Andrea Bailey, a military wife and corporate business development professional, plans to run for the Board of Supervisors in the Potomac District. Maureen Caddigan (R-Potomac) currently holds the seat.
But before she can run against Caddigan, Bailey must first win the primary against Dumfries Councilman Derrick Wood. The Democratic primary will take place on June 13.
The Stafford County Board of Supervisors has decided to move forward with making sidewalk improvements on Mine Road.
This project would happen along Mine Road, starting at Highpointe Boulevard, and ending at Cathedral Lane.
London Colvin – the 21-year-old Army Reservist and Norfolk State University student who was attacked by a Norfolk police dog last week – is recovering, but she has a long way to go. Colvin, who is a Woodbridge Senior High School graduate, has been recuperating in Woodbridge since the Jan. 25 attack.
“She’s still doing a lot of crying, but our hope is that it’s going to get better and better and better, so that she can get back to where she was before this event occurred,” said Jon Babineau, a lawyer at Riddick Babineau that is representing Colvin.
The Stafford County Sheriff’s Department will be getting a new 9-1-1 emergency calling system that will cost $807, 540, to serve more than 136,000 Stafford County residents.
According to Carol Adams, ECC Director at the Stafford Sheriff’s Department, the changes are necessary, as the current emergency calling system has become obsolete.
Dumfries Councilman Derrick Wood, a small business owner and Marine Corps veteran, has announced his plans to run for Potomac Supervisor on the Prince William County Board of Supervisors this year.
A graduate of Stratford University, Wood works as a Community and Military Outreach Manager while running his own mobile catering business, BBQ in Motion.
Senator Tim Kaine met with students from Woodbridge Senior High School on February 3 at a reception for the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Student Fair.
Held at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. the fair was part of a celebration for CTE month, according to the Association for Career and Technical Education’s website.
The Prince William County Department of Economic Development has seen an uptick in capital investment, which will bring $513 million dollars and hundreds of jobs to the county.
The department, which has been running for eighteen years, has brought in private capital investments mainly in the life science and information technology industry. The county has secured nineteen projects and will see the addition of four hundred and sixty-nine new jobs, and more than one hundred jobs retained in the area.
The Manassas School Board is seeking to fill a vacant seat after the resignation of Board member Ilka Chavez at their January meeting.
The School Board posted the vacancy on their website and has nine confirmed applicants for the position, according to Erin Gibson, the Public Communications Assistant for Manassas City Public Schools.
Lee Price, a retired Department of Defense (DoD) employee, has announced his campaign to run for the Woodbridge District Supervisor seat for the Prince William Board of Supervisors.
A graduate of the University of Texas, San Antonio, Price worked as a DoD employee for more than thirty-three years in the IT field. During his career, he worked with several branches of the military, including the Air Force, Navy and Army in IT management.
On February 11, Downtown Manassas businesses will gather for a Happy Hour at Imagine on West Street to speak about upcoming changes to the Downtown area.
The event is being held by Historic Manassas Inc. Several local businesses are taking part in sponsoring the Happy Hour, including Philadelphia Tavern, The Bone, Heritage Brewing and Zandra’s Taqueria.
