by Bruce SallerWRITER Editor’s note: Issues like climate change can feel overwhelming. After all, how much difference can any one person make? Turns out, quite a bit when we together take small steps. Bruce Saller is a retired engineer and active participant in the Fredericksburg Clean and Green Commission. This is the first in an occasional […]
by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF Tuesday night’s presidential primary was as predictable as would be fan enthusiasm were the Kansas City Chiefs to come to our region to play perennial powerhouse King George High School. Crowds would turn out from everywhere to see the decked-in-red Chiefs. As for the decked-in-blue Foxes? They’d have their supporters, but let’s […]
by Danae Peckler, HFFI PreservationistGUEST WRITER We all support increasing the supply of housing within Fredericksburg city limits. We just don’t have much of a shared understanding about what that growth will look like—what types of new housing is best suited for which locations or what kind of benefits and trade-offs are expected in those […]
The reviews for March 3 include Queen Elizabeth’s special relationship with America in “Royal Audience” and Pulitzer Prize winning WWII novel “All the Light We Cannot See.” ROYAL AUDIENCE by David Charter Published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons (March 5, 2024) Hardcover $30.00Audiobook $14.59 Reviewed by Penny A Parrish Seventy years on the throne. Thirteen […]
by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF Tuesday officially kicks of the presidential election in Virginia when the voters go to the polls to formally cast their ballots for what looks to be a foregone conclusion this November – a repeat of 2020’s presidential election. (For information on where to vote, poll times, sample ballots, and related information, see […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF Terris Todd is a Republican candidate contending for a chance to represent the GOP on the ballot this November for the congressional seat being abandoned by Abigail Spanberger, who is running for governor in 2025. Todd recently spent some time with the Advance to talk about himself and his candidacy. FXBG Advance: […]
