QUANTICO, Va. — About a year ago, Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Jedding, a religious program specialist at Marine Corps Base Quantico, was trying to come up with a different kind of community outreach event. He had just arrived at the base.
“I wanted to get away from the norm of homeless shelters and animal shelters,” he said. The Special Olympics came to mind, as he has an aunt with Down syndrome who has participated in the games, so he sent out a few exploratory emails.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — A special agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Prince William County will continue.
The 287 (g) program pairs select members of local law enforcement with federal immigration officials who train them on inquiring about processing the legal statuses of suspected criminals arrested in Prince William County. That program, which was in jeopardy last fall, will continue for the next three years, according to a press release from Board of Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — One man is in custody today after home invasion in Stafford County.
Maury Edward Williams, 18, of Scotts Ford Lane in Fredericksburg, was arrested without incident at 12:43 p.m. in the area of Cardinal Forest Drive and Bellamy Lane in south Stafford County.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Neighbors and officials are going back and forth over the future of a rural piece of property called “Dove’s’s Landing.”
A rural area about five miles outside Manassas, the nearly 240-acre wooded site sits along the Occoquan River, and boasts views of the Broad and Cedar runs creeks. With nothing more than a cell phone tower on the land leased by Prince William County to Verizon, it’s a quiet cove of nature in one of Virginia’s fastest-growing counties.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Government officials in Prince William County are scrambling for answers after a $5 million budget shortfall appeared.
The error was discovered June 24 and reported late Monday afternoon, after government staffers preparing for the beginning of the new fiscal year — which began yesterday — found a data entry error that caused budget projections for the county’s payroll to be millions off the mark.
MANASSAS, Va. — Residents of Manassas may be wondering what is going on down on Main Street in the Old Town area.
Manassas is making an investment in the city’s Old Town area by improving the streetscape along Main Street from the Norfolk Southern Railroad to Quarry Road. The project has many elements that are intended to make the street more pedestrian friendly and more conducive to citizens and visitors wanting to shop, dine and walk along the street.
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n preparation for Nokesville Elementary School’s transition from an elementary school to a K-8 school, the vast majority of the rising sixth grade class will remain at Nokesville next year.
Opinion
I don’t mind paying taxes, I don’t like to pay too much in taxes, and I don’t like to see them wasted. When I see my money being spent to full the broader community’s will, I don’t object. I also like to see my tax dollars spent strategically.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The Prince William Area Agency on Aging (PWAAA) and the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission (PRTC) launched their Wheels to Wellness Program this spring, to provide free transit for the elderly, disabled and low-income individuals to medical appointments across the county.
Now, the transit agency announced it has received a second grant from the funding the Potomac Health Foundation to continue funding the service.
