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After morning frost across the region this morning, the risk of fire will prevail today as temperatures and wind speeds increase.
A Red Flag Warning is in effect today between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Winds gusting up to 35 mph coupled with low relative humidity will make for favorable fire conditions.
HAYMARKET — Elected leaders in Prince William County are voicing their displeasure with the way an external investigation into a longtime school administrator was handled.
The county’s school division on Friday notified parents via a letter that Ronald Reagan Middle School Principal Alfie Turner would not return to the school following an internal investigation into allegations she bullied teachers there. She was reassigned to the school division’s human resources office, and Roger Dallek, a principal who retired from Gar-Field High School in Woodbridge will serve as an interim principal until a replacement for Turner is hired.
WOODBRIDGE — The proposed Rays Regarde development in Woodbridge would tax an already overenrolled elementary school, according to county documents.
The new housing development that would be located at the end of Horner Road would bring about 160 new students to Woodbridge-area schools when it is built and then more in the following years, according to those same documents. The closest elementary school is the new Kilby Elementary which opened last year, which is already over capacity and cannot handle any new students, documents state.
STAFFORD — What do you want in a new schools superintendent?
Residents are invited to fill out an online survey from Stafford County Public Schools with questions about the characteristics they want to see in the school division’s next leader. The survey asks if the superintendent should be involved in teacher recruitment, setting the division’s school curriculum, or be focused on the finances of the school district.
From Prince William police:
Sexual Assault Investigation *ARREST – During the investigation into the sexual assault that was reported to have occurred at the Le Tache Couple Boutique in Manassas (20109) on April 16, detectives with the Special Victim’s Unit were able to identify the suspect with assistance from the public. Following the investigation, the accused, identified as Benjamin Alex DINARTE, was arrested without incident at his residence in Manassas.
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“Maybe it’s because I’m a terrible optimist,” said Turner.
That’s the long-talked-about development that would be built along Main Street in Dumfries, as the town’s first mixed-use development with retail shops at street level and residences above. It’s the kind of development the town needs to attract more business. The project is coming along, albeit slowly.
Miles is no stranger to town politics, as she’s served on the town’s Planning Commission overseeing applications for new development, as well as maintaining the town’s historic district complete with a handful of old homes that surrounds Dumfries Elementary School.
Being elected to the town council is the next logical step in her path toward public service, she said.
MANASSAS — The first-ever Manassas Viking Festival will be held on the lawn of the Manassas Museum from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 12.
From a press release:
WOODBRIDGE — The work to replace a water line from Fairfax to Prince William County went off without a hitch.
Prince William County Executive Christopher Martino said the project wrapped up last Friday and resulted in no loss of water for any customers in the eastern portion of the county, despite fears from officials and declaration of a water emergency made ahead of the scheduled work.