VIDEO: Music at the Stafford County Public Schools Fine Arts Festival 2019 at Brooke Point High School. 11-4 Saturday and Sunday. It’s free.
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Saturday night music at JM
PHOTOS: Germanna’s Educational Foundation presented a free Women’s History Month concert by local iconic blues artist Gaye Adegbalola, boogie-woogie pianist Roddy Barnes and guitarist Lisa Lim at James Monroe HIgh School Saturday night. A crowd of 200 attended.
Spotsy School Chief finalist for State Superintendent of the Year
Spotsylvania School Superintendent Dr. Scott Baker has been named Region III Superintendent of the Year by other superintendents in the 17 school divisions located in north-central and the northern neck of Virginia.
New pianos at UMW
UMW received eight new pianos this week through a partnership with Kawai America Corporation. They are on loan for a year. It’s been over a generation since the university last acquired new pianos in 1991.
Donors break Mary Wash Day giving records
UMW officials say their Giving Day on Tuesday was a record-breaker….
School budget shaping up as a big issue again in Stafford
VIDEO: Stafford School employees came out in big numbers to plead with the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday night to fully fund the school budget. The board heard comment for nearly two hours. Here are a few of the speakers.
DARE highlights a strong partnership in Stafford between the Sheriff’s Office and schools
VIDEO: Friday night basketball in south Stafford. The Stafford Sheriff’s Office vs. Stafford County teachers. The winner is the DARE program.
Stafford DARE students open annual basketball game with National Anthem
VIDEO: It’s a Stafford tradition. The Sheriff’s Office vs. Stafford County School teachers in basketball for the DARE program. DARE students from each Stafford elementary school sang the National Anthem.
Last weekend for Freaky Friday at Chancellor High School
VIDEO: Freaky Friday-The Musical- @ Chancellor High School in Spotsylvania March 15 & 16th. Two cast members talked with Adam West on B101.5’s Dee in the Morning show.
UMW celebrates 111th Founders Day anniversary
Thursday marks 111 years since the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation establishing the State Normal and Industrial School at Fredericksburg, now the University of Mary Washington.
April 19th is now a holiday in Spotsylvania County Schools
VIDEO: Spotsylvania County students and employees will get an earlier start on spring break. The school board has made April 19th a holiday again. It had been made a school day because of lost days during the winter.
UMW receives preservation award for amphitheatre renovation
The recent restoration of the University of Mary Washington’s century-old amphitheatre has been recognized by the Historic Fredericksburg Foundation, Inc.
Braswell: Spotsy School Board regulation ensures it remains a policy making board
VIDEO: The Spotsylvania School Board passed a regulation that will keep members from becoming Lone Rangers and demanding reports from the superintendent or staff. Those requests must now come from the entire board.
Spotsy Elementary Chorus wows School Board
VIDEO: Chorus students from several Spotsylvania elementary schools performed two songs before the Spotsylvania School Board on 3/11/19.
Crowd of 400 watched nursing knowledge game show at Germanna
Germanna Community College held its Sixth Annual NCLEX Bowl on Friday at the Daniel Technology Center in Culpeper. Teams of nursing students competed in front of a lively crowd of 350 peers and 50 faculty members and judges.
UMW’s Cedric Rucker recognized as influential
He’s been a big name on campus for nearly four decades. Now UMW’s Cedric Rucker joins other big names – tennis legend Arthur Ashe, former Virginia Sen. Henry Marsh III and opera singer Lisa Edwards Burrs – on Richmond Public Schools’ Black History Month Influential list.
Honoring Dr. Turnage
A visitation for former Germanna Community College President Dr. Frank Turnage was held last night at the Fredericksburg Campus. Turnage. the college’s president for two decades, passed away on Feb. 20 at the age of 79. (Photos courtesy GCC)
Remembering Frank Turnage
VIDEO: Former Germanna Community College President Dr. Frank Turnage passed away this week. Dr. Turnage helped guide Germanna thru some tough times. Here are excerpts from a GCC produced video…
Black History Month Celebration at the Children’s Museum
Celebrate Black History Month at the Children’s Museum Downtown with energetic performances from Ezibu Muntu African Dance and Education Stations.
Fredericksburg Firm Establishes Historic Preservation Scholarship
Dovetail, under the direction of Barile and her business partner, Michael Carmody, recently donated $26,000 to create an endowed scholarship for UMW historic preservation students.
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