Advance Morning News

It's Tuesday, November 12, 2024. Today the Advance features a citizen tossed from the library board by the Stafford Board of Supervisors, and the latest from the New Dominion Podcast.

Library Board Member Dismissed for "Misconduct"

By Adele Uphaus
MANAGING EDITOR & CORRESPONDENT

A majority of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors voted this past summer to allow the county’s official record to reflect that a citizen representative to the Central Rappahannock Regional Library Board of Trustees was removed for “misconduct”—despite the fact that there appears to have been no misconduct.

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The New Dominion Podcast: Justin Marlowe

He started out to write a movie script; he ended up with an innovative exploration of Black identity. Justin Marlowe takes Cori, Megan, and Marty on his journey of self-discovery that also opens up a better of understanding of life in the greater Fredericksburg region.

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