The developer is no longer requesting open space credits for preserving the 1964 Medical Arts Building. The developer of Mary’s Landing—a 63-townhome project proposed on several largely-vacant parking lots in the Canal Quarter neighborhood—has submitted a second site plan for City staff to review. Staff disapproved the first site plan in February, based on “a […]
Moss Clinic Reaches Fundraising Goal
Clinic raises $134,000 during Day of Giving this week. The Lloyd Moss Free Clinic exceeded its goal of raising $100,000 for clinic operations this week. The clinic raised $134,000 during May Day of Giving on May 28. Combined with a matching grant, the amount will allow the clinic to continue offering medical, dental, and pharmacy […]
City Schools to Purchase 10 New Electric Buses
Purchase will be funded by grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Fredericksburg City Public Schools has been awarded a $3.5 million grant from the Environnmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus program, which it will use to purchase 10 new electric school buses. The 10 new buses will be added to the existing electric bus fleet […]
Wanted: One Developer for Vacant Spotsylvania Parcel
Could rezoning attract developer to vacant lot? Tens of thousands of baby boomers turn 65 every day across the country. According to the American Senior Housing Association, more than 100,000 new homes are needed between now and 2040 for them. That need is critical in Spotsylvania County and there’s some hope that a change in […]
Pizza Gets Hugh Mercer Students Excited About Recycling
The Fredericksburg Clean and Green Commission and R-Board sponsored a paper recycling contest at the school this month. When the kindergarteners in Ashley Rogers’ class at Hugh Mercer Elementary School learned that they could win a pizza party for recycling the most paper, they knew they were up to the challenge. “They were like, ‘Oh, […]
Mid-Year Raises Extended to Some Stafford County Department Directors
Not all directors got a raise. A handful of Stafford County government department directors and both deputy County Administrators have received raises—one over $10,000—outside of the annual budget cycle. The raises were not extended to all department directors. According to information received by the Advance through a request under the Freedom of Information Act, the […]
James Monroe Chamber Orchestra Makes Music Come Alive for Themselves and the Community
Kayla Gullage, then a junior at James Monroe High School, was watching YouTube videos of chamber music groups one day and thought, why don’t we have one of these? Two years later, Gullage, a violinist, is heading off to the Rochester Institute of Technology on a performing arts scholarship, but the Chamber Orchestra she founded […]
Governor’s Office Spurns FOIA Request
The Advance’s FOIA request for information surrounding the arrests of UMW students and others surfaced 16 pages of responsive records that the governor’s office will not turn over. Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office is withholding in full 16 pages of records responsive to a request under the Freedom of Information Act, citing the exemption provided for […]
Cell Phone Ban Proposed in Stafford Schools
School Board will vote on proposed new regulation, as well as other updates to the Code of Student Conduct, next month. The Stafford School Board is considering banning use of cell phones and other personal electronic communication devices during the regular school day. The Board at its regular business meeting on Tuesday reviewed a proposed […]
Spotsylvania School Division on the Hook for Courthouse Road Improvements
Board members agree that they’d like funding support from Supervisors for the project. Two Spotsylvania School Board members who usually always oppose each other agreed Tuesday night that the school division should not be responsible for funding $1 million worth of improvements to Courthouse Road in front of Spotsylvania Middle School, which is undergoing expansion. […]