Advance Evening News
This evening, the Stafford School Board adopts a budget, and a Spotsylvania educator plans to walk Coast to Coast across England to raise funds for mental health support services.
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Stafford School Board Adopts $488.2 Million Operating Budget
By Adele Uphaus
The Stafford School Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a budget for fiscal year 2026, which begins July 1. But they bemoaned “the amount of red” in the budget summary—the red representing areas where staff made cuts in order to balance revenues and expenditures.
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Spotsylvania Educator to Complete England’s “Coast to Coast” Walk, Raising Funds for Mental Health Services
By Adele Uphaus
The 192-mile Coast to Coast walk—which Tippett is completing to raise funds for Mental Health America Fredericksburg Region—starts out in the town of St. Bees on the western coast of England with beautiful views of the Irish Sea.
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