious or too numerous. "Jambo General," the jamboree hospital, had treated 328 Scouts and leaders as of yesterday afternoon. Minor problems, from heat-related illnesses to asthma attacks and ankle sprains, formed the bul...Read More

MARCH OF TIME

7/30/2010 11:00 PM

FOR THE FREE LANCE-STAR WHEN IT COMES to significance, few historic sites can hold a candle to Fort Monroe at Old Point Comfort in Hampton. Overshadowed by the collective legacies of Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown, this venerable fortress has in many respects remained one of the Penin...Read More

FAITH COMMUNITY NOTES

7/30/2010 11:00 PM

SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY Mount Olive Baptist Church, in Partlow, will celebrate its 144th Annual Homecoming Service tomorrow. Pastor Williams will preach the 11 a.m. service, and the Rev. Charles Wormley, pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church and his congregation will be guests. Revival services will run Tue...Read More

FOLLOW YOUR NOSE

7/30/2010 11:00 PM

First of four parts CHECKING garden plants, noting both the survivors and the victims, and planning for the future is an ongoing activity that will have positive returns. There is no better time to start than now, while gardens are in survival mode and barely holding o...Read More

contents for july 31

7/30/2010 11:00 PM

Flashback2 Civil War Calendar2.....Read More

THOSE OTHER STATE WOODS

7/30/2010 11:00 PM

IF YOU ARE in the timber business or like to hunt, you may know about Virginia's state forests. Otherwise, chances are you have driven right past one of these fine preserved sites without a clue as to what they were. Those who simply love roaming the outdoors need to know about these extensi...Read More

iPhone could still succeed

7/30/2010 11:00 PM

OK, SO I'M calling Steve Jobs' bluff. So to speak. Maybe he thought iPhone 4 owners couldn't make the call. He said if we buy an iPhone 4 and have a problem with the infamous "death grip" antenna, we can return it within 30 days of purchase and get a full refund with no restocking fee. We could alw...Read More

Senate stymies loan effort

7/30/2010 11:00 PM

Work has stalled in the U.S. Senate on legislation intended to help small businesses by providing a package of loans and tax credits......Read More

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