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Also inside: Chipotle drive-through requested, real estate firm getting new digs, new tenant for former bank branch
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Biz Beat Banter: Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
On this week’s episode, Bill sits down with Brian Shanle and Jeff Oliveri, respectively the general manager and assistant general manager of Kalahari Resorts & Conventions’ new Spotsylvania County resort.
Biz Beat Clips: Hallberg Classic Cars
This week we tell you about Hallberg Classic Cars and the man behind it: longtime local financial advisor and real estate investor Chris Hallberg.
Biz Beat Roundup: Kalahari accepting bookings for December stays
Also inside: FAAR releases 2025 housing data, local organization featured in New York Times, franchise business opens in Central Park
Biz Beat Banter: Raymond Renault
This week, Bill sits down with Raymond Renault, longtime chef and owner at La Petite Auberge in Downtown Fredericksburg.
Biz Beat Clips: Big Brothers Big Sisters Greater Fredericksburg
This week we talk to Sandra Erickson, executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters Greater Fredericksburg, to learn more about the local nonprofit.
Biz Beat Roundup: New eateries coming to downtown
Also inside: YMCA completes half-million-dollar project, ‘imagination village’ opens in Stafford, mixed-use project planned in Lake Anna
Biz Beat Banter: Karen Moschetto
This week, Bill sits down with longtime Fredericksburg Academy Head of School Karen Moschetto to discuss her career journey and the evolution of the school.
Biz Beat Clips: Hot-cold therapy studio opens in Fredericksburg
This week we take you to the new Element Contrast Studio in downtown Fredericksburg, which offers sauna and cold-plunge therapy.
News from The Free Press
Stafford schools Superintendent Daniel Smith appointed to military-children state council
Selection reinforces the county’s commitment to military students and families, the division said.
‘Everything ain’t going to be all right:’ Spotsylvania NAACP calls for action on MLK Day
Spotsylvania NAACP President Moe Petway sounds the alarm about national and local issues during breakfast honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
PHOTOS: Celebrating MLK Day with walk across memorial bridge
Community members celebrated late Civil Rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy with a walk across his namesake bridge Monday afternoon.
On the Agenda, Jan. 19-23
Your weekly look at upcoming public meetings in the region.
‘The honor of my life’: Spanberger sworn in as Virginia’s first female governor
In remarks, former congresswoman extolled the virtues of bipartisanship and pledged to lower energy costs.