Originals

Heather Mitchell will make another run for Special Election for Virginia’s 2nd House District, which could happen as soon as early January.

This will be the second time Mitchell, a Republican, has campaigned for the seat. She lost in November 2019 to incumbent Jennifer Carroll Foy (D), Prince William County, who has held the seat since 2017.


Obituaries

William “Billy” C. Ashby, Jr., 72 of Woodbridge, Va., passed peacefully from his life on the afternoon of December 5, 2020 at Halquist Memorial Inpatient Center.  He was surrounded by his wife and three children during the last days of his life.

Billy was born July 5, 1948 in Bronx, NY, a son of the late William Ashby & Lillian Lawson.   He married Elaine S. Ashby on February 13, 1970 in Alexandria, Va. He retired from Metro Rail after 40 years of dedicated service. He was a veteran and served two tours in The Vietnam War while serving in the Army, he was awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal.  He will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather brother and friend. Besides his parents, Billy is preceded in death by his brother, Robert B. Ashby, and Aunt, Sybil Martin; and beloved dogs, Mindy, Cuddles, and Patches; granddogs, Dakota, Jo-Jo and Molly.


Originals

An area next to Prince William Forest Park could be the county’s next big development hot spot.

The Prince William County Planning Commission on Wednesday night to consider siding with county government planners to endorse the Independent Hill Small Area Plan, which aims to allow a mix of homes, retail, and office space to be built on 544 acres of land between the county landfill on Route 234, and then north up to Colgan Senior High School.


News

The Stafford County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution to install bipolarization filters on the air conditioning units on all of the county’s government buildings.

The new filters match what has already been installed inside the county’s public schools, and come in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.