Advance Evening News
This evening's stories include a Spotsylvania School Board member again not producing FOIA-able documents, and a screening of a feature-length film shot in Fredericksburg.
April Gillespie Said She ‘Recorded Over’ FOIA’d Video
By Adele Uphaus
It's the latest in a string of FOIA requests that Gillespie and her ideological partner on the School Board, Lisa Phelps, have claimed to not have or simply failed to comply with.
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“Written By Mike,” Feature-Length Film Shot in Fredericksburg, to Screen on Saturday
By Adele Uphaus
“I think this film can demonstrate how beautiful and inclusive the city is,” says writer and director Ryan Cudahy. “People are proud to be from here. I’m proud to have lived here.”
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