Reporting on COVID in its early days gave me a front-row seat into how our deepest-held fears can manifest themselves in concerning ways. It also gave me a first-hand look at how those who placed societal concern over their political opinions brought people together in creative and inspiring ways. In a September 2021 piece for […]
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COMMENTARY: Parents' Rights, Students Wronged, and a Community Searching for a Way Forward
Parents’ rights has upended the swim program at Riverbend High School. Coach Theo Marcus, however, continues to mentor and train and build up students who need what he is serving.
COMMENTARY: Parents’ Rights, Students Wronged, and a Community Searching for a Way Forward
The teenagers at the Massad Y tennis facility were on their toes and constantly moving Sunday, January 7, as they are every Sunday from 10-2. Crossing shots, lobs, slams, and screaming serves rang out side-by-side with whiffs, slips, and the unmistakable tinny sound of a poorly hit ball. Missing were hanging heads, celebrations, taunting, and […]
Voter Burnout Is Real
And it’s burning at both ends of our society, but for very different reasons. Also in this issue – Bikers fly high to encourage and support students
Putting the Brakes on Bullying; Lifting Kids to the Skies
When Zach Newman, aka @zachfullface, grabbed some big air inside the gym at James Monroe High School on Thursday, the students’ shouts lifted the roof. Good thing, too, as Zach seemed to flirt with the rafters each time he cleared the top of the quarter pipe and took to the sky. The thrills were a […]
An Interview with Gen. Jack Apperson
FXBG Advance: Tell us about your early life in the city. Jack Apperson: I was born in the old hospital building, and I went on to graduate from James Monroe High School in 1953. From there I went to West Point. After that, I was gone from the Fredericksburg region for a very long time, but […]
Veterans Day
What we have to learn about service. Also, an interview with Gen. Jack Apperson
Concerns over National Elections in Local Politics
At the Dorothy Hart Community Center in downtown Fredericksburg, a line of students at the University of Mary Washington waited for the trolley to pick them up and take them back to campus. The trolley was busy all day taking students from the college to downtown for voting. Many of them were brand-new voters motivated […]
Concerns over National Elections in Local Politics
For some voters in Fredericksburg, national issues are overshadowing important issues in the city.
In an Independent Analysis of SOL Scores the City Shines | PLUS: Clay Jones strikes again
In Today’s Issue: Head-to-head, no area school district made greater gains than … Fredericksburg? Welcome Vanessa Sekinger to the Advance! Clay Jones returns. Correction.