Spotsylvania School Board Begins to Wade into the Budget
According to the results of a community budget survey, hiring and retaining teachers should be the top priority. | Correction
Filling News Deserts
Hank Silverberg is a long-time local resident and the newest member of the Advance’s editorial team. He wrote the following piece for his blog, Time to Think.
Captain Lee Peters III, Lieutenant Deuntay Diggs Discuss Film
The “Thin Black Line” is a new, independent film that looks at the experience of Black officers through their eyes. And the results are at once humbling and eye-opening.
What's the Housing Outlook for this Year?
Fredericksburg Area Association of Realtors gathers a panel to look back at 2023 and forward into 2024.
Missing Books – Some of Them – Back in School Division Central Office
The books were banned from school libraries last year and then taken to the Friends of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library’s book sale in the fall.
New Dominion Podcast – Dr. Thomas Taylor
Cori, Megan, Marty and Shaun talk with the superintendent of Stafford County Schools.
Book Challenges Come to King George County Public Schools
Staff have prepared a rubric for review committees to use. The rubric and the existing division policy on reconsideration of instructional materials are on the agenda for next School Board meeting.
New Dominion Podcast: Dr. Thomas Taylor
What precisely is the true cost of public education in Virginia? Stafford County Superintendent Thomas Taylor shares some of the challenges facing public education, including teacher retention, how COVID recovery is a more serious problem than we realize, and how the relationship between local government, public schools, and Richmond needs a serious rethink built on […]
Sunday Books & Culture – It's Drew Time
Where are Lisa Phelps and April Gillespie shuttling off to well before Board meetings end? Drew doesn’t know, but our intrepid humorist/axolotl-loving-journalist has some ideas – two involve cheese.