Looking to get away for a few hours. Check out the Ni Reservoir off Gordon Road in Spotsylvania
PHOTOS: Ni Reservoir
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PHOTOS: Lunch @ Hunting Run
Upon further review…It looked initially like we’d take a few pictures of a Bald Eagle overlooking Hunting Run in Spotsylvania. But a closer look finds this is a Bald Eagle having lunch by Hunting Run.
WATCH: Finished! The outdoor kitchen at Downtown Greens ready to go
Downtown Greens is excited about the number of programs it can run from its band new outdoor kitchen in the upper garden.
PHOTOS: Outdoor kitchen at Downtown Greens is operational
Downtown Greens adds an outdoor kitchen for the Youth Farm Program and adult classes.
WATCH: Downtown Greens opens their outdoor kitchen
Downtown Greens opened their outdoor kitchen in the upper garden in Fredericksburg.
PHOTOS: An afternoon at Motts Run
Lots of options for you to get away for awhile
New recreation equipment in the city
New equipment on the Rappahannock River Heritage Trail and in Memorial Park
LISTEN: Town Talk/Rappahannock River Safety
Capt. Jon Henson with Stafford Fire and Rescue’s Swift Water Rescue Team, April Peterson with River Rock Outfitter and Kelsey Bracewell with the American Canoe Association talk about safely enjoying the river this year.
WATCH: Marine Corps Historic Half preview #1: Hospital Hill
Hospital Hill. You’ll enounter it if you’re running the Marine Corps Historic Half, the Devil Dog Double or the Semper 5 on May 21 in Fredericksburg. Details at marinemarathon.com
WATCH: City Council proclamation on the Marine Corps Historic Half
A proclamation from Mayor Mary Katherine Greenlaw makes May 21, 2023, Marine Corps Historic Half Day in Fredericksburg.
PHOTOS: Time to take this off your list…Get plants today from RAAI sale….check!
The annual sale going on at 750 Kings Highway. 10-4 Monday thru Friday. 9-12 on Saturday. Alexis or a master gardener can answer any questions.
Every purchase helps provide funding for RAAI’s day program for adults with intellectual disabilities.
PHOTOS: Procrastinated on your garden or buying plants? RAAI to the rescue!
Rappahannock Adult Activities Spring Plant Sale at 750 Kings HIghway in Stafford still has what you need! (750 Kings Highway is a couple of miles east from the Chatham Bridge)
Every purchase helps provide funding for RAAI’s day program for adults with intellectual disabilities.
10-4 Monday thru Friday. 9-12 on Saturday.
PHOTOS: Give them something to plant and they will come!
Tree Fredericksburg gave away 16-hundred trees Saturday morning at Dixon Park in about an hour. These were the trees they weren’t able to give away at Earth Day when the rains came
WATCH: Enthusiastic support for Poetry on the Trail at the Dahlgren Railroad Heritage Trail
QR codes have been placed on scenic benches along the wetlands on the trail.
PHOTOS: Poetry on the Trail on the Dahlgren Railroad Heritage Trail
This matches up QR code technology and nature
WATCH: Tree Fredericksburg prepares Earth Day seedlings
Getting 3-thousand seedlings ready for distribution on Earth Day. Tree Fredericksburg was helped by Rappahannock Rotary and the Oberle School.
WATCH: Anne Little previews Earth Day in Fredericksburg & talks about the importance of native plants
Earth Day is this Saturday, 11-4 at Old Mill Park. Anne Little with Tree Fredericksburg says on Saturday they’re giving away 3-thousand seedlings.
PHOTOS: Take a Hike! Quarry Trail. Fredericksburg
Tip: Check for ticks
PHOTOS: Viewing the Rappahanniock from the Stafford side
Birds galore at the river
PHOTOS: Arbor Day 2023 in Fredericksburg
A day of celebratiion. 36 years as a Tree USA City, the many volunteers, and honoring Mayor Greenlaw for her professional and personal focus on trees
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