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Film retells Lovings' love story
Sunday, Feb 5, 2012 23:00
Mildred and Richard Loving were probably the last people you would expect to make legal history, but in 1967 they won a U.S. Supreme Court case that nullified laws against interracial marriage in Virginia and the 15 other states that still banned miscegenation. And it happened in Caroline County. Their story has become legend in certain legal and civil rights circles, but their historic ordeal is less well known to younger generations and people in other areas of the country. That's about to change....

City's growth leads the state
Sunday, Feb 5, 2012 23:00
Fredericksburg was the fastest-growing locality in the state between April 1, 2010, and July 1, 2011, according to the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. The city grew by 4.9 percent, or 1,198 people, during that period....

Super Sunday a great day for church's Souper Bowl
Sunday, Feb 5, 2012 23:00
As the nation turned its thoughts to football and hot wings Sunday, more than 100 members of The Presbyterian Church of Fredericksburg pitched in to make meals for hungry people around the world. To be fair, they had plenty of time to prepare mentally and digestively for the Super Bowl after they had assembled 15,000 bags of fortified soy and rice casserole. With that many hands on deck, it took less than an hour to meet their goal....

Quake forums set in Culpeper, Orange
Sunday, Feb 5, 2012 23:00
BY ROBIN KNEPPER State and federal officials will hold an informational meeting in Orange County Thursday night for residents who might have suffered damage from the Aug. 23 earthquake....

'Art of Recovery' exhibition slated
Sunday, Feb 5, 2012 23:00
FROM STAFF REPORTS The eighth annual "The Art of Recovery" exhibit is set for May, and the Rappahannock Area Community Services Board is seeking entries....

Students among area homeless
Sunday, Feb 5, 2012 23:00
Area social services agencies have made great strides in getting the chronically homeless off the streets and into housing. But the number of children without fixed addresses has risen dramatically....

VDOT hopes light syncing will improve flow on Route 3
Sunday, Feb 5, 2012 23:00
COMMUTERS who see too much red along State Route 3 on weekday evenings might find more relief soon in the form of additional traffic-signal timing work. The Virginia Department of Transportation has already made changes aimed at improving the synchronization of lights between the Interstate 95 exit at Central Park and Chewning Lane/Rutherford Drive....
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