Originals

Residents filled the Prince William County Government Center on Tuesday night to oppose any new sewer lines in the Rural Crescent, an area of land between Quantico Marine Corps Base and Manassas National Battlefield.

Why it matters: The county’s planning department suggests running lines to the area where they banned today.


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

The projects in the school division’s capital improvement plan include a new high sixth school, a new elementary school, renovations for both Hartwood Elementary and Drew Middle schools.

Why it matters: The current CIP wishlist exceeds the county’s current level of debt affordability.


Originals

Cell phone video posted to social media shows a woman accosting Vega at a community festival on Saturday at the Muslim Association of Virginia Community Center on Hoadly Road in Woodbridge.

The woman on the video who accosted Vega identified herself as being associated with CASA in Action, an organization that bills itself as the largest group of its kind in the Mid-Atlantic advocating for the rights of immigrants.


Prince William

Foley has served as the Executive Director for Volunteer Prince William, the volunteer resource center for the Greater Prince William community for nearly 30 years.

Foley led the volunteer organization to the acquisition of the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Grant, which allows Volunteer Prince William to fund operations in emergency preparedness, and to recruit volunteers in times of disaster.