Pets

On June 22, 2020, the Prince William Humane Society (PWHS) announced the launching the Adopt Shop Co-Op.

The Adopt Shop Co-Op is an affiliate program that supports local animal welfare organizations and is managed by Advocates for Abused and Abandoned Pets (A3P). It will help the PWHS increase pet adoption rates, expand outreach efforts to existing and potential pet owners, and improve the well-being of the region’s pets.


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Goodbye Stonewall Jackson, hello Unity Braxton and Unity Reed.

During its June 29 meeting, the Prince William County School Board voted to rename Stonewall Jackson Senior High School to Unity Reed High School and Stonewall Jackson Middle School to Unity Braxton Middle School. These names were chosen out of over 775 submissions from community residents.


News

The Fredericksburg Nationals are proud to announce that they reached their goal of over 1,001 “We Are FXBG” t-shirts sold as of Monday, June 29.

The team announced that they would be launching the “We Are FXBG” t-shirts back in May with the promise to donate two tickets to local frontline healthcare workers with the purchase of each t-shirt.


Features

Doris Woodring, a long-time resident of 25 years in Westminster at Lake Ridge in Lake Ridge celebrated her supercentenarian, 110th birthday on Tuesday, June 9, outdoors in a small courtyard at WLR.

Family members, including Her three daughters and two granddaughters, traveled from Maryland, Deleware, Pennsylvania, and Texas to this celebration for a beloved matriarch, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and godmother — known to many as GiGi, mom, and the “Energizer Bunny.”


Business

In mid-March, Javier Mareno, owner of J&M Tile, Granite, & Marble, of Woodbridge, applied for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) with the hope of receiving financial support from the Federal Government for his small, job-creating business, which had to temporarily close in March due to the coronavirus.

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Beginning July 1, 2020, the Prince William County Service Authority’s Customer Service and Utility Permit counters in the Raymond Spittle Building will be open for in-person transactions Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Spittle Building is located at 4 County Complex Court in Woodbridge.

All visitors to the Spittle Building are required to wear face coverings, and there is signage in English and Spanish posted in the customer lobby to indicate required social distancing measures.