Shane Black, of Stafford, is a member of the Lafayette football team participating in the 150th meeting of college football’s most-played rivalry at Yankee Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 22. More than 49,000 tickets have been sold for the game, which will be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network.
Black is a graduate of Mercersburg Academy and a senior.
Traffic on a portion of Route 1 in Woodbridge will shift on Friday morning, said Prince William County Director of Transportation Thomas Blaser.
Drivers headed south will be routed on a new portion of roadway that has been constructed just before Dale Boulevard. Two lanes of traffic will continue to carry drivers south, as the effort to widen the road from four to six lanes continues.
This Saturday, Nov. 22, Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School near Dumfries will host their 4th annual JP5K Run/Walk for Options. The race, which will take place on the school campus and the surrounding neighborhood, is being hosted to raise funds for the school’s Options program, which provides educational opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities.
“[This race] supports our Options program, which currently serves about six students with intellectual impairments,” said Jennifer Cole, Director of Admissions and Marketing for Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School.
On Dec. 11, 2014, Major Bruce H. ‘Doc’ Norton, USMC (Ret.) will speak at the Freedom Museum about several books he has authored on U.S. Military History. He will discuss several of the men about whom he has written, why he chose them, and will present lessons learned about writing military history, as well as mention some of his future projects.
During his Vietnam tours spanning five years, he was decorated for heroism “under fire on numerous occasions”. After his Vietnam Service, Major Norton attended the College of Charleston, where he earned a BA in US History and a Commission as a Second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He retired after twenty-four years of military service in command and staff positions and earned a Master’s Degree in Military Sciences before becoming the Director of the Marine Corps’ Command Museum, in San Diego, California, and also taught military history courses at the University of San Diego.
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A contractor doing work in the area of Smoketown Road hit a gas main this afternoon causing the closure of a portion of the road and the evacuation of Gar-Field Senior High School, said a spokesman for Washington Gas.
Vanessa Byrne has had a unique opportunity to combine her passion for karate and a brush with fame.
It is now legal to open a craft brewery in a shopping center in Prince William County.
In what seemed like a happy hour session, that last call of the night for the County Board of Supervisors was to amend zoning laws that once prevented small craft breweries, like Bad Wolf Brewing in Manassas, from opening in commercial or retail district.
Students at George C. Round Elementary School were placed on modified lockdown this morning.
The American Festival Pops Orchestra will be playing holiday tunes December 12 and 13 at the Hylton Performing Arts Center and the George Mason University Center for the Arts.
More information from a Hylton Center press release:
Prince William County Schools has announced the schedule for the half-day early dismissal for schools on Wednesday, Nov. 26.
