Decision in FOIA Case Won’t Be Reconsidered
State code and Bench Book now at center of controversy over technical rule involving serving notice in FOIA violation cases.
By Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENTEmail Adele
A Spotsylvania judge has declined to reconsider her October 15 decision to dismiss a lawsuit seeking the release of records responsive to a request under Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act.
Petitioner Theodore Marcus, a Spotsylvania resident, filed a motion last week asking General District Court Judge Jane Reynolds to reverse her ruling, recuse herself, and sanction attorneys for the respondents—the Spotsylvania County School Board, individual School Board members Lisa Phelps and April Gillespie, and the division superintendent—for making “false and improper legal and factual arguments.”
by Martin Davis
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 
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EDUCATION
ANALYSIS: Superintendent’s Safety Push, Budget Process Highlight Spotsylvania
Education Spotlight: Caroline High School Launches Podcast Network
Virginia’s FOIA Law Does Not Require Lawsuits to
Stafford Students Chart Their Futures at Annual Career
CommunityNews
A student research team at the University of Mary Washington wanted to find out whether these agreements exist and if so, how prevalent they are.
By Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENTEmail Adele
Most jurisdictions in the Fredericksburg area have signed nondisclosure agreements with data center developers such as Amazon, Quantum.
BooksAnd Culture
This week’s reviews include a memoir about living in France in Steve Hoffman’s “A Season for That” and a complex international family narrative in S. J. Naude’s “Fathers and Fugitives.”
Books & Culture is edited by Vanessa Sekinger
by Steve Hoffman
Opinion
How long does it take for an electric vehicle (EV) to have a smaller carbon footprint than a gasoline-powered vehicle?
As with most complex issues, the answer is: It depends.
Currently, the energy to produce the battery causes the average initial EV carbon footprint to be twice.
INTERVIEWS
INTERVIEW: Spotsylvania School Superintendent Clint Mitchell
Independent Mindset Is a Net Positive
Meet Michael Purello – The Puzzle Guy
The CT Calcium Score: Could It Save Your Life?
By Dr. Joseph FergusonGUEST COLUMNIST
Editor’s Note: The Advance is pleased to launch this new series focused on readers’ health. These columns by local medical professionals offer insights and advice on a range of medical topics. The opinions or views expressed in these columns are not intended to treat or diagnose; nor are they meant to replace the treatment and care that you may be receiving from a licensed professional physician or mental health professional.
There is a good chance that you have not gotten the one screening test that you need the most. Almost every person age 40 and over should get the CT calcium score test and the vast majority of those people have never gotten the test.
The CT calcium score is a CT scan of the chest focused on measuring the.
