Caroline Crossroads BLOG: Look here for extra information, links and documents for the Caroline County community. It serves as supplemental coverage for The Free Lance-Star newspaper.

Caroline news

Caroline ready to reopen cannery (11/3/2009)
• Caroline will reopen cannery later this week, add Saturdays to the mix

Caroline schools seek energy grant (11/1/2009)
• Caroline Supervisors give School Board

'Wrong place' defendant avoids jail in party death (10/29/2009)
• One of the men charged with murder by mob following a Sweet 16 party in Caroline County pleaded guilty yesterday to a misdemeanor

Caroline seeks more sign-ups for project (10/24/2009)
• Caroline County officials need more Dawn residents to sign up before they can proceed with the second phase of a project to bring sewer service to the area

Three jailed in Caroline invasion (10/21/2009)
• Caroline home invasion and drug robbery includes somebody getting shot with crossbow

Caroline defining role of EMS chief (10/18/2009)
• The Caroline County Board of Supervisors adopts amendments to the Emergency Services Ordinance that fully define the duties and responsibilities of the new Fire-EMS chief

Parts of campground evacuated during brush fire (10/11/2009)
• Parts of campground evacuated during brush fire

Caroline ex-deputy indicted for child abuse (10/10/2009)
• Former candidate for Caroline sheriff re-indicted on child-abuse charges

Former sheriff candidate charged (10/9/2009)
• Ex-Caroline deputy is re-indicted on allegations that he feloniously abused a child.

Good Samaritan deed makes woman a target (10/9/2009)
• Man charged with felony theft for breaking into good Samaritan's home.

New State Fair site brings more visitors (10/9/2009)
• State Fair attendance increased by 2.4 percent in Caroline compared with 2008 in Richmond

Virginia State Fair attendance jumps in Caroline (10/8/2009)
• Event played host to 247,958 visitors at the the Meadow Event Park in Caroline, which is up 2.4 percent from last year in Richmond.

Stress eases on area housing (10/6/2009)
• Fredericksburg area highlighted in Associated Press' recent economic stress survey

Fair finishes with big weekend (10/5/2009)
• State Fair officials pleased with turnout for first year at new Caroline County home

Area fares well in stress test (10/5/2009)
• Improvement in Caroline, Prince William foreclosure rates may bode well for Fredericksburg region.