Prince William County’s newest high school will won’t be located on the street residents had thought it would be.
The Prince William Board of County Supervisors voted to change the address of the soon-to-be-built high school near Gainesville.
Press release | More than 600 Virginians died from opioid overdoses in the first half of 2019. In the past few years, drug overdoses took more lives than car crashes or guns. In an effort to stem the rising tide of deaths, Rappahannock Area Community Services Board now offers REVIVE! training.
REVIVE! helps individuals learn how to recognize an opioid overdose and how to use naloxone to reverse an overdose. Anyone who has a friend or relative using opioids should attend the training. Each attendee will receive a free REVIVE! kit provided by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. The kit includes the supplies needed to administer naloxone. The opioid antidote can be purchased at pharmacies without a prescription in Virginia.
Members of the Manassas Parks and Recreation Committee will soon fan out into public parks with a mission.
The 11-member board plans to pick up clipboards, and armed with a checklist will perform an inventory of facilities at the city’s 17 public parks. They’ll be checking for litter, the quality and condition of park benches, playground equipment, landscaping, picnic tables, and making sure park signs are prominently posted and easy to read.
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Press release | All Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) full-service customer service centers will be closed on the following days for state holidays and observances:
The holiday schedule for Thanksgiving and Christmas will be announced at a later date.
Press release | The senior class officers and Student Council Association (SCA) at Stafford High School (SHS) are coordinating a voter registration drive at 9:20 a.m. on Tuesday, January 21, 2020. Part motivational speech, part educational assembly, the event will inform SHS seniors on voter registration procedures, obtaining a photo identification, and the absentee ballot process before providing approximately 50 Chromebooks in the auditorium for students to register to vote.
“It’s important that the youth in this country honor their civic duty and vote because we are the future leaders of the world,” said Davis Smith, SHS Senior Class President. “We should do what we can to shape the future in whatever way possible.”
Updated 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 13 | We’ve also learned the Clubs at Quantico Crossroads Events Center (the officers club on base) is also affected by the new base entry procedure.
The officers club in recent years has been open to the public and has played hose to multiple events, to include the Prince William Chamber of Commerce Annual Salute to the Armed Forces luncheon which attracts several local dignitaries and business owners.
Spotsylvania Town Center is hosting its first-ever, “Small Shop Showdown.”
To encourage creativity and entrepreneurialism, the competition invites new or existing small businesses to submit their ideas for a chance to win a free six-month lease for retail space inside the mall. Applicants can enter the competition through January 20 and the winner will be announced February 3.
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Prince William Forest Park is seeing more green. And it’s not just the trees.
On January 1, 2020, park officials hiked the price to enter the park by $5 to $20 per vehicle, from $10 to $15 per motorcycle, and from $7 to $10 per person for anyone walking or biking directly into the park.
