If you were driving home last night on Interstate 66, we don’t need to tell you about the unusual delays on the highway.
Virginia State Police tell us that t 1:45 pm, Virginia State Police began receiving calls about a Toyota Corolla driving recklessly in the westbound lanes of Interstate 66 in Fairfax County.
Gerald Rudolph Whitney was born on April 1, 1928 to the late Willard Harrison Whitney and Annie Mae Corum in Aldie, VA. He was one of ten children. He was affectionately known as “Jerry” to some. Gerald attended Douglas High School in Leesburg, VA, and he graduated from Veterans High School Center. He married and divorced at a young age. In 1952, he entered the United States…
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The plan calls for the demolition of all men’s urinals in every county school.
Stafford County Public Schools Finance and Budget Committee (FABC) reviewed the plan (which can be seen here on page 10 of this PDF from the school division website).
The county’s fire and rescue department have operated from a trailer near the intersection of Garrisonville and Shelton Shop roads since 2012. It razed a 1920’s-era farmhouse so it could place the trailer on the corner for firefighters to use as a makeshift firehouse.
A new $6.5 million station to replace that trailer is about a year behind schedule. The station building is up, and the bay doors affixed.
Officials are working to purchase land for the future right-of-way for an expansion of Route 1 at Courthouse Road. But the cost is on the rise due to inflation, county officials said.
Last year, the budgeted cost was about $14 million. Now it’s increased to they’ve doubled, at $18.7 million.
That’s the message from the county’s communications office to members of the Board of Supervisors who are waiting to see if voters will approve the proposed bond at the voting booth on Nov. 5.
The money would go to improve multiple roads, to include
STAFFORD — A woman was arrested Sept. 4 by Stafford County Sheriff’s deputies. She’s accused of striking a 12-year-old boy who was riding a bicycle with her vehicle.
At 7:30 p.m., deputies were called to a report of a pedestrian struck at Paradise Court.
More than 15 pots of chili crowded a long table Saturday in Lake Arrowhead, as neighbors came together to hold a chili-cookoff fundraiser to get cash for repairs to the neighborhood park.
Residents paid $10 per person donation to get into the event. While there, they met Stafford County Sheriff David Decatur and some of his deputies who showed off one of the department’s drones. The sheriff is running for re-election on November 5.
Open swimming hours at the city’s community center’s indoor pool were slashed on September 9 due to a lack of lifeguards.
The city points to a national shortage of swimming pool lifeguards [as reported by our indie cousin Shawnee Mission Post] as the reason the hours modifying, cutting out midway swims from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
