Advance Morning News
It's Monday, November 10, 2025. Today, an up-close look at immigrant families in our region and how they're faring, and Lisa Phelps unsettles Board with "out of line" request.
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Stress and Seclusion Defines Immigrants’ Lives
By Eric Bonds, Aaliyah Anderson, and Tabitha Van Doren
Interviews with immigrants from our region provide insights into how undocumented people in our communities are faring under the Trump Administration.
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Lisa Phelps Seeks Hiring Documents
By Martin Davis
As the final two members of a four-person voting block that controlled the Spotsylvania School Board from 2022-24 prepare to leave, an “out of line” request rankles Board.
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Those two School Board representatives have been absent from meetings many times - Check attendance records. Good bye. Let Spotsylvania County Schools thrive with the new, respected leadership. I support that leadership and Spotsylvania County Schools.