Rabih Abuismal is new chair of Spotsylvania County Republican Party
Ready or Not … Election Season Is Here
And the Advance is the only news source in our region that’s introducing you personally to those who want your vote Elections matter. If there were ever any doubt about that truism, one need only look around our region and the events of the past year. In Fredericksburg the Council has been enmeshed in heated and politically […]
ANALYSIS: The Fools, Fabulists and Toxic Behavior in Spotsylvania
I have spilt no small amount of ink on the destruction the Spotsylvania County School Board — charged with nurturing and growing education — has accomplished. Social media platforms such as Facebook and Nextdoor are thick with posts entangled in the weeds of that battle. Citizens need to hold those responsible for the collapse of […]
ANALYSIS: The Pressure Is Building in Spotsylvania
In mid-July the FXBG Advance (then called F2S) published a piece exposing potential problems with the Petitions of Qualified Voters submitted by two candidates for local office – Nic Ignacio (running for clerk of court) and Steve Maxwell (running for sheriff). As we explained then: In our review of Ignacio’s and Maxwell’s Petition of Qualified Voters submissions, […]
ANALYSIS: The Pressure Is Building in Spotsylvania
Friday August 18, 2023
COMMENTARY: You Say Goodbye, and I Say Hello
It’s a season of goodbyes and hellos at the FXBG Advance, and in these goings and comings we also get a glimpse of our future. First the goodbyes and hellos. Our intern Savannah Dunn has returned to school at Christopher Newport University and is resuming her studies. In her brief tenure with us, Savannah proved […]
COMMENTARY: You say goodbye, and I say hello | OBSERVED
Thursday August 17, 2023
S01E14: Adam Lynch on What ADUs Are (And What They Are Not)
Ever wonder what an ADU even is? Adam Lynch serves as the vice-chair for the Fredericksburg Planning Commission and explains not only the ins and outs of ADUs, the arguments for and against, and why he discovered his own interest in city planning. A must listen episode.
COMMENTARY: ‘All Rise’
In recent years, the cry for “nonpartisan” news has reached a fever pitch. Yet to careful observers of media, there is little to admire in nonpartisan journalism, especially in the face of people, groups, and politicians who argue fair and balanced news tells “both sides” impartially to advance positions that are both immoral and dehumanizing. […]