NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — A hotel guest in North Stafford got more than he bargained for on a recent trip, according to a website called “The Bedbug Registry.”
A posting on the website was apparently made by a guest who stayed at the Comfort Inn Quantico on Salisbury Drive, off Va. 610, about March 16. The writer states he found five bedbugs in his room “crawling on the fitted sheet” as he was making his bed.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. –– A proposed measure that would have given all Prince William County Public Schools employees a raise has failed.
Prince William Schools Superintendent Steven L. Walts put forth a revised budget that included a two-percent raise for all school employees. But the county’s School Board denied passage of the newly proposed budget in a meeting Wednesday night.
Driver showed deputy walker ID, not license, say authorities
Sheriff’s authorities stopped a vehicle near Walmart on U.S. 17 in south Stafford after it appeared to have no recognizable license plates.
A sheriff’s deputy stopped the vehicle at 7:55 p.m. as it was traveling south along the highway. The vehicle appeared to have two separate license plates, the numbers on them faded or vague, with no visible state identification, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
OCCOQUAN, Va. — Two former Virginia first ladies will tour portions of the Potomac Communities on Thursday, stumping for their husbands who are running for U.S. Senate.
Susan Allen will stop in Falmouth in Stafford County at 10:30 a.m. at the Warrenton Road Park and Ride lot on U.S. 17 where she’ll be joined by Virginia State Senator Bryce Reeves, Delegate Mark Dudenhefer, and Stafford County Board of Supervisors Chairman Susan Stimpson.
While it may seem like spring has been happening all winter long, the force that is fashion is rolling out the trends for spring, and now is the time to start stocking up on staples and trendier items that you’re going to be seeing. Even if you are on a budget you can afford to make small updates to your wardrobe. One of the best aspects of the trends this spring is the fact that they are looks that can be pulled off with a few new pieces and a few adjustments or accessories to an outfit.
Sick of the drab greys, browns and blacks of winter-time fashions? Then bust out your most colorful pieces, such as lush greens, blues, yellows and oranges are going to be big this upcoming spring season. When it comes to colors, make sure not to do too much color at once, and try to provide balance with all of your pieces. It’s usually best to stick to one or two colors in a similar palette, or related colors.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Heather Kirkpatrick of Woodbridge has been named the 2012 New Century Scholar for Virginia.
Kirkpatrick is a student at Northern Virginia Community College’s Woodbridge Campus and a member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — Stafford officials Tuesday night deferred a vote that would move forward on a plan to bring a technology and research center to the area.
The Stafford Board of Supervisors said they needed more time to meet with stakeholders and review plans for the research facility. The center would come as part of a public-private partnership that would develop a new research park in the Quantico Corporate Center off U.S. 1 in North Stafford.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Police used automatic license plate readers to find two cars that had been reported stolen, and to put one man behind bars.
About 7 p.m. Monday, police in Lake Ridge got a hit on a stolen car traveling in the area of Old Bridge Road and Springwoods Drive. Officers pursued the car, activating the police cruiser’s lights and sirens, to the area of Marquis Place off Springwoods Drive.
Anyone who frequently uses the slug lines to commute is bound to experience something out of the ordinary from time to time. When asked, most slugs could probably manage to recall a unique personality or situation they’ve experienced at some point of their travels.
STAFFORD, Va. — An undercover investigation has led to charges for two men accused of purchasing steel used to form railroad tracks, which is illegal to possess in Virginia.
A detective from the Stafford Sheriff’s Office went to Northern Virginia Metal Recyclers at 32 Eskimo Hill Road in Stafford on March 19 and sold the metal, known as Pig Iron, to the two suspects. After the sale was complete, sheriff’s deputies swooped in, executed a search warrant, and arrested the suspects, said sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
