Moss Clinic Reaches Fundraising Goal
Clinic raises $134,000 during Day of Giving this week. The Lloyd Moss Free Clinic exceeded its goal of raising $100,000 for clinic operations this week. The clinic raised $134,000 during May Day of Giving on May 28. Combined with a matching grant, the amount will allow the clinic to continue offering medical, dental, and pharmacy […]
City Schools to Purchase 10 New Electric Buses
Purchase will be funded by grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Fredericksburg City Public Schools has been awarded a $3.5 million grant from the Environnmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus program, which it will use to purchase 10 new electric school buses. The 10 new buses will be added to the existing electric bus fleet […]
Wanted: One Developer for Vacant Spotsylvania Parcel
Could rezoning attract developer to vacant lot? Tens of thousands of baby boomers turn 65 every day across the country. According to the American Senior Housing Association, more than 100,000 new homes are needed between now and 2040 for them. That need is critical in Spotsylvania County and there’s some hope that a change in […]
President Troy Paino of University of Mary Washington
Whether it’s the university and the surrounding community, or the liberal arts and Artificial Intelligence, UMW’s president is building connections for the future. When Troy Paino arrived at the University of Mary Washington in 2016 to become the school’s tenth president, he brought with him a trick that had served him well at his previous […]
Council Members Press Hospital on Expansion Plans
Concerns raised about removing childcare facility, residential space at Snowden, parking, and hospital’s poor LeapFrog rating. The entirety of the Mary Washington Healthcare campus in Fredericksburg needs to be devoted to medical use, Eric Fletcher told City Council Tuesday evening. “Our perspective is, this needs to be a medical campus,” Fletcher, the hospital system’s senior […]
Historic Fredericksburg Foundation Lays Out Preservation Goals for City Council
Top three goals have also been in the city’s Comprehensive Plan since 2015. HFFI hopes to see them achieved by May of 2025. At tonight’s Fredericksburg City Council meeting, the Historic Fredericksburg Foundation will present a series of preservation goals for the coming year. The top three goals—establish a preservation advisory committee, complete a historic […]
BREAKING NEWS: Spotsylvania School Board Vice Chair Nicole Cole Served with Warrant
The Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office served a warrant this morning to Spotsylvania School Board Vice Chair Nicole Cole. Cole is being accused by fellow School Board member Lisa Phelps of assault and battery on Phelps. According to the warrant, the offense is alleged to have occurred “on or before” May 20, 2024, which was the date […]
There’s a Shortage of OB-GYNS Locally, Statewide, and Nationally
What is driving the shortage and what can be done about it? In mid-February, Dakota Richardson went to the emergency room at Stafford Hospital for abdominal pain. Ultrasound imaging revealed a large cyst on one of her ovaries. “They told me they were not going to remove it right away because it wasn’t an emergency […]
Honoring those who “Gave the Last Full Measure of Devotion”
Washington Heritage Museums hosts wreath-laying at the Hugh Mercer Monument in honor of Memorial Day. Fredericksburg-area residents are likely familiar with Hugh Mercer for his work as a physician in town—George Washington’s mother, Mary, was among his patients—and his service as a brigadier general during the Revolutionary War. His name is on a local elementary […]