The Greater Prince William Community Health Center in Woodbridge, the Lake Ridge and Woodbridge rotaries will gather at Harbour View in Woodbridge from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Oct. 21 for a “Chips4Charity” event.
To see full details about the event or to see how you can participate, read their full press release.
Successful military campaigns depend on a foundation of good, reliable intelligence. This has been true ever since the advent of organized armies. While many of the means by which reliable intelligence is created have changed, the underlying need that commanders have for such information has remained basically constant throughout history.
Two hundred and thirty years ago a concerted intelligence effort was about to reap the ultimate military reward right here in Virginia. The Continental Army and its French allies were just beginning their siege of the British Army encamped at Yorktown. They had marched from Rhode Island and New York, across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. They traversed innumerable streams and rivers, the Potomac and Occoquan among them, on their way to their final rendezvous with Lord Cornwallis’ Red Coats.
Each fall, Sentara Potomac Hospital, in partnership with the Prince William Health District, offers free flu vaccines to persons 60 and over. Vaccines are given at places of worship and other community locations.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that everyone 60 and older get a flu shot each fall.
Kyle Elliot Duval, 24, was killed when he lost control of his 2005 Acura on Kellogg Mill Road near Poplar Road. Police said Duval entered a right curve, swerved left and hit a tree.
Duval was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash but speed appears to be a factor, said Virginia State Police Sgt. Les Tyler.
Last year, especially with PTA, I learned that fundraising is a compulsory part of public education. So, when I decided to home school our kids this year I thought my life would be blissfully devoid of hawking $100 a roll wrapping paper to friends and family.
But then I woke up and realized that as part of a “well-rounded,” “well-educated” child, we’d have to “sell, sell, sell!” for every activity we’re in. With three kids, that means we’re selling things for scouts, sports, dance, and even church fundraisers.
Dr. Karen Spillman, former Principal of Colonial Forge High School in Stafford, handed in her resignation to the Stafford County School Board on Tuesday night.
Spilllman came into the spotlight last week after she ordered a suspension for 14-year-old Bryan Thompson – a student at Colonial Forge who donned a banana costume and ran down the football field during halftime Sept. 16. After threatening to suspend Thompson for an entire year, the student was reinstated in his school after serving half of his 10 day suspension, and an apology was issued by the county school superintended after Spillman disciplined students who wore t-shirts that stated “free Banana Man” following Thompson’s suspension.
North Stafford, Va. — Landslide victims will not get their meeting with the developer of their property.
Richard Wolf with George H. Rucker Realty Corp., the developer of the Austin Ridge subdivision in North Stafford, says county officials asked him to meet with them and two families whose homes are threatened by a landslide that developed Sept. 10.
Boys and girls between the ages of eight and 17-years-old are encouraged to sign up in organized leagues that will play their games at middle schools in Stafford County on week nights and Saturdays.
Middle and high school students who plan to try out for their school teams should indicate their intention on their tryout form and their tryout fees will be refunded once they make the scholastic teams, according to Stafford officials.
As part of its month-long anniversary celebration of service to the community, [the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission] will host a community give-back event. On Tuesday, Sept/ 27 through Thursday, Sept. 29, PRTC will collect small non-perishables, toiletries and infant care items on the buses.
All donations will be given to two area social service organizations: Action in the Community Through Service (ACTS) and Securing Emergency Resources Through Volunteer Efforts (SERVE).
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