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It's November 21, and today's History Thursday features a house on another lower Princess Anne Street house. Also, a look at the coming wave of seniors who will need food assistance, and a correction
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History Thursday: 224 Princess Anne Street
By Adele Uphaus
This home on lower Princess Anne Street was built in 1888 for James Lee, who worked as a waiter on one of the steamboats that traveled the Rappahannock River in the late 19th century, and his wife, Sarah.
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ANALYSIS: The Next Frontier of Food-insecure Virginians - the Elderly
By Martin Davis
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
How to meet the needs of everyone who comes to the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank is what Carey Sealy thinks about every day. Her worries are about to get more daunting. The number people coming for assistance to the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank, where she is director of services, rose during COVID and has continued to rise every year thereafter. One particular group, however, has captured Sealy’s attention — seniors.
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Correction
Yesterday’s story “Legislative Priorities for Region 3 Schools Include Career and Technical Education, Dual Enrollment, Accountability Reform” incorrectly identified the superintendent of Spotsylvania County as Clint Hill. His last name is “Mitchell.” The Advance regrets the error.
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