Stafford County, Va. –– School officials in Stafford have invited parents to come review new textbooks that could end up in classrooms across the county.
The books up for review are math texts, technology education, music theory and choir, and family and consumer sciences.
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After the company closed one of its Woodbridge locations last month, the popular Five Guys location in Salem, Va. (in southwest Virginia) closed its doors Dec. 31.
So far, the representatives from the Lorton-based burger chain have not said why they chose to close the locations.
A new line of T-shirts is helping define what it means to be a “recessonista.” It’s also helping a young woman on the path to business ownership.
Sherina Porter plans to move from the west coast “back east” where she’ll work to develop her Zulaa T-shirt line, aimed at the budget-conscious fashion lover.
Stafford sheriff’s deputies were called H.H. Poole Middle School at 800 Eustace Drive in North Stafford on Dec. 29, after school administrators found seven buses had been vandalized.
Vandals used black spray paint and painted the driver, passenger and back sides of the parked buses, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
North Stafford, Va. –– Stafford sheriff authorities say a Caroline County man exposed himself to a deputy.
Woodbridge, Va. –– The second meeting of the Virginia – North Carolina High-Speed Rail Compact will be mostly an organizational one, says one of the local legislators who represents Virginia on the board.
Dale Zehner will hold one another one of his regular online chats will passengers of Virginia’s only commuter rail service Wednesday at noon.
In addition to Zehner, Keolis Transportation (the company charged with operating VRE trains) manager for the Manassas line Scott Treece, will also take part in the Web chat.
Stafford, Va. –– A pharmacist and a U.S. Marine are the proud parents of Stafford’s first newborn of 2011.
