Sharp increases in assessed real estate values mean the Board will be walking a line between meeting the increased funding needs the county faces, and not raising tax rates to a burdensome level. By Martin Davis EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Tomorrow night’s meeting agenda for the Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors features a consent agenda loaded with 28 items, and […]
Now a year into our publication, we’re excited to launch our Letters section. Herewith, everything you need to know to have your voice heard. From the beginning, the Advance has been about putting readers first. We do that in a variety of ways – private face-to-face sit-downs, meetings with the editor (restarting in March), publishing […]
A brush with the worst of the human experience shows the importance of preventing arguments from tipping into toxicity, while not losing the ability to stand firm against evil.
The 2024 Congressional election is upon us; here’s an early look at what we’ll be watching as the race for the 7th Congressional District seat heats up this year.
Police work is demanding; Black officers face unique challenges. They stand and live with both the Thin Blue Line, and the Black communities they are a part, creating difficult tensions.
Dr. Thomas Taylor wants to get ahead of the AI revolution in the classroom by providing guidance and guardrails for the use of generative artificial intelligence in the classroom.
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 […]
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 […]
Race remains America’s “original sin,” if you find religious language helpful. However, defining race with religious language unnecessarily narrows the problem. Today – as we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy – it’s appropriate to recapture the breadth of the problem that fueled racism in America as King understood it. To do so is to […]
This year will decide if we as a people take steps to close the “Great Divide” caused by poverty that King dedicated the final years of his life to, or risk losing King’s Dream.
