By KEITH WALKER
For Potomac Local News
STAFFORD, Va. — Elizabeth Chase, a senior at Stafford Senior High School, took one last opportunity to ask the Stafford Board of County Supervisors to give teachers a pay raise and to build a new school, rather than renovate, Stafford Senior High School.
Slug Tales
By URIAH KISER
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Prince William County employees will keep their Columbus Day holiday, but 11 county employees who work to keep drug addicts off the streets will be out of a job.
Submitted News
On Saturday, April 27, 2013 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. join the Manassas City Police Department, the Prince William County Police Department, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in preventing pill abuse and theft by ridding homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. In Manassas, residents can participate at Prince William Hospital, 8700 Sudley Road. Other locations include Heathcote Health Center in Haymarket and Sentara Lake Ridge in Woodbridge. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
Submitted News
Toastmasters International District 29 will host its annual Spring Conference on May 3 and 4 at the Hyatt Fairfax at Fair Lakes, Virginia. District 29 includes Toastmaster Clubs in Northern Virginia and all District 29 members are encouraged to attend. Visit www.d2gtm.org to register. Members of the public are also invited to come and learn more about Toastmasters.
By AMBER GALAVIZ
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – During the General Assembly’s 2013 session, state legislators debated how much to spend on public education. But has education funding been going up or down? It depends on whom you ask.
News from Content Partner PRTC
The Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission (PRTC) is holding a free business seminar and luncheon for employers in Prince William County on April 24, 2013. The seminar — entitled “Financing Commuting Programs with Federal Tax Benefits and Other Incentives” — is being offered as part of PRTC’s Omni SmartCommute Program. George Mason University is hosting the event at its Prince William Campus in Manassas.
MANASSAS, Va. — A dog was found dead in a trashcan, it’s mouth and feet each bound with duct tape.
A second dog was found injured alongside a street was taken to an area veterinarian for treatment, and now a Manassas area man faces a string of charges.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A Woodbridge man faces charges of assault and battery after a woman was beat up at a party.
It happened Friday night when the 25-year-old victim told police she was at a home in the 3300 block of Blazer Loop in Woodbridge she got into an argument with the person she came to the gathering with. That argument escalated and she was then forced into a bathroom where she was assaulted by the acquaintance, according to a police report.
