The University of Mary Washington, founded in 1908, is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. As usual, my birthday greetings are late (just ask anyone in my family), since the actual big day, Founder’s Day, was March 14. For those not in the know…

There is no question that Mrs. Doris Buffett deserves the thanks of the entire Fredericksburg community for providing the funds to allow the Dixon Street Pool to be enjoyed by all city residents. The events leading up to this gracious gift deserves a r…

I’ve gone through the city budget and had some time to talk with members of the Boards of Supervisors in both Stafford and Spotsy to get their perspectives and approaches to their budgets especially as they related to the funding of regional and outs…

In her OpEd today Mrs. Girvan stated that she was opposed to the Capital Ale incentives because they had already signed a lease and were coming here anyway. The truth, and it had been explained to Mrs. Girvan, was that Capital Ale was looking to locate…

The Mary Washington baseball season starts in February, but we usually wait until the weather warms up towards the end of the season to take in a few games. I joined my husband after work last week to catch a few innings of the game against the Catholi…