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After Stafford County Schools Superintendent Dr. Scott Kizner’s initial transgender student proposal in December 2018, the policy drew highly polarized and split opinions.

A total of 51% of emails sent to Board members regarding this issue advocated against the Gender Identity and Expression Policy while 41% of resident emails argued for the passage of such policy according to documents gathered by the Potomac Local in a Freedom of Information Act Order.


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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.


Originals

OmniRide officials admitted the organization was caught “flat-footed” during a driver strike in early August.

OmniRide Executive Director Dr. Bob Schneider told his Board of Commissioners that the agency received assurances from the union about 11 days before the strike that there wouldn’t one.


John Everett McCarty, 71, passed away, Wednesday, September 4, 2019, at his residence.

A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, September 7, 2019 at Greenwood Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Dale City, VA. The family will receive friends from 9 a.m. until the time of the service at Mountcastle Turch Funeral Home in Dale City, VA.


PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY – Four people are in custody after a robbery turned to murder in Dumfries.

Detectives from the Prince William County Police Criminal Investigations Division, with assistance from the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force, made multiple arrests in connection to the murder of James Edward Grooms that occurred in the area of Buell Court and Old Triangle Road in Dumfries on July 20.