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 […]
‘Never Disappoint the Expectations of Their Country’
It’s time – past time – that we simply learn to hear. Leatherneck Gallery is flooded with light, and that light reflects the words that capture the essence of the United States Marine Corps. Perhaps none do that better than these: “The Marines will never disappoint the expectations of the country — never!”— Captain C. […]
Searching for Cornzizzle
In an ever-broadening search for ways to pay for college, Drew Gallagher finds himself in South Carolina, where cornhole now rivals the Clemson-South Carolina football game in popularity. In one of my other unpaid performances in life, I am a high school baseball coach. Being a humorist and drinker of beer helps in that capacity. […]
Sunday Books & Culture: May 26
This week’s reviews include imaginative historical fiction in Piper Huguley’s “American Daughters” and Monica Wood’s novel of healing and forgiveness “How to Read a Book.” AMERICAN DAUGHTERS by Piper Huguley Published by William Morrow Paperbacks (April 2, 2024) Paperback $16.18Audiobook $22.04 Reviewed by Penny A Parrish On October 16, 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt invited Booker T. […]
SUNDAY BIG IDEA: Indianapolis Has a Lot to Teach Us
We can no longer sacrifice our future to our past. The Sunday Big Idea is a new, occasional feature that features bold ideas and challenges the way we see ourselves and our futures. If you’d like to submit a piece for consideration, please direct it to Martin Davis ([email protected]). Long before I began spending time […]
The News That Moved Us: May 17 to May 24
The week just past saw Spotsylvania’s School Board corrupting Congress, Stafford’s showering money on managers, playing fast and loose with Buc-ee’s traffic study, Mary Washington Healthcare finding new ways to add fees to patients’ bills, and two teacher arrests in Spotsylvania. Also this week, a long-overdue lesson in Robert’s Rules of Order (that seems to […]