Author: Press Release

Stafford County helped the George Washington Foundation celebrate a groundbreaking for the reconstruction of George Washington’s boyhood home on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at Ferry Farm in Stafford County. The reconstruction of the home site is the first effort of an expansion that will eventually include a visitor’s center. The home will give visitors, young and old alike, a glimpse into the daily life of the boy who would become the Father of our Country. 

At the ceremony, Chairman of the Stafford Board of Supervisors Gary Snellings introduced Supervisor Bob Thomas, in whose district Washington’s boyhood home lies. Mr. Thomas presented the foundation with a check for $470,000, a donation from Stafford. The money will be used to construct a new entrance into Ferry Farm, aligned with the intersection with Ferry Road, across Route 3 from the Foundation’s site. The entrance improvements include construction of a left turn lane from westbound Route 3 into the new entrance for Ferry Farm, a right turn lane from eastbound Route 3 into the facility, and installation of the fourth leg of the signalized intersection. Improvements to this intersection are being designed by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). The intersection improvements, with a cost estimated at $3.1 million, are funded in large part by the County, and include an additional left turn lane and vehicle storage area on southbound Ferry Road and an extension of the right turn lane from westbound Route 3 onto northbound Ferry Road.

Mountain View, North Stafford and Stafford high schools will be providing residents with local theatrical entertainment in the coming weeks.

Mountain View High School Presents “The Wizard of Oz”

Third-grade students at Piney Branch Elementary School in Prince William County connected with nature in a fun and memorable way during an Arbor Day celebration to culminate their learning experience with Dominion’s “Project Plant It!”

The educational program was established in 2007 by Dominion Resources, parent company of Dominion Virginia Power, to teach children about trees and the environment. Teachers got a kit of instructional tools that included innovative math and science lesson plans, posters, certificates and other classroom materials. Each participating student received a redbud tree seedling to plant at home for Arbor Day, April 24.

Gabe Dietriechson (12 years old), of Dumfries soared to first place in the Special Angler National Rankings after his win at the April 18th Colonial Yacht Club Spring Trophy Season Rockfish Tournament.

Gabe landed a 19.9 lb 35.75” rockfish to seal his first place win in the Special Angler Division and lead his Rebecca-E team to a whopping 800 point windfall. Gabe was fishing with his father Douglas aboard the 42’ “Rebecca-E“ , an Evans styled vessel, flagged out of Cobb Island, Md.

A field day at Crow’s Nest Natural Area Preserve in Stafford County will be Saturday, May 2, starting at 9 a.m. Participants will see various plant life while on a guided hike through wetlands and rolling landscape. 

The field day is free, but reservations are required. Call 804-786-7951 to reserve a spot. The event is limited to 80, and reservations are first-come, first-served. Driving directions will be provided to registrants.
 
Participants should wear casual clothes and comfortable shoes and expect to walk up to 4 miles. The field day will take place rain or shine.
 
Crow’s Nest is a peninsula between Accokeek and Potomac creeks. The 2,872-acre preserve contains mature hardwood forest and some of the best examples of diverse, intact wetlands in the Potomac River region. It supports habitat for a variety of species, including bald eagles, migratory birds, the federally endangered short-nosed sturgeon and 22 plant species important to Virginia’s Coastal Plain.