Prince William County’s Department of Fire & Rescue has started to collect toys for the Toys for Tots Foundation for this holiday season. The toy donation drive will run from November 14 to December 20.
Two soon-to-be graduates from our area will be ready to patrol the streets and highways of Virginia.
Muhammad Ismail Abbasi, of Lorton, and Robert Morgan Guyton, III, of Stafford, will graduate as members of the Virginia State Police 122nd Basic Session. Cadets turned state troopers, the two men will each patrol in Prince William County.
Stafford authorities say they have completed their investigation into a choking incident at Brooke Point High School.
A football player was choked and subsequently passed out inside a locker room Oct. 23. The following week, the school canceled its scheduled football match with North Stafford High School.
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.
Shane Black, of Stafford, is a member of the Lafayette football team participating in the 150th meeting of college football’s most-played rivalry at Yankee Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 22. More than 49,000 tickets have been sold for the game, which will be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network.
Black is a graduate of Mercersburg Academy and a senior.
Prince William County Landfill and Balls Ford Road Yard Waste Composting Facility will be closed Thursday, Nov. 27 in observance of Thanksgiving Day.
These facilities will resume normal operation on Friday, November 28. The landfill and compost facility are open every day of the year, except New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day. These facilities also close at 2 p.m. Christmas Eve.
Traffic on a portion of Route 1 in Woodbridge will shift on Friday morning, said Prince William County Director of Transportation Thomas Blaser.
Drivers headed south will be routed on a new portion of roadway that has been constructed just before Dale Boulevard. Two lanes of traffic will continue to carry drivers south, as the effort to widen the road from four to six lanes continues.
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This Saturday, Nov. 22, Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School near Dumfries will host their 4th annual JP5K Run/Walk for Options. The race, which will take place on the school campus and the surrounding neighborhood, is being hosted to raise funds for the school’s Options program, which provides educational opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities.
“[This race] supports our Options program, which currently serves about six students with intellectual impairments,” said Jennifer Cole, Director of Admissions and Marketing for Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School.
On Dec. 11, 2014, Major Bruce H. ‘Doc’ Norton, USMC (Ret.) will speak at the Freedom Museum about several books he has authored on U.S. Military History. He will discuss several of the men about whom he has written, why he chose them, and will present lessons learned about writing military history, as well as mention some of his future projects.
During his Vietnam tours spanning five years, he was decorated for heroism “under fire on numerous occasions”. After his Vietnam Service, Major Norton attended the College of Charleston, where he earned a BA in US History and a Commission as a Second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He retired after twenty-four years of military service in command and staff positions and earned a Master’s Degree in Military Sciences before becoming the Director of the Marine Corps’ Command Museum, in San Diego, California, and also taught military history courses at the University of San Diego.
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A contractor doing work in the area of Smoketown Road hit a gas main this afternoon causing the closure of a portion of the road and the evacuation of Gar-Field Senior High School, said a spokesman for Washington Gas.