STAFFORD COUNTY — (Press release) Route 646 (Tacketts Mill Road) in Stafford County is closed to through traffic between Route 612 (Heflin Road) and 645 (Dunbar Road) for motorist safety after a drainage pipe failure.
Residents seeking to access driveways located on Tacketts Mill Road between Dunbar Road and Heflin Road are able to proceed. Access to all residential entrances will be maintained.
STAFFORD –– Stafford County will pass responsibilities for aquatics classes onto a Fredericksburg-based sports management group.
Eastern Sports Management will take over teaching aquatics classes at the Jeff Rouse Swim and Sport Center in Embrey Mill starting this summer. It’s the same firm that has overseen day-to-day operations for the Rouse Center since 2014.
Consuelo Gutierrez Duran, age 48 of Manassas, VA died at her residence on March 22, 2019.
She is survived by her husband Alejo DeLeon Hernandez; her children Marylee Tuniki, Adriana DeLeon, Vanessa DeLeon, Katherine DeLeon and Alexander DeLeon; her granddaughters Ammanya Tuniki, Aaheli Tuniki and Aracely Campos; her siblings Dominga Gutierrez-Duran, Juana Gutierrez-Duran, Ramona Gutierrez-Duran, Gabriela Gutierrez-Duran, Luis Alfonso Gutierrez-Duran and Eleonora Gutierrez-Duran.
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.
STAFFORD — A new pedestrian path could link North Stafford with an area along Route 1 known as “The Wayside.”
Located just south of Coal Landing Road and once a rest stop along busy Route 1, “The Wayside” today is full of trees and was once a pull-off for highway drivers.
Adeline (Addie) Christina Raynor, age 90 of Manassas, VA died peacefully at home on March 18, 2019 after a lengthy illness.
She was born on December 17, 1928 in Altoona, PA the daughter of the late Antonio Aveni and Vincenza (Agati) Aveni.
Starting today, we’re returning to a regular email newsletter schedule. I know, it’s been kind of sporadic of late.
I’m a big fan of sending our newsletter at 5 a.m., and, apparently, you are too. In our reader survey (which is still collecting responses) you’ve told us you really like our email newsletter.
WOODBRIDGE – (Press release) Mission BBQ will honor our country’s Vietnam Veterans with a free sandwich on March 29, the official holiday of “National Vietnam War Veterans Day.”
On this day, which marked the last combat troops to withdraw from Vietnam, Mission BBQ wishes to honor the brave men and women in service from that era, remember their history and show our sincere appreciation. We thank them for their continued dedication and loyalty as well as the sacrifices they’ve made to keep our country free.
RICHMOND — The sales tax on tampons, diapers and other personal hygiene products will be reduced by more than half beginning Jan. 1, 2020.
Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday that he has signed SB 1715, sponsored by Sen. Jennifer Boysko, D-Fairfax, and HB 2540, proposed by Del. Kathy Byron, R-Lynchburg. The bills will lower the retail sales and use tax rate on essential personal hygiene products to 2.5 percent.
The 2019 General Assembly session adjourned on February 24 after a few hiccups. Two weeks ago, I discussed the legislation that I passed. In this column, I will explain various budget actions we took.
First, unlike the Federal Government, our budget is balanced as required by the Constitution of Virginia. Next, the General Assembly needed to address modifications to our tax code to bring it up to speed with changes made by Congress with the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2018. This is usually labelled “conformity.”
