The Prince William County circus is never short on sideshows.
In eastern Prince William, we’re gambling on “The Rose.” In western Prince William, we’ve bet the house on data centers.
Exit 136 (Centreport Parkway) to Exit 140 (Courthouse Road)
Tuesday – Friday, 9 p.m. – 4:30 a.m. Single lane closure at mile markers 137-138 for the 95 Express Lanes Fredericksburg Extension project construction.
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Thomas LaBelle is Prince William County’s new Fire and Rescue System Chief. He will start May 1, 2023, and make a $215,000 annual salary.
LaBelle replaces Tim Keen, who retired after 40 years at the county’s fire and rescue department last year. Interim Chief Jim Forgo has helmed the ship since Keen’s departure.
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Woodbridge JROTC has qualified to compete in the JROTC National Championship in Dallas, Texas, from April 17-29 as part of the host VEX Robotics Competition.
Since 1993, the Army Junior Reserve Officer Corps (JROTC) Honor Unit with Distinction program at Woodbridge High has developed leadership, citizenship, and community service skills. This year, they added robotic skills.
Fire crews in Prince William County were called to two house fires on Thursday, April 7, 2023.
Fire crews went to a home in the Yorkshire area, just outside Manassas, at 8:39 p.m. and found a single-family home ablaze.
All Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) stores will be closed on Sunday, April 9, in observance of the Easter holiday.
The retail outlets will be open Saturday, April 8, from 10 a.m. to regular closing hours and will reopen after Easter at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 10.
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Hundreds attended a public hearing on a proposed 38% percent tax hike in Stafford County.
On Tuesday, April 4, 2023, 81 people signed up to speak, and many shared stories of how their children struggle in the county’s public schools because of the division’s inability to retain experienced teachers, provide adequate places to provide tutoring, and its installation of trailer classrooms outside the school buildings.
Tangela Innis is the new Dumfries Town Manager.
She signed her employment contract on April 5, 2023. The town agreed to pay Innis a $180,000 annual salary, 34% higher than her predecessor Keith Rogers made when he took the job in 2019.
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C.D. Hylton High School planetarium director Anthony Kilgore has been selected as the new President of the Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society (Maps). Anthony was one of three candidates running for the position of President.
The election process began with a nomination process which resulted in three candidates being able to represent all planetariums in high schools, colleges, and science centers. Member planetariums’ directors and administrators cast all votes.