Woodbridge, Va. — It could be this fall, at the start of the new school year, when a small bridge on Blackburn Road will be reopened.
Prince William Woodbridge Supervisor Frank Principi stated the two-lane bridge near Rippon Boulevard needs to be replaced at a cost of $1 million, and that a portion of Blackburn Road will remain closed as repairs are made.
Quantico, Va. — NFL players this weekend will help some of this nation’s combat warrior’s transition back into daily life after returning from battle.
The NFL Players Association along with the Real Warriors Campaign will host a special “Game Day” event at Quantico. Former professional football players will join military members and their families to play a few games, to socialize and talk about the importance of asking for help during some of life’s difficult transition points, according to a press release.
Prince William County, Va. — Team SuperNOVA, a robotics team from Osbourn Park, Gar-Field, and Freedom high schools in Prince William County, headed by teacher James Gillespie, was recently able to see their work inside the International Space Station.
In a unique competition run by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, secondary school students are able to access the space station using SPHERES satellites in a game which mimics mining operations on near-eath asteroids, according to a Prince William County Public Schools press release. The game is played online in the first few rounds, but having completed several rounds of competitions, the SuperNOVA team will now travel to MIT to watch a live broadcast on January 23 from the International Space Station. An astronaut will conduct the ZERO Robotics championship in microgravity.
In this scam the senior citizen receives a call where the caller identifies himself/herself as a grandchild in trouble with law enforcement in a foreign country and needs cash sent immediately to be used as bail money. Preying on the senior citizens uncertainty of which grandchild is calling, the caller is able to get the grandchild’s name and then pretend to be that person. Asking the grandparent to not call “Mom and Dad” because they want to tell them the bad news themselves, the caller then convinces the citizen to send the money by money order to an address they provide. This phone scam is being seen in other parts of the country as well.
In each incident in Stafford, the senior citizen receiving the bogus call has refused the request for money and contacted the Sheriff’s Office. This is not the first time that Stafford County citizens have reported this scam. It was first reported in Stafford County in July and September of 2009.
Stafford, Va. — It’s official: Garrisonville residents have an interim representative on the Stafford County Board of Supervisors.
By Amir Vera
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. – Thanks to a new phone app, it soon will be easier for commuters to share rides to military work sites in Northern Virginia.
WGRQ plays classic rock on 95.9 FM, and WGRX plays country music on 104.5 FM, and the company that owns them both, Telemedia Broadcasting, wants to move its transmitter from King George County to southern Stafford County.
The newly proposed tower would stand 480 feet tall, just 75 feet shorter the Washington Monument in the nation’s capital, and would be located at 494 Hollywood Farm Road – a rural area of Stafford County.
“We’re well on our way to a million customers signing up for the most convenient and cheapest way to receive decal and license renewal alerts,” said DMV Commissioner Richard D. Holcomb. “We applaud these Virginians for helping to save the Commonwealth money and resources.”
The 750,000 customers who are no longer receiving paper reminders via U.S. mail will save the state $442,000. Each piece of U.S. mail not processed by DMV saves 59 cents in printing, processing and postage fees.
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Stafford, Va. — Veterans on Tuesday took advantage of free services provided to them at the Stafford County Government Center.
The Rural Health Initiative team from McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond brought their Mobile Vet Center program to the Potomac Communities.
