Christopher Shorter will come from Baltimore to lead the Prince William County Government.
In a 6-2 vote today, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors hired Shorter and agreed to pay him a $350,000 annual salary. Supervisors Jeanine Lawson and Yesli Vega opposed his hiring.
This year’s event takes place on Wednesday, Nov. 30 on the Ellipse in President’s Park. Free tickets are awarded through an online lottery, which opened today at 10 a.m. and closes at 10 a.m. on November 1.
To enter the lottery, visit ecreation.gov and click “TICKET LOTTERY.” You may also call 877-444-6777 to enter the lottery. Lottery applicants will be notified about their ticket status on Nov. 8.
Fire crews went to the 12000 block of Hatchway Court at 5:19 a.m. to find heavy smoke and fire at a single-family home. One of two occupants inside the home suffered serious burns, and is now in a hospital.
The victim, and another man who was also inside when flames broke out, escaped the flames before fire crews arrived. According to Prince William County fire and rescue spokesman Matt Smolsky, one of the men who lives on the first floor alerted the second to the blaze.
The Osbourn High School Alumni Association honored Lawrence “Buck” Buchanan, 96, during a banquet on Saturday, October 22.
Community members gathered with graduates from Osbourn High, the only high school in Manassas, at the Prince William County Fairgrounds, for its alum of the year dinner.
Yesli Vega rode into her campaign, standing atop a motorcoach, waiving at a crowd of more than 400 people gathered near Dumfries to see her.
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) stood next to the 7th-District Congressional candidate as the bus pulled into Montclair Tabernacle Church, at 16120 Dumfries Road. It was Vega’s second rally with high-profile politicians in Prince William County in the past three days.
Drivers on Wellington Road in Manassas will see a detour next week.
On Wednesday, October 26, 2022, the Norfolk-Southern Railway will replace a piece of track where Wellington Road crosses the tracks, near Jennie Dean Elementary School.
Youngkin urges education reforms after drop in math, reading proficiency — Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin is urging education reforms after data showed a reduction in fourth grade math and reading proficiency scores in the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress report card. [The Center Square]
Police chase ends with fatal crash in Fredericksburg — Two people were killed and three others were critically injured early Monday when a truck that was being pursued by police crashed into a tree in Fredericksburg, police said. [Free Lance-Star]
The Prince William Board of County Supervisors will appoint a Baltimore City Administrator to lead the local government in Virginia’s second-largest jurisdiction. The Prince William Board of County Supervisors will appoint a Baltimore City Administrator to lead the local government in Virginia’s second-largest jurisdiction.
According to multiple sources, Christopher Shorter will be appointed the new County Executive following a closed-session meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday, October 25. A media report indicates Short is telling others in Baltimore he is leaving Maryland for a new job in Northern Virgina.
