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Stafford schools to celebrate Black History Month with these events

Published February 3, 2020 at 8:02PM

Press release | Stafford County Public Schools (SCPS) are participating in African American History Month, recognized annually in February. North Stafford High School is hosting the SCPS signature celebration event, Black History is Everyone’s History, on Saturday, February 29, 2020.

The event, open to the public, aims to foster conversation and connection between local African American business owners, Greek organizations, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) representatives and SCPS families.

Woodbridge supervisor holds town hall

By Potomac Local News

Published February 3, 2020 at 7:54PM

Press release | Supervisor Margaret Angela Franklin hosted an inaugural Woodbridge Town Hall on Thursday, January 30 at Leesylvania Elementary School. Supervisor Franklin was joined by Seth Handler-Voss (Director of Parks and Recreation), Raul Torres (Director of the Human Rights Commission), and Loree Williams (Vice-Chair of the School Board).

Each spoke about projects and initiatives taking place in the Woodbridge District and answered questions from residents. Topics that were discussed include the widening of Route 1, parking concerns at commuter lots, cleanup at the Neabsco Boardwalk, and the FY 2021 Prince William County budget priorities for the Woodbridge District.

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Prince William students receive financial mentoring

By Potomac Local News

Published February 3, 2020 at 7:49PM

Members of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women/Prince William County Chapter (NCBW/PWCC) has partnered with John D. Jenkins Elementary School, and Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) to launch an initiative designed to help teach students financial literacy.

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Original | Owners of Fredericksburg’s oldest homes can now keep up with new construction

By Rick Horner

Published February 3, 2020 at 7:06PM | Updated February 3, 2020 at 7:34PM

Fredericksburg City Hall [Photo: Fredericksburg Va. Government Facebook page]

Things are changing in Fredericksburg as new development is popping up across the city.

Now, as city leaders envision what the city will look like in the future, they’ve updated the city’s building standards to ensure that owners of single-family homes in some of the city’s older neighborhoods like College Heights, Normandy Village near Fall Hill Avenue, and Mayfield, on the city’s south side, may renovate to keep up with the times.

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Exclusive | Man who called Prince William Sup ‘NRA whore’ to be appointed to Service Authority

By Uriah Kiser

Published February 3, 2020 at 5:00PM | Updated February 4, 2020 at 11:21PM

Wiggins speaks to the Prince William Board of County Supervisors on Jan. 7, 2020, asking it to urge lawmakers in Richmond to tighten restrictions on the right to bear arms.

The man who called a sitting Prince William County Supervisor a “whore” for the NRA could soon be on the county’s water and sewer authority.

Ann Wheeler, County Board Chair, At-large, seeks to appoint Harry Wiggins as an At-Large member of the Prince William County Service Authority, one of the multiple agencies that provide water service to county residents.

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