NBC Poll: Kaine Leads Allen in Virginia Senate Race
NBCWashington.com reports In what will surely be one of the most closely watched U.S. Senate contests of 2012, Democrat Tim Kaine leads Republican George Allen in Virginia by nearly 10 percentage points, according to a new NBC News/Marist poll.
Busch Gardens to debut new roller coaster
WTOP.com reports Busch Gardens is building a new roller coaster in Williamsburg called the Verbolten.
Teachers again this year in Prince William County won’t be getting raises if a proposed budget is approved, and educators Friday took to the streets in protest. What do you think?
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By Uriah Kiser
Starkey, 60, is vying for the Garrisonville District Supervisor seat vacated earlier this year by Delegate Mark Dudenhefer, R-Stafford, Woodbridge. Starkey will face interim Garrisonville Supervisor Ty Schieber during a special election April 3.
RICHMOND, Va. – Applications from young women and men ages 14-17 to participate in a statewide service program are being accepted by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation.
DCR is accepting applications for two three-week sessions of the award-winning Virginia State Parks Youth Conservation Corps (YCC), scheduled June 24 to July 14 and July 22 to Aug. 11.
The following was taken from letter from Va. Sen. Richard H. Stuart that was distributed to constituents:
This week, the General Assembly experienced a very dubious first. For the first time since Virginia first instituted its biennial budget process in 1920, the General Assembly found itself without a budget bill to consider.
The following was taken from letter distributed to constituents:
As of [Friday], we have a proposed budget once again! The House adjourned at 3 p.m. [Friday] and concluded our eighth week of the 2012 legislative session of the General Assembly—and we did so with bi-partisan approval of House Bill (HB) 1301, the proposed two-year $85 billion budget that runs from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2014.
Prince William County, Va. –– The Democratic Party of Virginia (DPVA) will hold its State Convention on Saturday, June 2 at the Patriot Center at George Mason University. Prince William County will have 111 delegates and 22 alternates at the state convention. They will be elected at a countywide caucus to be held on Saturday, April 21st from noon to 4 p.m. at the McCoart Government Center.
Any Democrat who is a registered voter in Prince William County is eligible to run for delegate or alternate to the state convention. There is a $25 filing fee and persons interested in running must pre-file with Harry Wiggins, Chairman of the Prince William County Democratic Committee (PWCDC), by 5 p.m. on Monday, April 16.
Submitted by Rebecca Barnes
OWL VFD
Woodbridge, Va. — Women’s history month has long been recognized as an opportunity to showcase the accomplishments made by women in our country. Occoquan Woodbridge Lorton Volunteer Fire Department in Woodbridge celebrates the contributions of women serving our community as firefighters and EMTs.
Woodbridge, Va. — Prince William County school teachers banded together to protest the lack of pay raises over the next three years.
In cold and rainy weather, about 200 participants at the “Rally for a World Class Education” lined sidewalks at the heavily traveled intersection of Prince William Parkway and Minnieville Road holding signs stating “no teacher left behind” and “support Prince William teachers.”
Woodbridge, Va. — It appears a strike that would have grounded transit buses in Prince William County has been averted.
Officials at the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission announced late Friday afternoon that its contracted operator, First Transit, Inc., had reached a new tentative agreement with its union, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees or AFSCME.
