The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) is extending its Operating and Access agreement with CSX Transportation (CSX) for one more year, but the deal may not go much further than June 2021.
This 2011 agreement allows VRE commuter trains to use the tracks between Fredericksburg and Washington, D.C. and was set to expire by the end of this month. VRE uses railways that are owned by CSX, and similar agreements have been in place between the two organizations since 1994.
On Friday, June 12, Prince William County will have a COVID-19 testing site at Our Lady of Angels, which is located at 13752 Marys Way in Woodbridge.
The event begins at 11 a.m., with the parking lot opening at 10:30 a.m. The event is free and focused on reaching members of the community who have physical or financial barriers to accessing testing.
Stafford residents will have one less option to get their sweets fix.
Duck Donuts, located at 1475 Stafford Marketplace in North Stafford, will close its doors on Sunday.
Today’s police blotter from the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office.
From the Stafford sheriff’s office:
There still isn’t a confirmed date of when full library operations will resume for the Prince William Public Library System.
Phase one of reopening will start on Monday, June 15, according to an email from Rachel Johnson, Communication Services Division Chief.
The Manassas City Council voted unanimously on Monday night to approve an agreement with the Prince William Board of County Supervisors for library services.
The agreement will now head to the Board of County Supervisors on June 16. If signed, it would provide a library branch, run by the Prince William Library System, in Manassas at 10104 Dumfries Road in the Wellington shopping center.
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Power is now restored to all of those affected, said city spokeswoman Patty Prince. A squirrel is blamed for the outage — same as Monday.
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Students in Stafford County middle and high schools may no longer be allowed to use cell phones in class for instructional purposes.
At the county’s June 9 school board meeting, the board discussed exhibits one and two of Regulation 2401, which would “eliminate the use of cell phones in the classroom for instructional purposes,” according to school board documentation.
