From COVID-19 to commencement in four years. The seniors who graduated this past weekend from the University of Mary Washington started their college careers in the fall of 2020, when the world was still in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of their high school graduation ceremonies were cancelled and much of their college […]
Spotsylvania and Stafford both see average home sales price in April of $500,000 or above, the most expensive in the region. In Fredericksburg and Orange, the average sales prices declined from 2023. The most-recent housing report for the Fredericksburg region is out, and at a high level there are no real surprises. Everything is up. […]
School Board Chair: “Our employees are the heart of our district.” Stafford County Public Schools honored employees of the year in all categories at its annual Gold Star Gala Dinner and Ceremony Thursday evening. In addition to celebrating the Teacher of the Year, the division also presented honors for Bus Drivers of the Year, Bus […]
The Republican Forum in Fredericksburg Thursday night offered insights into the range of opinions within the party around foreign affairs – and a few fireworks. If politics were baseball, Thursday night’s Republican Candidates’ forum in Fredericksburg would have been just another preseason game. Of interest only to the most rabid fans. After all, most of […]
Community college awards 1,307 degrees and credentials. Ava Conway is just 18 years old, but as of next week, she’ll have both her high school and associates degree and will be positioned to enter a four-year university as a junior. “I wanted the opportunity to get ahead and earn my associate degree before I moved […]
Concerns about Kid’s Station remain. MWHC touts graduate education program as solution to region’s crushing shortage of physicians. The Fredericksburg Planning Commission voted 6-to-1 on Wednesday evening to recommend approval of Mary Washington Healthcare’s rezoning request. The request will next be subject to another public hearing before City Council, which will have final say into […]
When the new middle school opens next year, the building that now houses Walker-Grant Middle School will be converted into a third elementary school. As work continues on Fredericksburg’s new middle school, division administrators are beginning to plan for the conversion of the current middle school into a third elementary school. The new $77 million, […]
The university cited exemptions permitting it to withhold 10 emails responsive to a request under the Freedom of Information Act. In her response, university spokeswoman Amy Jesse said eight responsive emails would be withheld as “papers, records, documents, reports, materials, databases, or other evidence or information relative to criminal intelligence or any terrorism investigation in […]
Apparently, our humorist is a wannabe lyricist; no doubt jealous that Bernie Taupin found Elton John, and Drew found, well, Marty. Tough luck, Drew. Confused? Read on. As some readers of the FXBG Advance might already know, rapper Young Thug is being tried in an Atlanta court for a number of offenses that could include […]
This week’s reviews include an eclectic mix of short stories in Amor Towles’s “Table for Two” and septuagenarian sleuths in the Richard Osman’s “The Thursday Murder Club.” Sunday Books and Culture is edited by Vanessa Sekinger, a teacher and reading specialist. If you’d like to write reviews for the Advance, please send us an email. […]
