Book Review: The London Bookshop Affair by Louise Fein
With the popularity of the movie “Oppenheimer,” stories and memories of the impact of nuclear weapons are once again topics of conversation. In this book, readers will be taken to a time in 1962 when the world stood on the brink of annihilation during the Cuban Missile Crisis. We begin in February 1942 with Jeannie, […]
Essay: COVID tore the country apart – more than two years on, we may be stronger for the struggle.
Reporting on COVID in its early days gave me a front-row seat into how our deepest-held fears can manifest themselves in concerning ways. It also gave me a first-hand look at how those who placed societal concern over their political opinions brought people together in creative and inspiring ways. In a September 2021 piece for […]
Humor: When a genuine Hockey God takes to the pickleball court, grandma best look out – hip-replacement surgery be damned.
The pickleball court is no place for arrogance according to a friend of mine who is not yet 50 and has taken up pickleball at a tennis club in Annapolis, Maryland. He had to sign a special waiver indicating that he was not “technically” old enough to be playing pickleball, but in the event he […]
Stafford County has a severe problem with food insecurity
Stafford may rank as a “wealthy” county in Virginia and nationwide, but its student population reveals the extent to which food insecurity is damaging children and families in the county.
Kerr: Stafford County Has a Severe Problem with Food Insecurity
Stafford County, with a population 145,000, ranks 15th in the state in terms of per capita income (there are 134 counties and cities in Virginia), and nationally comes in at 19th in median income. These are two indicators that imply a thriving and healthy economic picture. Certainly not one where there would be a serious food insecurity […]
Stafford Superintendent Asks for "Significant Investment" in School Division.
Budget request does not include nearly $63 million in needs.
Stafford Superintendent Asks for “Significant Investment” in School Division.
The Stafford County school division is “nearing a cliff,” superintendent Thomas Taylor told School Board members Thursday evening. The division has nearly $63 million in needs that are unfunded in the budget for fiscal year 2025 that Taylor presented to the board. But if the division falls off the cliff, “recovery will be even more […]
A Proposed Methadone Clinic Raises Concerns, Meets Needs – Part II
Both the way the proposed methadone clinic was brought into Stafford and its location have residents concerned. However, methadone has proven an effective treatment for many.
BREAKING NEWS: Huntley Homecoming Postponed
Snowy conditions this week have led to changing the date for the Huntley Homecoming. A new date is still to be determined.