Local News

Volunteers Helping Pick Up The Pieces • A day and a half after the storm, neighbors starts to pick up the pieces

Pain At Pump Worth It? • Stafford, Fredericksburg may collect more money for VRE, local transportation projects, from 2 percent local gas tax

Loving Never Wanted Spotlight • Family and friends bid farewell to Mildred Loving

Stafford Delays Vote On Addiction-Recovery Center • Addiction-recovery program still needs county approval

Graduation Brings Back Memories Of Son'S First School Day • Facing prospect of son's graduation from college, father wonders where all the time went

Local Week In Review • week in review

Public Calendar • public calendar

Commuting Teaches Family Is More Important Than Income • Commuter weighs family values and salary concerns

Tsp Transfer Rule Will Bolster Program • Thrift Savings Plan rules out excessive day-trading

Students, Faculty Earn Top Honors University Of Mary Washington Graduates • University of Mary Washington graduates the class of 2008

Superintendent'S Foia Case Is Over • Spotsylvania County Attorney Jacob Stroman says he will withdraw the appeal of Jerry Hill's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit

University Graduates 1,217 In Class Of 2008 • UMW graduates the Class of 2008

Culpeper Plant Has Chlorine Gas Leak • Chlorine leak in Culpeper brings out hazmat team

Sports

Chargers Hone Skillsat Contest • High school basketball: Commonwealth/Battlefield all-star game

Tv Sports Highlights • TV sports highlights

Area Baseball Players In The Pros • Area baseball players in the pros

O'Connor'S Return A Nightmare • Marlins at Nationals

Young'S Next Stop: A Stint In Harrisburg • Nationals notebook

For Ramsey, Racing Is Tires, Not Tiring • Changing Burton's tires keeps Ramsey on the go

Hawks Advance In Tourney • Prep roundup

Editorial

• On Mother's Day, an appreciation

• A tornado traumatizes a Stafford County neighborhood, but things might have been worse

Opinion columns

Are We Northern Virginia? • Introduction to: Is Fredericksburg now in Northern Virginia?

Robert E. Lee Might Not Recognize The Place • Is Fredericksburg in Northern Virginia?

Our Central City Is Still A Refuge • Future Viewpoints column (May 11), "Are We in Northern Virginia?"

Glacial Megalopolis Has Inched Past Us, Will Soon Reach Richmond • Is Fredericksburg now in Northern Virginia? Glacial impact of Boston-Washington metropolitan area is now felt here, and will soon reach Richmond

'Metropolitanization' Of The World Is Here • We Are the World, We Are the People

We Can Avoid The Circle Of Hell • Viewpoints/Is the Fredericksburg area now in Northern Virginia?

There'S Much More To It Than Looking At A Map • Are we Northern Virginia?

A 'Tweener': We Must Play Smart • Is the Fredericksburg area now in Northern Virginia? "Twixt and Tween," Hap Connors

Are Penguins On Thin Ice? • Penguins on the brink?

Limit Residential Growth, Taxes • Is the Fredericksburg area part of Northern Virginia? (Stafford County costs)

We Are As We Live, A Bit 'Altered' • Is Fredericksburg in Northern Virginia?

Businesses Want 'Fredericksburg' • Is Fredericksburg in Northern Virginia?

Life

Organization Is Key For This Modern Mom The Egan Family Schedule • On Mother's Day, Michele Egan gets to sleep in-a once-a-year treat for this mom of five young boys

Healthy Living

Tried-And-True Advice? • Separating fact from fiction when it comes to health advice

Seniors Calendar • Seniors Calendar

Health Calendar • Health Calendar

Children'S Milestones Lead Parents To Grow, Too • Developmental milestones aren't just for kids

Business

Just Because You Need It Doesn'T Mean It'S Profitable • Business Browser

Names & Notes • Names & Notes

Commercial Leases • Commercial leases in the Fredericksburg area

Money To Mom May Be Economic Victim • Mother's Day has historically been prime time to send remittances to Latin America

Opinion:Letter

Glories Of A Poet'S Life • Friends of Maya Angelou celebrate her life

Hard Not To Be A 'Trauma' Victim • Another great thriller from the pen of Patrick McGrath

Burbankfollows A Twisty Path • Psychological thriller researched at Quantico

Letters Of Persons Of Letters • Author explores friendships between major American authors in 'Double Lives'

His Words Were Taken Out Of Cortex • New book describes experiences of the brain- injured

SPECIAL REPORT: Five years ago, the FBI and Virginia State Police said they were running forensic tests to determine every crime serial killer Richard Marc Evonitz committed. Instead, they relentlessly pursued another man. Today, the families of at least three slain women are left without answers. Click here to read this special report.

SPECIAL REPORT: Ready to Roll Reporter Rusty Dennen and Photographer Mike Morones spent three days in late August embedded with Delta Company's 3rd Platoon, a Fredericksburg National Guard unit headed to Kuwait as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Click here to see the series.

SPECIAL REPORT: Sisters, worlds apart. Free Lance-Star reporter Frank Delano visited Prince's Town, Fredericksburg's new sister city, during a July trip to Ghana, where he served in the Peace Corps 40 years ago. Check out the series.

Circumcision rates are dropping in the U.S. For a Healthy Living story, we'd like to hear from Fredericksburg-area parents about how they decided whether to circumcise their baby boys.

Please contact Janet Marshall at jmarshall@freelancestar.com (phone: 374-5527)