Auction Block Again Takes Center Stage at City Council Meeting

- August 28, 2023

At a Fredericksburg City Council meeting on Aug. 22, Gaila Sims, curator of African American history and special projects at the Fredericksburg Area Museum, shared a proposal for the former site of the slave auction block on the corner of William and Charles Streets. The proposal was created by the auction block workgroup, which has […]

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- August 26, 2023

Virginia Mercury: ‘Transparency groups file brief on working papers exemption in tip line case’ (Republished with permission under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.) Ten media and transparency organizations including the Virginia Coalition for Open Government have filed an amici brief with the Virginia Court of Appeals, urging it to uphold a lower court ruling ordering the […]