Features

A popular game night will return to Bristow next month in an effort to raise money for adult literacy.

BEACON for Adult Literacy’s “Scrabble Scramble” features 35 tables, each with a team of four players, all who sit down to play two rounds of the word-making game. Teams play for prizes, eat pizza, and can participate in a raffle for items, including a $100 southwest airline gift card, salon gift cards, a gift basket from Chick-fil-A Bristow.


Obituaries

Marlene Leah. Lazaroff, age 88, passed away peacefully Monday, February 3, 2020 in Woodbridge Virginia at Sentara Medical Center. Marlene was born on October 15, 1931 in Cleveland, the daughter of the late Oscar Otto Zarnke and Henrietta (Albers) Zarnke. Marlene lived most of her life as a resident of northeast Ohio living in Cleveland, […]


It’s February and love is in the air! It’s also the perfect time to love your heart health, as it’s American Heart Month.

Heart Disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. Its effects are something Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Cardiologist Shahryar Mafi MD, FACC sees all too often. Cardiovascular disease is his specialty.


Event

Join me during this National Craft Open Studios weekend, a celebration of Amrican craft organized by the American Craft Council (ACC). Come visit my studio July 18-19th, 11am-5pm at 10449 Metropolitan Ave, Kensington, MD. Please drop in, see how my work is created, tour my studio and try your hand at hammering some metal.


News

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.


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.


News

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.


Originals

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.