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Nov 7, 2024 | 
fxbgadvance.com | Martin Davis |Adele Uphaus
By Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENTThe original owner of this home was William Baylor, a free Black man who in June of 1863 established a barber shop on Commerce Street, as William Street was then named. ShareBaylor was one of 420 free Black people living in Fredericksburg at the time of the 1860 Census, according to a 1995 article in the Free Lance-Star.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
fxbgadvance.com | Martin Davis |Adele Uphaus
A leak in the canal gate caused water level to sink. Plus, a quick look at ongoing and future canal maintenance plans. By Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENTThose walking the Canal Path in Fredericksburg this past week have likely noticed low water levels in the canal. This is due to a water leak in the canal gate, the City of Fredericksburg noted in a press release issued yesterday.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
fxbgadvance.com | Martin Davis |Adele Uphaus
Past occupants of this house had experience of slavery, Black entrepreneurship in the early 1900s, Army service, and work at the Sylvania cellophane plant.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
fxbgadvance.com | Martin Davis |Adele Uphaus
By Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENTTwo Spotsylvania High School students were among eight chosen to represent the United States on a student panel at the White House as part of the 2nd annual Quad Cyber Challenge on October 10. ShareJake Goodwin and J’C Kabunga participated in the panel with students from high schools in California and Colorado.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
fxbgadvance.com | Martin Davis |Adele Uphaus
State code and Bench Book now at center of controversy over technical rule involving serving notice in FOIA violation cases. By Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENTA Spotsylvania judge has declined to reconsider her October 15 decision to dismiss a lawsuit seeking the release of records responsive to a request under Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
fxbgadvance.com | Martin Davis |Adele Uphaus
Nonprofit community farm will grow and donate fruits and vegetables to the Food Bank. By Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENTAccording to the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank, there is an annual shortage of about 200,000 pounds of fresh produce. Share“That is the most in-demand commodity,” said Rich Larochelle, Chair of the Board of the Rappahannock Education Farm (REF), a nonprofit, volunteer-based farm.
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Oct 26, 2024 | 
fxbgadvance.com | Martin Davis |Adele Uphaus
The Spotsylvania School Board is like a bad Halloween movie – each event bloodier and uglier than the next, and there’s the inevitable unwatchable sequel. Thank goodness for good old Charlie Brown. By Clay JonesPOLITICAL CARTOONISTIn Spotsylvania County — where else? — the long-running saga over School Board members withholding information from FOIA requests took an unusual turn this past week, as Adele Uphaus reported.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
fxbgadvance.com | Martin Davis |Adele Uphaus
Letter sent on behalf of the Fredericksburg Neighborhood Coalition asks city staff to determine that the proposed development requires a special use permit. By Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENTA lawyer representing a group of Fredericksburg residents has asked the city’s zoning administrator to declare that the proposed Mary’s Landing development cannot be approved administratively and requires a special use permit.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
fxbgadvance.com | Martin Davis |Adele Uphaus
House was built in 1887 by David Ennis, who had been born into slavery. By Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENTOn November 30, 1887, the Fredericksburg Daily Star included the following two lines in an article titled “Improvements:” “David Ennis, colored, is having a two-story frame dwelling erected on George Street.”ShareThat house still stands at 530 George Street.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
fxbgadvance.com | Martin Davis |Adele Uphaus
A student research team at the University of Mary Washington wanted to find out whether these agreements exist and if so, how prevalent they are. By Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENTMost jurisdictions in the Fredericksburg area have signed nondisclosure agreements with data center developers such as Amazon, Quantum Loophole, DataBank, CloudHQ, Hyperland, and CleanArc, a student research team at the University of Mary Washington has learned.
