Mom on the Run: The Next Chapter

I recognize my son’s ringtone immediately. It cuts through any sound, any background, no matter where I am or what I’m doing. I don’t like the ringtone, it’s a weird robotic kind of thing, but my husband set it a year ago when I first got my smart phone and I don’t know how to change it, so it stays. And it’s just as well, because my ears are programmed to listen for it; my son calling from college is rare and important, and every fiber of my being is eager to know about and take his calls.


Chairman Corey Stewart says and says money to lower class sizes and increase teacher pay has to come from somewhere.

He and the Prince William County Board of Supervisors is now wrangling over a proposed $975 million budget that doesn’t leave much room for the hiring of new police officers and fire and rescue personnel, or bringing on new employees into government that saw positions go unfilled or slashed since the start of the recession in 2008.


Prince William County residents could see an $85 annual increase in their tax bills next year.

Officials on the Board of County Supervisors got their first look at the county’s proposed FY 2015 nearly $1 billion budget which takes effect July 1, as proposed by County Executive Melissa Peacor.


Officials in Richmond are raising questions about how local police departments, including Prince William County’s, store data collected from automatic license plate readers.

On Monday, several officials to include Delegate Richard Anderson (R-Prince William) and Senator Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax) announced they would band together to “protect the privacy and liberty of Virginians against unnecessary intrusion by government agencies and law enforcement.”


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