Advance Morning News
It's Tuesday, October 21, 2025. Today, the King George Board of Supervisors will debate the Caledon Solar Park which the Planning Commission recommended denying, and Digital Insights on AWS outage.
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King George Board of Supervisors October 21 Meeting Preview
By Adele Uphaus
There will be a presentation of the proposed Caledon Solar project, which would be developed on land owned by Richard Stuart.
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DIGITAL INSIGHTS: Not Appreciated Until It’s Gone
By Martin Davis
Monday’s AWS outage is reminder of just how critical the internet - and the data centers that drive the internet - are to our society and economy.
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