May is National Foster Care Month.
For Children’s Sake of Virginia (FCSVA) is a therapeutic foster care agency that works throughout Northern Virginia. They frequently get asked the same questions about foster care and wanted to take some time to share their knowledge today.
Del. Bob Thomas said Wednesday he will not participate in a proposed debate with former Stafford County Supervisor Paul Milde, who is challenging him for the Republican nomination for the 28th District House seat.
QUANTICO — Marine Corps Base Road is renamed in honor of distinguished Marine and FBI agent.
Officials at Quantico Marine Corps Base renamed a street leading to its weapons training facility on the base. The formerly and simply named “27200 Road” has been renamed in honor of Colonel Walter R. Walsh, a former agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and served in the Marines from the start of the U.S. entry into World War II, most notable as a shooting instructor, until his retirement in the 1970s.
STAFFORD — The Stafford County School Board will consider a controversial amendment to the school division’s non-discrimination policy later this summer.
School officials aim to add additional protections for transgender students. The School Board is reviewing a new non-discrimination policy that includes protection from discrimination against “race, color, national origin, political affiliation, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, age, or genetic information.”
STAFFORD COUNTY — A tree crashed into a home on Holly Corner Road. No one was injured.
Stafford County Fire and Rescue crews were called to the home about 6:15 p.m. Wednesday in the southern section of the county near Rocky Pen Run Reservoir.
This forecast is produced by the National Weather Service.
ARLINGTON — The slip-ramp connecting HOV lanes to regular lanes on I-395 South near the Pentagon will close permanently around June 1, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT).
Drivers wanting to access the southbound regular lanes from the southbound HOV lanes on this stretch of I-395 will need to use the slip-ramp located north of the Pentagon, near Boundary Channel Drive after crossing the 14th Street Bridge from D.C. into Virginia.
STAFFORD — (Press Release) The Rappahannock Regional Landfill is suspending charges for storm debris through June 9 to aid residents who are cleaning up after the storm on May 25.
Residents of Stafford and Fredericksburg are asked to bring their storm debris to the landfill on Eskimo Hill Road, where they are better equipped to manage this material. This does not apply to commercial companies or loads.
