Forty middle and high school teachers gathered for a working lunch this week. Fredericksburg City’s middle and high school teachers who attended a working lunch on Tuesday agree that the division needs to become phone-free and that the best way to achieve this is by locking student devices in secured pouches during the school day. […]
Move will delay construction of new school by at least two months, School Board says. The Stafford Board of Supervisors’ vote on Tuesday evening to delay approval of a conditional use permit for the county’s 19th elementary school will “significantly delay” construction of the school. “The decision regarding [elementary school 19] significantly delays construction on […]
Emails have been exchanged with City Attorney. An attorney hired by a group of Fredericksburg residents is asking the City’s planning department to deny approval of the site plan for the proposed Mary’s Landing development in the Canal Quarter neighborhood. “My clients respectfully demand that the City deny the requested approval of the Mary’s Landing […]
Thomas Taylor has been selected to lead the 15th-largest school division in the country. Stafford County Public Schools superintendent Thomas Taylor will be leaving the county to take over leadership of Montgomery County Public Schools this fall. Taylor’s resignation from Stafford County will be effective July 1. He was hired by the School Board in […]
This week’s reviews include harrowing racial tensions in Greg Iles’s “Southern Man” and the enduring impact of family secrets in Rachel Khong’s “Real Americans.” Sunday Books & Reviews is edited each week by Vanessa Sekinger. Interested in writing reviews? Contact Vanessa. SOUTHERN MAN By Greg Iles Published by William Morrow (May 28, 2024) Hardcover $25.18 Audiobook […]
Cellphone bans? Sure thing! See someone violating the policy? Ah, that get’s a little trickier. Clay is here to sort it all out. Editor’s Note: Smart phone bans are all the rage right now, with Fredericksburg, Caroline, and King George passing bans in recent weeks. But as we noted recently, bans alone aren’t the magic […]
Area police departments say this is not unusual for this time of year and offer advice. Lock your car, take your keys, and don’t leave anything valuable in your vehicle. That advice comes from several local police departments after the usual seasonal increase in automobile break-ins in neighborhoods across the region. There have been 19 […]
And what can be done about it? Sea level rise is one of the more catastrophic impacts of climate change. The EPA predicts that up to $106 billion worth of coastal property will be underwater by 2050. Between 2050 and 2100, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts that sea levels will rise between one and […]
And supply is low, according to Fredericksburg Area Association of Realtors May 2024 report. The median home price in Stafford County reached a record-breaking $551,000 last month, the highest price point ever seen in the county, the Fredericksburg Area Association of Realtors reported this week. “The Fredericksburg-area housing market continued to march on with the […]
How to Drag a Body and Other Fun Facts
It’s Drew Time! A few weeks ago, I was wandering the streets of downtown Culpeper, destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical, naked, looking for an angry fix, when I stumbled upon a store called Le Monkey House. (In actuality, I was killing time before a high school track meet and was fully clothed, but Ginsberg sounded […]