New Wayside Panels to be Introduced as Part of Black History Month
Five new wayside panels will debut in Fredericksburg next month as part of the community’s commemoration of Black History Month, representing further steps taken towards telling a more complete history of the area. The new panels include one about Johnny Johnson, the longtime beloved local artist, teacher and mentor; one about the Manahoac indigenous tribe; […]
COMMENTARY: Parents' Rights, Students Wronged, and a Community Searching for a Way Forward
Parents’ rights has upended the swim program at Riverbend High School. Coach Theo Marcus, however, continues to mentor and train and build up students who need what he is serving.
New Dominion Podcast: Ian Ginger
Ian Ginger is the Program Director for the Virginia Initiative for Growth & Opportunity (GO Virginia) Region 6 and shares about some of the history of how GO Virginia got started, how data centers are a tremendous boon for Virginia taxpayers, and why regionalism is incredibly important to improving local economies.
Text Messages Reveal Change in Tone about Mentoring
A Riverbend High School parent had apparently requested, and then often praised, a coach’s mentoring of their student-athlete. When a leadership model changed, however, so did the parent’s tone.
COMMENTARY: Parents’ Rights, Students Wronged, and a Community Searching for a Way Forward
The teenagers at the Massad Y tennis facility were on their toes and constantly moving Sunday, January 7, as they are every Sunday from 10-2. Crossing shots, lobs, slams, and screaming serves rang out side-by-side with whiffs, slips, and the unmistakable tinny sound of a poorly hit ball. Missing were hanging heads, celebrations, taunting, and […]
Text Messages Reveal Change in Tone about Mentoring
A late November change in the way the Riverbend High School swim team selects captains has led to a rupture in relationships between coaches, parents, and student-athletes at Riverbend High School. Speaking on a podcast last week, however, Riverbend Principal Xavier Downs—now on administrative leave—and a parent of a student-athlete on the team are arguing the change […]
New Dominion Podcast – Ian Ginger
Ian Ginger joins Shaun and Marty to discuss Go Virginia. And a special word about today’s FXBG Advance.
Healthcare Inequity Focus of Prayer Breakfast
Tim Kaine delivers keynote address at annual Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer event sponsored by the Fredericksburg Branch of the NAACP.
Healthcare Inequity Focus of Prayer Breakfast
Every time Virginia Senator Tim Kaine studies Martin Luther King Jr., he learns something new. King wrote and spoke about and worked to end many inequities that continue to plague American society, Kaine noted at in his keynote address at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast Monday morning at the Fredericksburg Convention […]