For the parade, you are to decorate and design a raft, canoe, inflatable, dinghy, kayak, rowboat, or other non-motorized craft and take off in the first Occoquan Whatever Floats Your Boat Parade.
It will be a part of the Occoquan RiverFest & Craft Show on June 3 and 4, 2023. The activity invites the community to join in for its first year taking place.
Groups will be prompted by the announcer and volunteers when to move along the route.
This is a walking parade. There will be no tossing candy along the route. The route is roughly half a mile and is handicap accessible.
Stafford County mourns the passing of former County Board of Supervisors member Charles “Togie” Payne. Payne served on the Board of Supervisors from 1978 to 1981. He was elected Chairman by his fellow Board members in 1981.
Payne’s family has a long history in Stafford County, starting in 1721. He loved Stafford County and was very proud of his community of Falmouth. Payne was instrumental in modernizing Stafford’s water system.
The Stafford County Animal Shelter at 26 Frosty Lane, near the regional jail, has no space to hold more animals.
The county’s sheriff’s office, which operates the shelter, encourages anyone seeking to provide a home for a furry friend to adopt today.
The event is being hosted by Tribute at the Glen, a senior home in Woodbridge.
The singer appeared on NBC’s “The Voice.” His song “Blank Stares,” written for his mother, Sherry Rich, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at 51, and died three years later in 2019, has raised $100 million to help fight the disease.
A tractor-trailer crash snarled traffic on Interstate 95 north at milepost 133 in Stafford County, at the Rappahannock River.
The crash occurred just before 7 a.m., blocking four lanes. A four-mile delay quickly mounted.
This year’s performance is the third year the organization has staged a spring musical and the second year that the cast–more than 30– has worked to master the content of a licensed musical. As in years past, STEP VA is making necessary adaptations for the performers, each of whom has a disability, but only as those needs arise.
“I wanted to give them as close to a Broadway experience as possible,” Sarah Garner, program coordinator, explained last year when the organization was preparing for Disney’s The Lion King, Kid.
Ainsely Sadler, a 17-year-old Equestrian Vaulter from Bristow, won the National Athletic Scholarship from the National Honor Society of High School Scholars worth $2,000. Ainsely is a Unity Reed High School senior and was chosen for her achievements and dedication to equestrian vaulting.
Equestrian vaulting is a rigorous and high-consequence sport that consists of gymnastics-like maneuvers while riding on the back of a horse. While vaulting, the equestrian maneuvers the horse within a 15-meter diameter circle and is judged on a scale of one to 10.
The Friends of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library is marking its 50th anniversary with a special membership drive.
The Friends is a volunteer-run non-profit organization established in 1973 to raise funds to enhance the services of Central Rappahannock Regional Library, focus public attention on the library, and support the library in developing library services and facilities for the region.
