FAIRFAX — (Press release) The 58 best high school robotics teams from Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. will compete in the FIRST Chesapeake District Championship at George Mason University April 12-13, 2019.
This is STEM-education at its loudest and most enthusiastic: hundreds of sharp kids and a crowd of fans to cheer them on.
MANASSAS — (Press release) For the fifth consecutive year, Leadership Prince William and Comcast are partnering on a community service project for the 18th Annual Comcast Cares Day.
On Saturday, May 4, from 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m., close to 300 volunteers are needed to carry out large-scale community beautification efforts at The Arc of Greater Prince William. Volunteer registration is available online at leadershipprincewilliam.org.
Sunny skies near 70 today, storms tomorrow
The Prince William Board of County Supervisors has approved the purchase of 17.68 acres near Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center to build a commuter parking garage.
WOODBRIDGE — (Press release) Supervisor-Elect Victor S. Angry will be sworn into office Thursday, April 11, 2019, at 10 a.m.
The Swearing-in ceremony will be held at the Prince William County Government Center in the atrium outside the Board Chambers located at 1 County Complex Court.
MANASSAS — When our student reporter, Malachi, interviewed Manassas Fire Chief Rob Clemons, he learned Clemons watched the TV show “Emergency” every week, “religiously.”
The 1970’s drama chronicled the lives of paramedics and firefighters in the Los Angeles area.
DALE CITY — On April 9, detectives from the Prince William County Police Department Special Victims Unit concluded an investigation into a sexual assault that was reported to have occurred at a residence in Dale City on March 31.
An investigation revealed the victim, a 28-year-old woman, was sexually assaulted by the accused, a family member, on that date.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — A fire broke out in the 8,000 block of Browns Lane at 1:05 a.m.
The Prince William County Fire and Rescue Department provided us with this information:
LAKE RIDGE — Residents are going to get a look more than 30 years into the past with the opening of a buried time capsule.
The plaque noting the capsule buried at Tackett’s Mill Center, on May 29, 1969, states that day was the day Lake Ridge was established. Today, the neighborhood of homes and shops spans the five-mile distance of Old Bridge Road between Interstate 95 and Prince William Parkway
Victor Angry appears to have made history tonight by becoming the first African American elected to the Prince William County Board of Supervisors in the board’s 150-year history.
