Rescue crews were called about 6 p.m. Tuesday to the 700 block of Perry Drive in the Grafton Village subdivision near Ferry Farm when after the victim son found her lying on the floor suffering a gunshot wound to her upper body, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
The victim’s son along with his father had just returned home from work and found the woman not breathing.
Late last month, the Commonwealth Transportation Board voted to withhold funding from a six-year transportation plan approved by the group in Richmond, reports Bloomberg Business Week.
“We’re not going to fix transportation by buying municipal fleets,” said Stafford County Supervisor Cord A. Sterling, who also represents the Fredericksburg District on the CTB. “We’ve got very limited resources and we’ve got a lot of needs.”
Shawn Aschan, 42, was pronounced dead at Stafford Hospital Center after he was pulled from a swimming pool at a home on Toluca Road, off Garrisonville Road (Va. 610).
Aschan is believed to have drowned sometime between 5 and 6 p.m. Monday, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
Mac McQuown, of Stafford, is in training for his next big adventure that will take him from the site of the World Trade Center in New York City to the capitals of all of the lower 48 states. He departs on September 11, 2011, exactly 10 years after the terrorist attacks on the trade center, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania.
For the past few months, he’s been walking up and down Garrisonville Road (Va. 610) carrying a large U.S. Flag.
I wasn’t jealous that she was on a motorcycle, I was more fascinated by the fact that her dog fit so nicely on the seat without falling out.
My beloved dog, Sophi, is a bit large for a Labrador and is still in the puppy stage, so let’s just say that would not work for her.
I don’t claim to be an education expert, however, I feel fairly confident that if your children are spending their summer forgetting everything their teachers managed to cram in into their heads this past school year their brains are going to leech out of their ears in a very SpongeBob-esque fashion.
That doesn’t mean that you need to magically craft an engaging and age-appropriate curriculum out of thin air. There are great programs and incentives in place that you can use to keep childrens’ brains in tip-top shape for fall.
The county in April submitted plans to create three precincts and to shift five polling places within the county’s seven established magisterial districts that are used to elect members of the county’s Board of Supervisors and School Board.
Virginia, under the Voting Rights Act of 1964, must submit their redistricting plans done every 10 years to the Department of Justice for approval.
By Kristina Schnack Kotlus
Schools and Education Reporter
As we approach the 4th of July weekend it seems appropriate to reflect on the vital role this area played in the creation of our nation. Not only was it the home to several key Revolutionary leaders, it also provided the backdrop to one of the greatest logistical feats of the American Revolutionary War.
Two hundred and thirty years have passed since the American Revolutionaries and their French allies embarked on a “long march” that would turn the tide of war and set the stage for our true independence from Great Britain. It was during the latter part of June 1781 that General George Washington and his French counterpart, the Comte de Rochambeau, began an incredible march that would end at Yorktown, the scene of what proved to be the decisive battle of the Revolution.
