OPINION: Most Affordable Housing Isn’t New
by Danae Peckler, HFFI PreservationistGUEST WRITER We all support increasing the supply of housing within Fredericksburg city limits. We just don’t have much of a shared understanding about what that growth will look like—what types of new housing is best suited for which locations or what kind of benefits and trade-offs are expected in those […]
New Dominion Podcast: Chris Allen
What Make Fredericksburg Awesome Chris Allen is the executive director for Fredericksburg Main Street and talks about his organization’s role in historic preservation, small business development, and what makes a thriving downtown community (and Fredericksburg in particular) so special.
Guest Editorial: Moss Free Clinic’s Future
Thirty years ago, business leaders and healthcare professionals envisioned an organization that would provide high-quality care to people who were locked out of the healthcare system due to lack of insurance. Over the past 30 years, the Free Clinic’s patients’ needs have become more complex, the healthcare landscape has continued to morph, and our community […]
Letters: MWHC and Moss Free Clinic
Your February 25th Guest Editorial, Mary Washington Healthcare on the state of the region’s healthcare safety network and the Moss Free Clinic, signed by MWHC CEO Michael McDermott, MD, makes me wonder why Dr. McDermott would enlist 28 respected community members to explain away his most recent self-inflicted public relations error. These 28 unsuspecting people […]
Book Reviews: Royal Audience, A Light We Cannot See
The reviews for March 3 include Queen Elizabeth’s special relationship with America in “Royal Audience” and Pulitzer Prize winning WWII novel “All the Light We Cannot See.” ROYAL AUDIENCE by David Charter Published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons (March 5, 2024) Hardcover $30.00Audiobook $14.59 Reviewed by Penny A Parrish Seventy years on the throne. Thirteen […]
The Smiths (do not) go to Washington
By Drew GallagherHUMORIST As the 2024 election cycle drunkenly careens toward November, the Trump campaign has pissed off another musician by co-opting a song for his rallies. We can now add Smiths’ guitarist Johnny Marr to a list of musicians who have demanded that Trump cease and desist in using their music. The current list […]
Letters: Meals on Wheels and MWHC
FXBG Advance invites readers to submit letters to the editor. Letters should not exceed 500 words, include the writer’s name, city, and phone number (for contact purposes only), and should not include ad hominem attacks or inappropriate language. FXBG Advance reserves the right to edit all letters. Send your letters to [email protected]. Meals on Wheels […]
Guest Editorial
Thirty years ago, business leaders and healthcare professionals envisioned an organization that would provide high-quality care to people who were locked out of the healthcare system due to lack of insurance. Over the past 30 years, the Free Clinic’s patients’ needs have become more complex, the healthcare landscape has continued to morph, and our community […]
ANALYSIS: A Wakening Wind
by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF Tuesday officially kicks of the presidential election in Virginia when the voters go to the polls to formally cast their ballots for what looks to be a foregone conclusion this November – a repeat of 2020’s presidential election. (For information on where to vote, poll times, sample ballots, and related information, see […]