Sunday, June 10, 2012
Local families went to Old Mill Park in Fredericksburg for the Cabot Community Tour event.
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Sunday, June 10, 2012
The smell of kettle korn, barbecue and Beach Fries vending filled the air at Old Mill Park in Fredericksburg on Saturday for the Cabot Community Tour event. The tour started May 12 in Miami with bike riders heading north up the East Coast closely following the East Coast Greenway. The Cabot Creamery Cooperative is the main sponsor of the event that aims to celebrate volunteers who help strengthen their communities. Families enjoyed pole climbing demonstrations, cheese making, Colonial reenactments, a petting zoo, flyfishing demonstrations, live music and kids' games. Cathy D. Davis, the chairwoman of the Board for the Rappahannock United Way, was recognized as the Cabot Community Celebrity, one of 40 winners nationwide. She and her husband…
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Dogapalooza at PetSmart in Central Park adopted out more than 60 dogs on Friday, more than the store manager expected. The event ends Sunday.
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Saturday, June 9, 2012
Barks and howls echoed through the parking lot at PetSmart in Central Park on Friday for the massive Dogapalooza adoption event. "It's been very successful today," PetSmart manager Kelly Johannemann said Friday afternoon. More than 60 dogs were adopted out to new families by 5 p.m. Dogapalooza organizers want to break a national record of 587 adoptions in one weekend. The event includes 25 rescue groups and shelters from across the region, and PetSmart Charities sponsors the event with Last Chance Animal Rescue out of Waldorf, MD. There's a dunk tank, psychic readings and dozens of cute dogs to pet. WHERE: PetSmart, 1421 Carl D Silver Pkwy - Central Park WHEN: Today, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and June 10, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Friday, June 8, 2012
Fredericksburg All Ages held its first of eight outdoor summer concerts at Market Square in downtown Fredericksburg. The shows are every Thursday through July 26.
More than 100 people, mostly local youth and parents, attended the first of eight outdoor concerts in Market Square in downtown Fredericksburg hosted by Fredericksburg All Ages on Thursday night. Fredericksburg All Ages is a nonprofit all-ages music project in Fredericksburg that is dedicated to youth empowerment, youth leadership and affordable music and arts programming. The bands Danner, Rule 1 and the Bassic Needs were on the schedule to play. The night was called early because of a storm that passed through Fredericksburg. "Come back to Market Square next Thursday for our next show--hopefully this time the weather gods will be supportive of rock and roll," FAA posted on its Facebook page.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Fredericksburg All Ages will soon have a series of outdoor shows and a Market Square, as the nonprofit aims to attract families to the music.
The nonprofit Fredericksburg All Ages will host a series of live concerts at Market Square this summer, something the founder said the organization has never done before. Fredericksburg All Ages (FAA) is a nonprofit all-ages music project in Fredericksburg that is dedicated to youth empowerment, youth leadership and affordable music and arts programming. "I think it is going to be a really awesome experience for people in the community and bands in the community," said Adam Bray, the founder of FAA, which held its first show in September 2006. Bray said turnout to FAA shows in the summer has been historically low, so the nonprofit came up with the idea to buy a PA system and rent out Market Square for eight live shows for local youth bands…
Jason Atkinson
11:05 am on Monday, June 11, 2012
We went yesterday and all the cats were inside. We got a new kitten to make our kids happy... more ›