On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson took the field with the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the Major League Baseball color line.
Win Germanna Community College - Fredericksburg Nationals Scholarships by entering the college's annual Jackie Robinson Essay Contest open to juniors and seniors at high schools in Germanna’s service region (Fredericksburg City, Stafford, Spotsylvania, Culpeper, Orange, King George, Madison, and Caroline counties).
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The Workhouse Arts Center announces BrewWorks, an outdoor beer, wine, and spirit tastings festival, on May 20.
In addition to sampling microbrews, wine, and spirits, participants can enjoy food and lawn games while listening to local bands throughout the day.
A variety of food trucks will be on campus for the duration of the event. During the festival, the art galleries, artist studios, gift shops, and Lucy Burns Museum will be open.
This year’s event will showcase approximately 15 local breweries, three wineries, and two-spirit distilleries. While the details are still being finalized, the anticipated participating vendors include:
- Bunnyman Brewing
- Ono Brewing Company
- Settle Down Easy Brewing Co.
- Väsen Brewing Company
- Fair Winds Brewing Company
- Mustang Sally Brewing Company
- Buskey Cider
General Admission tickets are $40; Premium Admission tickets $75. Designated Driver and Child Admission tickets are available.
The Workhouse Arts Center sits at 9518 Workhouse Way in Lorton.
The data center would sit on some of the more than 800 acres earmarked by the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, approved last year, for Prince William Digital Gateway.
The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, at Bull Run Middle School, 6308 Catharpin Road, near Gainesville.
QTS already operates at least one data center in Prince William County, next to the George Mason University Science and Technology Campus near Manassas.
Student members of the Stafford Middle School LEOs stuffed more than 400 eggs for an egg hunt held at the Thurman Brisbane Center, a homeless shelter in Fredericksburg, on Saturday, April 8, 2023.
The Aquia Evening Lions Club provided the candy and sponsored the club.
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Two students at Independence Nontraditional School in Prince William County now work for the school division as part of the school’s workforce education program.
In the coming weeks, nine more will join them, working in the school division’s facilities department, which oversees construction. The school division’s announcement comes during April, Workplace Readiness Month.
The employed students work and attend classes.
High and middle school students attend the school which opened in 2018, at 14550 Aden Road near Dale City.
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Amazon Web Services and Prince William County Public Schools officials gathered to celebrate the first Think Big Space at River Oaks Elementary School, 16950 McGuffeys Trail in Woodbridge.
The company held the event on Thursday, April 13, 2023. Since the space — two brightly colored classrooms outfitted with technology — opened in 2019, 60 more have opened worldwide.
Amazon operates several data centers in the region.
Uriah Kiser, Potomac Local News publisher, here.
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Fire and rescue crews in Prince William County responded to two house fires on Thursday, April 13, 2023.
Flames broke out at a house on Lindendale Road in Dale City at 8:34 p.m.
Units were dispatched to the 13800 block of Lindendale Road (Dale City) for multiple calls reporting a home’s rear deck on fire. Crews arrived with fire showing and quickly spreading up the exterior into the upper floor and attic.  The fire was quickly extinguished. No injuries were reported. The Building Official declared the structure unsafe to occupy. The Red Cross is assisting the 6 adults and 1 child displaced. It was determined the fire originated from a propane grill on the home’s rear deck.
The Fire Marshal’s Office warns “if you are utilizing a grill never leave it unattended”. Grills should be kept a minimum of 10 feet (15’ is recommended) away from the structure. Keep nearby combustible away from a grill. Keep small children a safe distance away. If you have a propane grill, ensure all fittings are tight and the tank is secured.
Here’s a video of the fire (our thanks to the tipster who submitted the video).
Meanwhile, fire crews were called to a home in the 12000 block of Elliots Oak Place in Bristow at 5:32 p.m.
Units were called to the 12000 block of Elliots Oak Place (Bristow) for a townhome on fire. Crews arrived with a fire on the exterior spreading up and into the home. No injuries were reported. The structure was declared unsafe to occupy displacing 2 adults and 5 children. The Fire Marshal’s Office is still investigating the cause of the fire.
Five people are homeless after a fire on Leeland Road in Stafford County.
Fire crews were called to the scene at 9 a.m. to find shooting front and side of the house.
The American Red Cross is assisting the victims.
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An indoor playground, Urban Air Adventure Park, will open at 14173 Crossing Place, behind a Chick-fil-A at Prince William Parkway and Interstate 95.
The development appears to be similar to the Sky Zone park, located in the nearby Potomac Festival shopping center across from Potomac Mills mall.
Urban Air Adventure Park, the largest indoor adventure park operator in the world and part of the youth enrichment growth-focused platform Unleashed Brands, is excited to announce that they are bringing a new park location and next-level entertainment to 14173 Crossing Place, Woodbridge.
