FREDERICKSBURG — University of Mary Washington’s College of Business has been trying to gain accreditation for the last seven years.

On October 18, UMW’s College of Business hosted former interim Secretary of the U.S. Navy Sean Stackley at an executive breakfast meeting for students, faculty, alumni, and members of the local business community. The university hopes more engagements like these will help further it’s path to accreditation.


PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Muslims have a new mosque in which to worship, and a worldwide religious leader held an inaugural celebration.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim community welcomed their fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, to inaugurate the Masroor Mosque on Saturday, located at 5640 Hoadly Road near Woodbridge. This marks Mirza Masroor Ahmad’s first visit to the U.S. in years on a tour that also included stops in Houston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.


Babur Lateef this year was appointed to the Prince William County School Board as its Interim At-large Chairman.

The appointment came after former chairman Ryan Sawyers stepped down in March after months of wrangling with fellow Board members and county school staff over lawsuits regarding emails, as well as social issues like LGBT bathroom rights. He served two years in the job.


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Stafford County Sheriff’s Office crime reports:

Warrenton Road and I-95 On-Ramp, 10/30, 7:05 a.m. Vehicle left parked on shoulder overnight vandalized. The victim told deputies he has been working construction and left his vehicle there for the night. When he returned in the morning, he discovered the passenger side windows had been smashed in. The investigation is ongoing.


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