Politics

RICHMOND — Virginia is the only state where a governor cannot serve two consecutive terms. But if voters think their governor is doing a good job, why shouldn’t he or she be re-elected?

Democrats, who have won the past two gubernatorial elections, generally support allowing governors to succeed themselves. Republicans generally oppose it. Political experts say Virginia’s one-term policy for governors is rooted in history.


Schools

STAFFORD — (Press Release) Stafford County Public Schools (SCPS) and members of Stafford Education Association (SEA) hope that a trip to Richmond to lobby state lawmakers will result in more funding for SCPS.

Thirty-five members of SEA will meet with their elected representatives on the morning of January 28, 2019, which is the Virginia Education Association’s annual Lobby Day.


Features

MANASSAS — (Press Release) Write by the Rails (WbtR), the Prince William Chapter of the Virginia Writer’s Club, has elected a new board of officers and has scheduled events throughout 2019, including an en route write-in on February 23, 2019, Write ON the Rails.

Participants will meet at the Old Town Manassas Virginia Railway Express/Amtrak station on West Street in Manassas at 10 a.m., and then carpool to the Vienna Metro station. Once on the train, writers will take and then ride Metro’s Orange Line to the New Carrollton station in Maryland.


Business

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Traffic

RICHMOND – (Virginia State Police Press Release) The Virginia State Police Safety Division is rolling out a newly-designed vehicle safety approval inspection sticker that now includes a traffic safety message.

Effective Jan. 1, 2019, all certified Virginia inspection stations began issuing the sticker which has been reduced from 2.75 inches in height to 2 inches and from 4 inches in length to 3 inches. The year of expiration is now permanently affixed to the right side of the sticker, with the only insert being the month of expiration. Even though the overall size has been reduced, the month has been enlarged to provide better visibility.


NORTH STAFFORD — (Stafford County Sheriff’s Office Press Release) A suspect was arrested on Saturday by deputies with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office after driving under the influence around Stafford Marketplace and colliding into several objects, including the brick wall of Bed Bath and Beyond.

The wild ride ended after the suspect vehicle went through a fence and crashed into a boulder at Moncure Elementary School after school hours. On Saturday, January 19, 2019, at approximately 7:25 p.m., Deputy Daniel Reed responded to reports of a drunk driver at a Wendy’s fast food restaurant on Garrisonville Road.


Business

The Fauquier Bank reported net income of $1.6 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2018, compared with $1.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2017. 

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STAFFORD COUNTY — (Stafford County Sheriff’s Office Press Release) On Lancelot Lane on Monday, Jan. 21, 2019 at 3:29 p.m, a victim reported being scammed out of $500 after a Craigslist transaction went awry.

The victim told deputies he found an ad on Craigslist regarding a vehicle for sale. He texted the phone number listed on the ad and was advised to correspond through an email address.


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