Election 2024
Election season is in full swing. As last year, FXBG Advance will serve as your one-stop shop for everything that you need to know about when and where to vote, the candidates, and of course, the outcomes. Basic Voter Information Voter Registration If you need to register to vote, update your current Virginia voter registration, […]
GWRC Receives Grant
by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF The George Washington Regional Commission (GWRC) has announced that it has received a grant worth $45,622. The funds come from the Joe and Mary Wilson Community Benefit Fund of Mary Washington Hospital. The funds will be used to support the ongoing efforts of sustainable housing affordability solutions in Planning District 16. The […]
The News That Moved Us This Past Week
by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF The week just past saw a Black History Month poetry read-in at James Monroe High School, a new interview with Republican congressional candidate Terrice Todd, a MWHC op-ed, a brewing political controversy in King George, and a FOIA request gone bad in Spotsylvania. In addition, our best-read commentary looked at school board […]
Proposed City School Budget Has Unfunded Needs
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT There are $4.7 million worth of unfunded needs in the budget for fiscal year 2025 proposed by Fredericksburg City Public Schools superintendent Marci Catlett. Catlett and the division’s chief financial officer Jennifer Brody presented the budget to the School Board at a special meeting on Thursday. The division expects […]
Shooting Incident in Spotsylvania County
by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF Editor’s Note: It is FXBG Advance policy to not post photos of police suspects. On Wednesday, deputies responded to a reported shooting in the Sheetz parking lot in the 5000 block of Mudd Tavern Road in Thornburg. Upon arrival, detectives found a 29-year-old male and a 45-year-old male suffering from multiple gunshot […]
Stafford Superintendent Wins Honor
by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF Dr. Thomas Taylor hit the ground running in Stafford County when he was named superintendent in December 2021, putting together an impressive string of successes for Stafford’s students while dealing with a global pandemic, the funding challenges that confront many districts across the commonwealth, and the pressures associated with the rapid growth […]
Stafford School Board Directed to “Immediately Stop Spending Dollars” on Elementary School Site at Brooke Point High School
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Stafford County Administrator Randall Vosburg has directed the School Board to “immediately stop spending dollars on the Elementary 19 site at [Brooke Point High School.” “As you know, the [Board of Supervisors] has been expressing concerns over the School Board’s proposed location for the elementary school at [BPHS] for […]
What’s Going on in King George County?
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT A new Board of Supervisors took office in King George County in January. Two months later, at least four senior county employees have resigned, and until last week, the Board Chair, T.C. Collins, was acting as County Administrator. The Board “accepted the resignation” of County Administrator Chris Miller and […]
Lisa Phelps, Mark Taylor Failed to Fully Comply with FOIA Request
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Newly available text messages reveal the degree to which at least one Spotsylvania School Board member and senior school division leadership were involved in events that led up to and followed the volatile December meeting of the Riverbend High School swim team that resulted in the principal being placed […]