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Biz Beat Roundup: Familiar name coming to Towne Centre
Also inside: Three homes go for $1 million-plus in region, FredNats name new GM, rezoning approved in Caroline.
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Biz Beat Banter: Frank Mueller
This week, Bill sits down with Kaeser Compressors President Frank Mueller to discuss his life and career, which has taken him all over the world.
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Biz Beat Clips: Mary Washington Healthcare’s new education building
This week on Biz Beat Clips, we take you inside the new conference and medical-training facility that Mary Washington Healthcare is building across from Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg.
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Biz Beat Roundup: UMW theater project under way
Also inside: Area museum names new CEO, land sought for cricket facility, men’s clothing store nears opening
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Biz Beat Banter: Dr. Kostas Constantine
This week, Bill sits down with longtime local surgeon Dr. Kostas Constantine to talk about his life and career.
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Biz Beat Clips: A look inside Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
This week we offer up a sneak peek inside the new Kalahari Resorts & Conventions facility in the Thornburg area of Spotsylvania County. The resort will open Nov. 12.
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Biz Beat Roundup: Grocery activity heats up in the region
Also inside: Breakfast and lunch restaurant planned in downtown Fredericksburg, YMCA planning more renovation work, nearly 1 million-square-foot lease signed in Stafford.
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Biz Beat Banter: Bill Freehling
This week, Atlantic Builders Founder Adam Fried turns the tables on Biz Beat Banter host Bill Freehling and interviews him about his life and career.
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Biz Beat Clips: How a house gets built in 72 hours
This week we will tell you about how Atlantic Builders and its partners were able to build a house that will be used as a prototype for the Jeremiah Community…
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Biz Beat Roundup: Familiar name coming to Towne Centre
Also inside: Three homes go for $1 million-plus in region, FredNats name new GM, rezoning approved in Caroline.
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Biz Beat Banter: Frank Mueller
This week, Bill sits down with Kaeser Compressors President Frank Mueller to discuss his life and career, which has taken him all over the world.
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Biz Beat Clips: Mary Washington Healthcare’s new education building
This week on Biz Beat Clips, we take you inside the new conference and medical-training facility that Mary Washington Healthcare is building across from Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg.
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Biz Beat Roundup: UMW theater project under way
Also inside: Area museum names new CEO, land sought for cricket facility, men’s clothing store nears opening
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Biz Beat Banter: Dr. Kostas Constantine
This week, Bill sits down with longtime local surgeon Dr. Kostas Constantine to talk about his life and career.
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Biz Beat Clips: A look inside Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
This week we offer up a sneak peek inside the new Kalahari Resorts & Conventions facility in the Thornburg area of Spotsylvania County. The resort will open Nov. 12.
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Biz Beat Roundup: Grocery activity heats up in the region
Also inside: Breakfast and lunch restaurant planned in downtown Fredericksburg, YMCA planning more renovation work, nearly 1 million-square-foot lease signed in Stafford.
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Biz Beat Banter: Bill Freehling
This week, Atlantic Builders Founder Adam Fried turns the tables on Biz Beat Banter host Bill Freehling and interviews him about his life and career.
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Biz Beat Clips: How a house gets built in 72 hours
This week we will tell you about how Atlantic Builders and its partners were able to build a house that will be used as a prototype for the Jeremiah Community…

News from The Free Press
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Explainer: Preventing teen violence in the City of Fredericksburg
City council and the Fredericksburg school board have scheduled a joint work session Oct. 27 to discuss the assessment’s findings.
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Across the region, early voting is up compared to last midterm elections
All Fredericksburg-area localities are in the 7th District of the U.S. House of Representatives, in which incumbent Eugene Vindman, a Democrat, is being challenged by Republican Doug Ollivant.
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Stafford supervisors to discuss doing away with incentives for data centers
The county board is also slated to talk about ending nondisclosure agreements with the technology businesses.
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Roberts rules: Caroline native, trailblazing judge holds court at Local Heroes event
Angela Roberts, who grew up in Bowling Green, was elected as the first Black female judge in Virginia’s history in 1990.
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Historic Fredericksburg Foundation, Inc. argues standing to appeal demolition of 204 Lewis Street
In four years, the case has moved from the Fredericksburg Architectural Review Board to the state Supreme Court. Now it’s (almost) back to where it started.
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‘The first monument ever erected to a woman, by women’ is getting a makeover
The space around the obelisk will be transformed into a community gathering place complete with gardens, paths and seating.
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Amazon moving forward with Birchwood data center after reaching settlement with King George
County agrees Amazon has vested rights to the 869-acre property, but the company agrees not to build a data center building adjacent to the Rappahannock River.
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Virginia education board approves new rules for local student assessments
Guidelines set scoring and reporting requirements for subjects without statewide SOL tests.
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COLUMN: For over 60 years at Stafford High School, ‘A’ stands for Andrews
The octogenarian English teacher has taught multiple generations of students.







