COMMENTARY: Government Limits, Parents’ Responsibilities
School districts are set to act on smartphone bans. That’s good. But failing to define what problem they hope to address means smartphone bans could fail before they’re ever implemented. Tonight, Fredericksburg City Schools looks to become another in the line of divisions regionally and across the nation to join the smartphone-ban movement. Huzzah! Now […]
Let That Pride Flag, and Those Dolphins, Fly!
It’s Pride Month, and Drew’s investigating gay dolphins. Yes, they’re a thing – especially in Sarasota, Florida! What will Ron DeSantis do? Will Spotsylvania ban “Island of the Blue Dolphins”? In honor of June being LGBTQ+ Pride Month, we cast our eyes to the state of Florida—a bastion of acceptance and respect for all communities […]
Sunday Books & Culture for June 9
This week’s reviews include an Irish romance in Jenn McKinlay’s “Love at First Book,” and a resilient and talented Indian woman in Alka Joshi’s “The Henna Artist.” Sunday Books & Reviews is edited each week by Vanessa Sekinger. Interested in writing reviews? Contact Vanessa. LOVE AT FIRST BOOK By Jenn McKinlay Published by Berkley (May […]
The News That Had Our Readers Talking: May 31 – June 7
The week just past saw Caroline students raking in scholarship money, Mary’s Landing resubmitting plans, King George banning phones, Nicole Cole’s jury trial set, and in the least shocking news of the week – Lisa Phelps and April Gillespie still can’t follow simple requests. Also this week, our new occasional feature, Education 540, takes a […]
Health Department Investigating E.Coli Outbreak Near Lake Anna
The source of outbreak is not yet known. The Virginia Department of Health is investigating an outbreak of gastrointestinal illnesses in the Lake Anna area of Spotsylvania County that began over the Memorial Day weekend. Brookie Crawford, a spokeswoman for the VDH, says there have been at least ten confirmed cases of E.coli already—and there […]
History, and Our Memory of It, Carry Day
At Thursday’s memorial to those who stormed Normandy’s beaches 80 years ago, at chance to speak with those who lived that day, and a call to remember what brought us to that point. The very young and the very old, those who served and those who did not, those family members whose loved ones paid […]
‘Thank Human Decency’
Craig Vasey, president of the Sister City Association and a member of the FXBG Advance Board, was Master of Ceremonies for Thursday’s D-Day commemoration. His father was in the D-Day invasion. His remarks are reprinted here. Thank you all for coming, and welcome. We begin this afternoon with the presentation and posting of the colors […]
‘Hardening’ on Democracy and Freedom
On Thursday evening, people from across the region gathered at the Fallen Heroes Memorial in Fredericksburg to remember those who took part in the D-Day invasion 80 years ago. This afternoon, we’ll have a full recap of the event. This morning, we are reprinting the comments Davis was asked to deliver for the occasion. Winston […]
This Week’s Settlement Offers Justice for Max the Envigo Beagle
Max was born in the now-shuttered Envigo facility in Cumberland, Virginia. Envigo’s parent company pled guilty this week to violating the Animal Welfare Act must pay a record $22 million in fines. It was the tattoo on Max’s ear that brought home to the Cavalier family everything their new foster beagle had been through in […]