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“Glow in the Dark Volleyball. Adults Only. Halloween Themed. TOURNAMENT style,” Stafford County Parks and Recreation (Facebook) posted. “Today (Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025) is the LAST DAY to register for the first of its kind.”

The Glow-in-the-Dark Adult Volleyball Tournament will take place on Saturday, October 25, 2025, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Courthouse Community Center, located at 21 Stafford Avenue in Stafford, Virginia.


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“Join us this Sunday, October 26th for our Halloween Farmers Market!” Town of Haymarket (Facebook) posted. “Come in costume and let the kids trick-or-treat at the vendor booths while you shop!”

The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will feature live music, crafts, trick-or-treating, and food vendors at the Haymarket Farmers Market.


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Hundreds of residents filled a community meeting room at Colonial Forge High School on Monday night to press representatives of Buc-ee’s, the Texas-based travel center chain, about its plans to build one of its massive stores at the northwest corner of Courthouse Road and Interstate 95 (Exit 140).

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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.


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“The Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a shooting incident in the 600 Block of Mountain View Road,” the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office posted. “There are numerous deputies and detectives on scene.”

Further information will be released by the Sheriff’s Office once the investigation develops. No details on potential suspects or injuries have been made public as of Tuesday afternoon.


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The joint meeting, which took place on Oct. 8, came only one week after the federal government shut down. The shutdown went into effect on Oct. 1 when the Senate could not pass the spending bill; many Democrats have cited healthcare funding as their primary reason for opposing the bill.

And while government services have begun to slow or cease altogether, thousands in the DMV region are being impacted. Around 30,500 federal workers lived in Prince William County in February according to a county presentation. It’s unknown how estimates have and will change due to the Trump administration’s cuts to federal agencies.


Politics

A Prince William County Republican leader is accusing the school system of applying its political participation rules unevenly after a state lawmaker rode in this year’s Woodbridge Senior High School homecoming parade.

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Schools

The October 14 Stafford County School Board meeting turned contentious as several residents used the public comment period to debate gender identity, religion, and what some described as “truth in education,” culminating with one parent calling the controversy “a manufactured crisis.”

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Newslinks

“The door is always propped open at Black Metal Mercantile in Old Town Manassas. That’s because owner Deron Blevins says there’s a little something for everyone inside, so they might as well come in,” Prince William Times reported. “Blevins, 55, said he bet on himself back in 2023 when he opened Black Metal Mercantile on Center Street in Old Town Manassas.”