🌱 How Spotsylvania’s new 45% data-center cap could affect your area
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In today's newsletter:
- How Spotsylvania’s new 45% data-center cap could affect your area
- What jurors are hearing in Spotsylvania’s high-profile teen murder trial
Also on today's calendar: Wilderness Fall Festival & Car Show and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Humid; heavy p.m. t-storms, with a high of 87 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 85, low: 65.
- Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 83 and low of 64 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Spotsylvania supervisors vote on limit to Industrial land dedicated to data centers (fredericksburgfreepress.com) — Spotsylvania County supervisors just capped data centers at 45% of all industrial-zoned land, signaling a clear slowdown for new projects that could affect nearby neighborhoods and resources. The 3–2 vote, with one supervisor absent and one seat vacant, follows strong resident pushback and means only about 2,773 more industrial acres can be used for future data centers unless the board revisits the limit. 
• Trial opens in Spotsylvania murder case over teenage prank (fredericksburg.com) — Jurors have begun hearing sharply conflicting accounts in a Spotsylvania murder trial over the shooting death of an 18-year-old county high school senior, reportedly tied to a teenage prank gone wrong. The case, involving a Spotsylvania man accused of firing the fatal shots, is drawing close attention from local families concerned about youth safety and gun use in neighborhood disputes.
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Upcoming Events in
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Virginia by the Glass: Tsenacommacah and the World the English Entered →
Spotsylvania County, VA Calendar, 11109 Plank Road, Spotsylvania
6:30 pm -
Goodwin Gold Mine Tour and Gold Panning Experience at Lake Anna State Park →
Spotsylvania County, VA Calendar, 6800 Lawyers Road, Spotsylvania
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Lake Anna State Park - Reptiles Alive! →
Spotsylvania County, VA Calendar, Lake Anna State Park Visitors Center 6800 Lawyers Rd, Spotsylvania
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Evening Canoe Paddle at Lake Anna State Park →
Spotsylvania County, VA Calendar, 6800 Lawyers Road, Spotsylvania
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Adventure Nights Live Summer Music Series at Wilderness Presidential Resort →
Spotsylvania County, VA Calendar, 9220 Plank Road, Spotsylvania
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Spotsylvania Farmers Market Saturday Market →
Spotsylvania County, VA Calendar
8:00 am -
Goodwin Gold Mine Tour and Gold Panning Experience at Lake Anna State Park →
Spotsylvania County, VA Calendar, 6800 Lawyers Road, Spotsylvania
12:00 pm -
Reggae Day at 1781 Brewing Company →
Spotsylvania County, VA Calendar, 11109 Plank Road, Spotsylvania
1:00 pm -
Wilderness Fall Festival & Car Show →
Wilderness Presidential Resorts, 9220 Plank Rd, Spotsylvania Courthouse
11:00 am -
Music by Moonlight Concert →
Riverfront Park Fredericksburg, 701 Sophia St, Fredericksburg
6:30 pm
Thursday August 27
Friday August 28
Saturday August 29
Sunday September 6
Saturday September 12
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🗓 Events Nearby
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LGPS Bus Evacuation Drill - Rear Exit
Locust Grove Primary School Locust Grove, VA 22508
8:45 am -
Girls' Basketball @ FTB (Tournament)
Locust Grove Middle 205 Grandview Ave, Culpeper, VA 22701, USA
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Girls' Basketball -Away
Locust Grove Middle 205 Grandview Ave, Culpeper, VA 22701, USA
5:00 pm -
Reptiles Alive! →
Lake Anna State Park, 6800 Lawyers Rd, Spotsylvania Courthouse
2:00 pm
Thursday August 27
Friday August 28
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- REMINDER: Milestone Towers Community Meeting for Proposed 195' Monopole.
WHEN: Wednesday, August 26, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Salem Church Public Library Meeting Room, located at 2607 Salem Church Road,… (Nextdoor )
- i9 Sports posted a job opening for Sport Coordinator Flag Football in Fredericksburg. Apply here.
- Chick-fil-A posted a job opening for Back of House Team Member in Fredericksburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Spotsylvania Courthouse here.
🗞 Nearby News
Fredericksburg
- VCU Health to open new clinical space in Fredericksburg (vcuhealth.org)
- Rep. Vindman: Meeting about VA clinic wait times ‘productive' (fredericksburgfreepress.com)
- Buried history: St. George's archaeological study goes public Sunday (fredericksburgfreepress.com)
King George
- William B. Little (fultoncountynews.com)
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