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Mask update: Only head-start children, teachers in Pr. Wm. schools must cover faces

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Prince William County Schools Superintendent Dr. LaTayna McDade. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]

On Friday, Schools Superintendent Dr. LaTanya McDade announced the changes in policy at the state’s second-largest school division, ending a forced masking policy that had been in place since August. McDade’s announcement comes after the CDC revised its rules on Friday, February 26, which now recommends no masks in jurisdictions where coronavirus transmission is considered low.

According to the CDC, Prince William County has a low virus transmission rate, while Stafford County is ranked “medium” on the new three-tiered scale.

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Woodbridge waiter met with gun after dine-and-dash

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Uncle Julio's restaurant in Woodbridge [Photo: Visit Prince William County]

Prince William police say:

On February 23 at 8:54PM, officers responded to Uncle Julio’s located at 14900 Potomac Town Pl. in Woodbridge (22191) to investigate a larceny. An employee of the restaurant reported to police that after dining at the establishment, a group of teenaged males fled on foot to the parking lot without paying.

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FredNats to unveil stadium naming rights sponsor

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FredNats outfielder Jeremy Ydens [Photo: FredNats]

The minor league affiliate of the Washington Nationals in the Low-A East League moved to the city in 2019. The team played its first regular-season last year, one year later than planned, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The team built its $35 million stadium in the Celebrate Virginia South complex, next to the city’s expo center, with financing help from the city. A public-private partnership to build a new stadium in Woodbridge, where the team had played since the early 1980s, failed to gain the support of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors in 2017.

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Car plows into Thai restaurant, driver faces DUI charge

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A car plowed through the entrance of Nara Thai in North Stafford on Thursday, February 24. [Photo: Stafford sheriff's office]

A county sheriff’s spokesman tells us:

On February 24th at 1:25 p.m. Deputy M.L. Jacobeen responded to a crash at 432 Garrisonville Road. He arrived to find a silver Nissan Altima had crashed into an unoccupied red Ford Mustang in the business parking lot, pushing the Mustang into Nara Thai Cuisine. Fortunately, there were no injuries inside the restaurant.

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Stafford Hospital welcomed nearly 12,000 babies since opening 13 years ago

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Stafford Hospital

It’s been 13 years since Stafford Hospital opened its doors, the first large-scale medical facility for the growing county of more than 157,000 poeple.

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Mass vaccination site closing in Fredericksburg, local offices continue to provide vaccine

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A Community Vaccination Center in Central Park will close on March 5, the Rappahannock Area Health District reports. The days and hours the center will be open during its final week will be Tuesday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Central Park center has administered more than 36,000 free coronavirus vaccines since it opened in early October 2021. As more people have become vaccinated and the vaccines have become widely available at doctor’s offices and pharmacies, demand has decreased, states the health district.

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Stafford, Woodbridge fire departments get top honors from Virginia Governor

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OWL Fire Chief Wayne Haight accepted the Award from Virginia Secretary of Public Safety Robert Mosier, a former OWL volunteer. [Photo: OWL Volunteer Fire Department]

[Updated 1:15 p.m ] Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin recognized two fire departments in our region that went above and beyond to help someone in need.

On Wednesday, February 23, Youngkin announced the 2021 Governor’s Fire Service Awards as part of the annual Virginia Fire Chiefs Association and Rescue Conference in Virginia Beach.

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