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- March 19, 2024
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King George Supervisors Have Outspent a Budget Line Item by $10,000

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT With three months left to go in the current fiscal year, the King George County Board of Supervisors has exceeded its budget for office supplies by at least $10,000, largely due to purchases made in December and January of this year, after the November election ushered in new Board […]

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- March 10, 2024
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ANALYSIS: FOIA Denial Is a Problem … But Not the Most Concerning

Our local politics are on a path to diminishing the role of the citizen. It’s not too late to turn that around. by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF A series in the Virginia Mercury is drawing attention to the difficulties people are facing receiving documents using the Freedom of Information Act. Called FOIA Friday, it examines cases where […]

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- March 8, 2024
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The News That Moved Us This Past Week: March 1 – 8

by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF The week just past saw still another local school district with unfunded needs, all things election, elementary school No. 19 still homeless, Mary Washington Healthcare expanding, and FOIA Follies in King George. Also – our new website continues to pick up steam. Check it out to easily access and read the most […]

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- March 5, 2024
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King George County Withholding Records Related to Complaints Against Board Chair

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT King George County is withholding in their entirety 34 pages of records responsive to a request under the Freedom of Information Act for emails referencing complaints against Board of Supervisors Chair T.C. Collins. The Advance on February 29 requested “emails sent by King George County employees to county Human […]

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- March 1, 2024
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The News That Moved Us This Past Week

by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF The week just past saw a Black History Month poetry read-in at James Monroe High School, a new interview with Republican congressional candidate Terrice Todd, a MWHC op-ed, a brewing political controversy in King George, and a FOIA request gone bad in Spotsylvania. In addition, our best-read commentary looked at school board […]

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- February 15, 2024
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King George Community Comes Out to Speak About Book Challenges

Middle school students, teachers and parents shared their thoughts at Monday’s meeting. On Monday evening, the King George County School Board heard from many people who expressed their opinions and concerns about book challenges in the school division. Among them were King George Middle School 8th grade students Madison Clark, BETA club president, and Kayla […]

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- February 2, 2024
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King George School Board Approves Revision to Instructional Materials Policy

Library books now included in policy, which puts responsibility for notifying parents of “sexually explicit content” on the school division.

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- December 14, 2023
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Local housing prices up, demand and inventory down

Local housing prices continue to rise as demands drop and inventory shrinks, according to the monthly report released Wednesday by the Fredericksburg Area Association of Realtors. The median home price in the region covered by FAAR (Fredericksburg City, the town of Colonial Beach, and the counties of Stafford, Spotsylvania, Caroline, King George and Orange) in […]

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