School Board Members Lay Out Path to Spotsylvania’s Next Superintendent
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT There has already been interest in the job of superintendent of Spotsylvania schools, associates with BWP, the search firm selected by the School Board to find the division’s next leader, told the Board on Wednesday. Kevin Castner and E. Wayne Harris, BWP associates who will lead the search process […]
Lafayette Celebration Continues with Free Lecture Thursday Evening
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT There’s an opportunity on Thursday to attend not one, but two free lectures on Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette—better known as the Marquis de Lafayette or, as he would prefer to be called, General Lafayette. On Thursday morning at 10 a.m., Craig Vasey will […]
Why Doesn’t Mary’s Landing Project in Fredericksburg Require Council Approval?
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT The Mary’s Landing project, which proposes to build 63 townhouses on existing unused parking lots across Fall Hill Avenue from the old Mary Washington Hospital building, does not require review by the Planning Commission or approval by City Council because it likely does not qualify as a major or […]
Stafford Supervisors Approve Increased Funding for School Major Maintenance
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Stafford supervisors on Tuesday approved a budget for the upcoming fiscal year that will provide about $15 million to the school division for critical systems maintenance and repair, replacement, and renovation, or “3R” projects. This funding is in addition to $13 million in new money for the school division’s […]
FAMPO Seeks Public Input on New River Crossing
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT The Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (FAMPO) invites the public to weigh in on possible locations for a new bridge crossing the Rappahannock River. The new river crossing will link Stafford County and the City of Fredericksburg west of Interstate 95 and seeks to alleviate traffic congestion on the […]
Obituaries: April 14 – 21, 2024
Benjamin Rolfe Eldridge, Sr.Fredericksburg Shawnette L. WalkerFredericksburg John Walter LawsonFredericksburg Oliver W. Hoskins, Jr.Spotsylvania James E. ThomsonStafford Rhonda Joanne LeeTavares, Florida Stephon D. TewariStafford Walter “Pete” Vernon RobertsFredericksburg Anna J. SayerFredericksburg Dana Glen JordanFredericksburg Russell (Nick) Bundy SrFredericksburg Marvin SmithFredericksburg Joyce AckermanFredericksburg
New Dominion Podcast
Dr. Janet Gullickson serves as president of Germanna Community College and talks about how to pronounce Gonzaga (gon-ZAY-ga), how AI is impacting the traditional three-page five paragraph essay, why two-year educations matter so much to economic development, and why Germanna doesn’t do stupid. Listen to the Podcast
ANALYSIS: What’s It Like to Visit a Data Center?
FXBG Advance recently visited two centers in Prince William County, seeing first-hand the size, potential, issues, and benefits these centers bring. by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF Data centers are both hailed as regions’ financial saviors, and spurned for their impact on local environments as well as their ever-growing real-estate footprints. Perhaps more than any other industry, however, […]
King George and Amazon at Odds Over Whether Performance Agreement Signed in December is in Effect
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT The Amazon Data Services project in King George County can be “resurrected” if the company is willing to “entertain discussion” on four items, interim County Attorney Richard Stuart wrote in a March 15 letter to Charlie Payne, the attorney representing ADS. First, Stuart wrote in the letter – which […]