STAFFORD — What seemed like a good idea about years ago may not seem like such a good idea anymore.
Stafford County leaders are questioning their plan to close Moncure Elementary School in North Stafford after a replacement school opens nearby next fall.
Sharon Ann Closson (Jackson) of Stuart, Florida, formerly of Greensburg, Indiana passed away on Saturday, May 5, 2018. She was born on February 9, 1943 in Greensburg to the late Vergia Nell (McGee) and Edwin A. Jackson. She was preceded in death by her sister, Dianna Sue Norris (Jackson). She is survived by husband Steven Closson of New Paris, Indiana; daughters Stacy Closson and Sheri Economou (Closson), son-in-laws Sabry Hanna and George Economou; and four grandchildren Stephen and Suriel Hanna and Olivia and Shannon Economou.
Sharon was a graduate of Burney High School. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University in 1965 where she was a member of Twin Pines Cooperative House. She married her college sweetheart Steven Closson in 1966 and they lived in Chicago, Illinois, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Dumfries, Virginia, and Stuart. They had a great and loving marriage that lasted 52 years.
From a press release:
Deputies with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office arrested a suspect on Sunday for breaking into a residence in North Stafford (the sheriff’s office did not provide an address of where the alleged crime took place).
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STAFFORD — Three Stafford County elementary schools will have armed protection officers beginning the fall.
The Stafford Board of Supervisors voted to fund a low-cost pilot program that will place three new part-time sworn sheriff’s deputies and their full-time supervisor, a deputy sergeant, at the county’s sheriff’s office, will work as part of a $481,000 program during the 2018-19 school year.
From police reports:
Attempted Malicious Wounding | Brandishing a Firearm – On May 6 at 12:45AM, officers responded to the area of Clipper Dr and Tumbling Brook Ln in Woodbridge (22192) to investigate a possible fight. The investigation revealed that the victim, a 62-year-old man of Woodbridge, was parking his vehicle in the above area when he was approached by a vehicle being driven by an unknown female. During the encounter, the driver of the vehicle got out and began yelling threats at the victim. As the driver approached the victim, she brandished a machete at him. The victim fled the area and contacted police. The victim was able to provide responding officers with the license plate of the suspect’s vehicle. When officers arrived at the registered address of the vehicle, they located the accused and detained her without incident. Following the investigation, the accused, identified as Mannie BURTON, was arrested without incident.
GAINESVILLE — After a former Reagan Middle School Principal was transferred following allegations of bullying, the way the school division announced the move has now sparked as much or more controversy as the original bullying allegations.
Alfie Turner, a Prince William County school administrator whose worked at Coles Elementary, Potomac Middle, and most recently Reagan Middle School was reassigned to public schools headquarters in the human rescues office the following staff and parent and teacher allegations that she bullied them.
MANASSAS — Thousands packed the Manassas Regional Airport on Saturday for the Leaseweb Manassas Air Show 2018.
The show ran from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. and featured bi-planes, formation fliers, and the world’s only privately owned Sea Harrier Jet that stole the show when the plane took a bow for the crowded pack on the tarmac.
