The Prince William County Board of Supervisors will approve the final budget and tax rate tomorrow, April 21, at their regularly scheduled meeting.
The approved budget will now include $1 million allocated specifically for reducing class sizes in Prince William County Public Schools.
As the budget period for the Prince William County Board of Supervisors comes to a close, Supervisors Candland and Lawson took the opportunity to speak on their own budget draft with a 2.5% tax increase. In March, the board announced their advertised ceiling tax rate increase of 3.88%, and the difference between the 2.5% and the 3.88% is about $14.6 million.
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Tim Ciampaglio, a retired United States Coast Guard commander, and small business owner has announced his campaign for the 2nd House district delegate seat.
Delegate Michael Futrell, who is the incumbent, will not be seeking re-election for the seat.
Ciampaglio is running against former delegate Mark Dudenhefer in the June 9 Republican primary. If Ciampaglio wins the primary, he will face Democratic candidate Rod Hall for the delegate seat.
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Manassas City Public Schools (MCPS) will be taking registrations for incoming kindergartners for the 2015-2016 school year starting April 28.
The registration period will run from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 28, and continue April 29 from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. according to a MCPS school release.
Parents can register their child at any of the elementary school locations in Manassas City during the registration period, and should select the school that they plan to have their child to attend.
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Fallas Discount Stores, an off-price retail chain, has opened a new location in the Prince William Square Shopping Center, across from Potomac Mills Mall.
According to their website, the store chain was established in 1962 in Los Angeles, and now currently has more than 200 locations in the United States.
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On May 1, the Quail and Upland Wildlife Federation and the Virginia Quail Recovery Initiative are hosting a workshop in Nokesville, to help residents learn about what they can do to create wildlife habitats in their backyards.Â
âOur goal is trying to spread the word about wildlife habitat work that can be done even on a small scaleâŠwhat weâre trying to do with this workshop is try and give folks some options. For example, converting [their land] into a wildlife meadow for continual bloom and beauty from May to October, while also providing a great habitat for songbirds and pollinators, monarchs as well as other species,â said David Bryan, a private lands wildlife biologist for the USDA-NRCS.
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Supervisor Frank Principi, the incumbent on the Prince William County Board of Supervisors for the Woodbridge district, has announced his campaign to run for re-election.
Principi has been on the board for eight years and is currently finishing his second term.
In the race for the seat, there are two Republican candidates, Steve Chapman and Lee Price, that will face each other in a Republican primary. Antonio Merrick, an Independent candidate, will also be a part of the three-way race.
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Virginia Serious Game Institute is based in Prince William County
The Virginia Serious Game Institute has announced their first game title - âMimycxâ â a multi-player online game meant to help those in the healthcare industry.
The game institute, based out of Prince William, is releasing the title in partnership with one of the startups it has incubated â Professions Quest, LLC.
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Lawsuit involves Bass Pro Shops location in Virginia
On Jan. 8, a company named Thomlynn LLC, filed a lawsuit against Holladay Property Services Midwest Inc., at the Circuit Court of Hanover County for $5.9 million in damages.
Holladay and its entire board are being named in the suit â including Austin Haynes, a Republican primary candidate for Clerk of the Court in Prince William who was employed as their senior vice president at the time of the stated complaint.
The preliminary hearing for the case will be at the Circuit Court in Hanover on April 21, according to Circuit Court documents.
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Yesterday evening, interim Dumfries Town Council member Bill Murphy was elected to a permanent seat on the council following a special election in Dumfries.
Murphy was among the 35 residents that came to vote in the election, where he earned 92.1% of the vote, according to election results.
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Three Shih Tzuâs â Marley, Rita and Ziggy â were given to the Prince William County Animal Shelter after being found in 'terrible' condition in West Virginia.Â
âThey came in as strays, so we didnât really have a lot of background information. The person who brought them in â her brother found them in West Virginia somewhere â and she was a resident here and got a hold of the dogs and she brought them to us,â a volunteer at the shelter said.
