The Stafford County Government is one step closer to creating a new advisory board that would focus on discrimination and human rights violations.
A charter for the new group states the advisory board would provide recommendations to the Stafford Board of Supervisors about how to better deliver government services to the county minority community, as well as suggest community events that would work to “celebrate diversity, and inclusion, and equity county-wide.”
Ronald Jackson Ferguson, Sr., 87, passed away at home with his family on August 4, 2020. Ronald leaves behind to cherish his memory his sons Ronald J. Ferguson, Jr. (Mary Catherine Ferguson) and John H. Ferguson (Katherine Marie Ferguson); his brother, Perry O. Ferguson; his 6 grandchildren; and his 10 great grandchildren. He is predeceased by his parents John William Ferguson and Annie Kate Ferguson; his son Larry Gregory Ferguson; his sisters, Wilma McBride and Shirley Mitchem; his brother, Clyde Ferguson; and a great grandson.
A Memorial Gathering for Ronald will be held on Wednesday, August 12, 2020 from 1 pm to 3 pm at Mountcastle Turch Funeral Home, 4143 Dale Boulevard, Dale City, Virginia 22193.
A Manassas man and another man is in stable condition after a shooting that occurred on Thursday, July 30
Police were called at 10:12 p.m. to the 8600 block of Bruton Parish Court where they found two men were located suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
Prince William police will observe the 36th-annual National Night Out on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, a month later than planned.
It had originally been planned for this evening.
Students in Prince William County Public Schools will not be returning to school for in-person learning in August — but they will line up for the SAT.
In August, September, October, November, and December, Prince William County high schools will be hosting the SAT and ACT tests in-person, with ‘guidelines for safety to include cleaning procedures, physical distancing, and the use of face coverings,’ according to Diana Gulotta, Prince William County Schools Director of Communications Services.
Albert Leroy (Roy) Stambaugh III, born in Harrisburg, PA on February 26, 1949 (“the first half of the last century,” he would proudly announce), was released from his 10-year battle with Alzheimer’s on Thursday, July 16, 2020. Roy was known for his compassion, his loyalty, his generosity, his sense of humor, and his love for his adoring wife, Suzanne.
Roy met Suzanne Roof in the summer of 1967, after having graduated from Bishop McDevitt High School where he threw some serious heat on the baseball field; however, once Roy saw Suzanne descend Pomeroy’s department store escalator in “that blue dress”, he knew he was going to marry her. On September 5, 1970, he did just that.
Occoquan will try again next year.
The town has canceled its Riverfest and Craft Show that was set to take place on September 27 and 28 due to the concerns over the coronavirus. is canceled this year. The Riverfest event was slated to replace the town’s annual spring craft show, which in recent years had seen a drop in attendance.
Manassas Park today will celebrate the grand opening of its first library, the Manassas Park City Library.
The grand opening will take place at the library in Bloom’s Park, at 9701 Manassas Drive, the former clubhouse of the General’s Ridge Golf Course.
Prince William Education Association has chosen Maggie Hansford as its next president.
Hansford will begin in her new role after working for 10 years as a speech language pathologist at T. Clay Wood Elementary School in Nokesville. She replaces former president Riley O’Casey.
