Board Votes For New Stafford High School
The Stafford County School Board has voted to approve the construction of a new Stafford High School, replacing the one critics say has become too old and crowded. The new school is expected to cost $64 million and would be built next to the existing school, and now they have to convince the county’s Board of Supervisors to fund it, reports Fredericksburg.com.
I-95 Shooter Not Guilty of Attempted Murder
When shots rang out on Interstate 95 in Prince William County last year, police charged 26-year-old Gabriel Poventud with attempted murder. He unloaded 13 shots into a dump truck he said was trying to run him and his child off the highway in a road rage incident. On Wednesday, a jury in Manassas found him not guilty of attempted murder but he will have to serve jail time, Insidenova.com reports.
Ghost Class to be Held in Dumfries
Like to hunt for ghosts or do you have a special place in your heart for the strange? The Weems Botts Museum in Dumfries and the 3:33 a.m. Paranormal Research Group will hold a paranormal research class on March 19. Click here for details.
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Greetings, Prince William – Educate America, Inc, a nonprofit startup, is seeking volunteers ages 18+ to assist with providing after-school tutoring and mentoring services within five (5) to ten (10) Prince William County Public Schools during the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 school year.
Stafford County Public Schools is proud to announce the outstanding achievements of its Stafford High School competitors at the 59th SkillsUSA Virginia State Leadership Conference, held in Virginia Beach from April 19 to April 21.
The City of Manassas honored eight volunteers for their extraordinary contributions to the community in 2023 during a volunteer reception and dinner on Tuesday, April 23.
On April 21 at 10:10 p.m., crash
investigators responded to the Red Roof Inn located at 10610 Automotive Drive in Manassas to investigate a hit & run crash.
To celebrate Air Quality Awareness Week (May 6-10, 2024), Clean Air Partners is working with A Few Cool Hardware Stores to exchange DC, Maryland and Virginia residents’ gas-powered lawnmowers, trimmers, and leaf blowers at select Ace Hardware locations in the region. DMV residents who turn in their gas-powered lawn tools will receive a FREE Ego Power+ replacement including batteries and chargers, while supplies last.
Compared to gas, electric lawn equipment can reduce emissions, noise pollution, health risks and maintenance costs and time. The program aims to remove about a hundred gas-powered polluting tools from yards in the greater Baltimore-Washington region.
The exchanges will take place the weekends of May 17-19, 2024, and May 31-June 2, 2024, at A Few Cool Hardware Stores network of employee-owned Ace Hardware stores in the DC and Baltimore metro areas. To participate and get your free Ego Power+ lawn tool, sign up at https://qrco.de/CAPExchange to reserve your tool and select your trade-in date and location.
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Spring Ceili: An Irish Music Festival
The New Dominion Choraliers of Prince William County and McGrath Morgan Academy of Irish Dance invite you to join them at our Ceili, a grand celebration of Irish music and dance.
A gathering of performance groups throughout Prince William County
