STAFFORD COUNTY — Students at Brooke Point High School are great at getting people to sign-up to vote.
Brooke Point High School’s Inspire Virginia club earned the 2019 Governor’s Award for meeting the criteria of the Governor’s Voter Registration Challenge. This is the third consecutive year the club has earned the award and is the only high school in Virginia to accomplish this challenge.
MANASSAS — Roger Snyder has been Prince William County’s eye in the sky.
He’s been photographing the land from his Cessna airplane, at an altitude of 1,500 feet, for the past 20 years. He’s photographed land on which Potomac Mills mall sits before the mall was built, to an ever-expanding number of data centers dotting the western portion of the county today.
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FALMOUTH — The Historic Port of Falmouth Park sits in a flood plain.
About a year ago, it was a disaster area after multiple large floods inundated the area with water and debris, flowing into nearby homes, and for weeks-long cleanup efforts.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Democrats in Prince William County is trying to link a winner of Saturday’s “Firehouse Primary” election in Prince William County with President Donald Trump.
Voter turnout was also lower this year when compared to a Republican Primary Election held four years ago, they add.
STAFFORD — Stafford County Commissioner of the Revenue Scott Mayausky is headed to Harvard.
He was recently awarded the prestigious Cahn Public Service Fellowship in conjunction with the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. The fellowship will fund Mayausky’s attendance to The Kennedy School’s program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government this summer.
WOODBRIDGE — Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center has been approved to add a mobile PET/CT scanner to its services. This brings important cancer detection technology to the area, which had previously involved long commutes for patients.
“By offering this service locally, we are able to reduce travel burdens for patients by offering conveniently located, easily navigated services with ample complimentary parking,” Heather Causseaux, director of oncology services for Sentara, told Potomac Local.
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