Resignations, Vacancies Trouble King George Fire Department
by ADELE UPHAUSMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Just three months into 2023, the King George County Department of Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services has seen nine employees resign. Chief David Moody communicated this information to the county human resources department, members of the Board of Supervisors, and Norm Risavi, part-time senior advisor to the Board, in […]
Spotsy Schools’ Maintenance Issues Threaten Buildings, Instruction
A decade’s worth of neglected maintenance and underfunding, paired with rapid growth and unprecedented demographic change, has left Spotsylvania County’s school system crippled, and facing an uncertain future. by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF Down in the bowels of Chancellor Middle School sits a relic from 1987. A roughly six-foot tall metal box with rows of black fuse […]
Celebrating Diversity and Empowering Students is the Theme of Latest FCPS Superintendent Community Roundtable
by ADELE UPHAUSMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Of the seven James Monroe High School seniors who participated in a panel discussion at Wednesday’s Superintendent Community Roundtable, two work full-time in addition to attending school full-time. Two have been in the United States for five years or less and entered Fredericksburg City Public Schools speaking little or […]
Stafford Supervisors Aren’t Finished Discussing Elementary School 19
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT A majority of the Stafford Board of Supervisors is in favor of continuing to fund the construction of elementary school #19 on the campus of Brooke Point High School. Chair and Falmouth District representative Meg Bohmke conducted a straw poll of supervisors at a budget work session on Tuesday […]
New Dominion Podcast
The “Tour d’ Sheetz”? In King George County? It’s a thing. And Kevin Biondi joins us to talk the Dahlgren Trail, and all things King George County. by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF Kevin Biondi serves as treasurer for the Dahlgren Railroad Heritage Trail in King George County, a unique 16-mile privately owned hiking path following the old […]
HVAC Failure and Deferred Maintenance Dangers
At joint meeting, School Board members again present the division’s budget needs to Supervisors. by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Last week, the bladder in the hot water expansion tank at Rodney Thompson Middle School in Stafford failed due to age. The failure caused pressure in the system to spike out of control and as […]
Mary’s Landing Project Seeks Open Space Credits for Preserving one “Character Structure,” but Would Demolish Other Buildings from Same Period
By ADELE UPHAUSMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Plans for the Mary’s Landing townhouse project, which would be located across Fall Hill Avenue from the old Mary Washington Hospital, seek “open space credits” for preserving one mid-20th-century structure while calling for the demolition of two other early-to-mid-20th-century structures. The building that would be preserved is also not […]
Spanberger Celebrates Infrastructure Investment in Spotsylvania
By ADELE UPHAUSMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Rep. Abigail Spanberger was in Spotsylvania on Monday afternoon to present a ceremonial check for $4.6 million in federal dollars for community-requested infrastructure projects, and to her, the occasion was an example of what happens when “local, state, and federal investments work in harmony.” “Since being elected to Congress, […]
AI For Dummies: When AI Steals Your Stuff and Then Replaces You
ChatGPT and OpenAI have an IQ somewhere in the neighborhood of 85, which should only impress those with an IQ lower than 85. by Shaun KenneyCOLUMNIST Ah yes — artificial intelligence. The salvation of the low-IQ set and the bane of thinkers and innovation everywhere. Allow me to express my open hostility for what most […]