Advance Morning News
It's Saturday, July 5. Today, Republicans make push; Alan Herrmann reviews the 2003 film "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World," and the most-read stories of the week.
Support the Advance Today with a One-Time or Recurring Donation
Republican ticket leaders pitch unity, ‘common sense’ at Northern Virginia rally
By James Jarvis
Republicans take their message to the heart of Democratic Virginia this past week.
Read the full story
Classic Film Review: “Master and Commander,” the Tallest of Tall Ship Sagas
By Alan Herrmann
In praise of this “underrated” 2003 film, which has “masterpiece status,” film critic Alan Herrmann writes.
Read the full review
Best of the Week
Most Read
Nonprofit
Election
Local Government
Opinion
From the Editor: Ballots are Set, and Political Language is Heating Up …
Letter to the Editor: The President of Virginia’s Flagship University Deserved Better
From the Editor: ALICE’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Letter to the Editor: Plan for Downtown Intersection Raises Safety Concerns
Local Obituaries
To view local obituaries or to send a note to family and loved ones, please visit the link that follows.
Support Award-winning, Locally Focused Journalism
The FXBG Advance cuts through the talking points to deliver both incisive and informative news about the issues, people, and organizations that daily affect your life. And we do it in a multi-partisan format that has no equal in this region. Over the past year, our reporting was:
First to break the story of Stafford Board of Supervisors dismissing a citizen library board member for “misconduct,” without informing the citizen or explaining what the person allegedly did wrong.
First to explain falling water levels in the Rappahannock Canal.
First to detail controversial traffic numbers submitted by Stafford staff on the Buc-ee’s project
Our media group also offers the most-extensive election coverage in the region and regular columnists like:
And our newsroom is led by the most-experienced and most-awarded journalists in the region — Adele Uphaus (Managing Editor and multiple VPA award-winner) and Martin Davis (Editor-in-Chief, 2022 Opinion Writer of the Year in Virginia and more than 25 years reporting from around the country and the world).
For just $8 a month, you can help support top-flight journalism that puts people over policies.
Your contributions 100% support our journalists.
Help us as we continue to grow!
This article is published under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND. It can be distributed for noncommercial purposes and must include the following: “Published with permission by FXBG Advance.”