by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Anna Pomaska has written and illustrated more than 100 books for children in the past 45 years—possibly more than beloved children’s authors Maurice Sendak and Dr. Seuss. Her art was so prevalent in the childhood of those who grew up in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s that it seemed […]
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Spotsylvania School Board member Lisa Phelps will receive a written letter of reprimand from the Board for violating the governing body’s Code of Ethics. The Board approved sending the letter by a vote of 5-to-0 at Monday evening’s regular meeting. Phelps had been participating in the meeting via phone […]
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Stafford County will receive $10.2 million in funding through a federal grant program to reduce flooding on Brooke Road. The offices of Virginia Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner announced the funding in a press release Monday afternoon. Brooke Road, or State Route 608, is the only access point […]
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT In the Fredericksburg area today, we’re accustomed to crossing the Rappahannock River with ease, often multiple times a day, to get to work, or to an appointment, or to run an errand. Two hundred years ago, a young, enslaved man named James attempted to cross the river in order […]
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT It took the students in Beth Marshall’s French 2 class less than a second to come up with answers to a question posed to them by Lisa Coons, Virginia’s state superintendent of public instruction. “Why is Ms. Marshall a good teacher?” Coons asked. “She is very passionate,” said one […]
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Monday’s solar eclipse will occur at the end of the school day or on the way home for most area students, and school divisions have announced plans to ensure that children are safe and able to enjoy the rare phenomenon. Fredericksburg will experience a partial solar eclipse beginning at […]
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT There has already been interest in the job of superintendent of Spotsylvania schools, associates with BWP, the search firm selected by the School Board to find the division’s next leader, told the Board on Wednesday. Kevin Castner and E. Wayne Harris, BWP associates who will lead the search process […]
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT There’s an opportunity on Thursday to attend not one, but two free lectures on Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette—better known as the Marquis de Lafayette or, as he would prefer to be called, General Lafayette. On Thursday morning at 10 a.m., Craig Vasey will […]
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT The Mary’s Landing project, which proposes to build 63 townhouses on existing unused parking lots across Fall Hill Avenue from the old Mary Washington Hospital building, does not require review by the Planning Commission or approval by City Council because it likely does not qualify as a major or […]
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Stafford supervisors on Tuesday approved a budget for the upcoming fiscal year that will provide about $15 million to the school division for critical systems maintenance and repair, replacement, and renovation, or “3R” projects. This funding is in addition to $13 million in new money for the school division’s […]
