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Victim got call from a woman claiming to be his granddaughter in trouble

By Arabella Thornhill

The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office warns public of a scam after man gathers money to help, what he believed to be, his granddaughter in trouble and gives money to a courier.

A report on this scam occurred on Thursday, June 25, at 2:23 p.m., when a deputy was called to a home in Grafton Village for a complaint of fraud, according to a press release from Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. Upon arrival, Layug was told that the resident had received a phone call from a woman claiming to be his granddaughter, according to police.

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Prince William

Judge orders Prince William, Norfolk court clerks to pay $2 million in attorneys’ fees in First Amendment lawsuit

By Local News
The Judicial Center for Prince William County, Manassas, and Manassas Park.

A federal judge in Virginia awarded $2 million in attorney fees against court clerks in Prince William County and the City of Norfolk Wednesday over a First Amendment action filed by Courthouse News, a nationwide news service for lawyers.

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Stafford delays school start date, looks at mixing in-person and virtual learning

By Gianna Jirak

Students in Stafford County are getting an extra week of summer vacation as the start of the school year has been pushed back for additional teacher training.

At their June 23 meeting, the Stafford County School Board approved an updated school calendar that both delays the start of the school year by one week and adds two additional days onto the academic year. These changes have caused the school year to now begin on Aug. 17 and end on May 28.

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Stafford prohibits employees’ use of personal accounts to communicate with students, student use of cellphones

By Gianna Jirak

School may be out of session, but Stafford County teachers have been given new rules to follow.

During their June 23 school board meeting, the Stafford County School Board unanimously approved revisions to the school division’s Standard of Professional Conduct for All Employees, which ‘sets forth expectations for employee behavior both in and outside the workplace, as well as with students in-person and remote,’ according to school board documentation.

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Prince William

Arthur Reed, Ibram X. Kendi, Lucinda Griffin, among popular suggestions for the renaming of Stonewall Jackson middle and high schools

By Gianna Jirak

The new names of  Stonewall Jackson Middle and High Senior schools are not yet known. But the Prince William County community has plenty of suggestions.

On June 22 and 25, the Prince William County School Board held community input sessions, allowing residents to suggest new names for both schools, located near Manassas, to the schools’ naming committees.

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From parks to the YMCAs — here’s what’s open and closed as we prepare to enter Phase III

By Arabella Thornhill
Destiny Neis, a personal trainer, leads the exercise routines during "Virginia Healthy Youth Day" at Triangle Elementary School. (Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

As Virginia prepares to enter Phase III of the coronavirus reopening plan, we’re learning more about what parks and recreation facilities will be open for use.

The SACC program at the Massad Family YMCA, located at 212 Butler Road in Falmouth will be open for residents.

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