Students at Colgan High School are urged to walk out of classes supporting queer rights.
A flier circulating the school and online promotes a rally at 9 a.m. Tuesday, September 27, outside the school at 13833 Dumfries Road in Prince William County. Students are encouraged to wear bright colors of the rainbow and protest a recent decision by the Virginia Department of Education, which shifts control of transgender issues back to parents.
Republican congressional candidates are focused on Prince William and Stafford counties.
Yesli Vega (R), a Board of County Supervisors member seeking to flip Virginia’s 7th Congressional seat, will hold a get-out-the-vote rally tomorrow, Saturday, September 24, at her campaign headquarters outside Quantico.
Updated September 30, 2022 -- Stafford County wants to buy more land for environmental preservation.
The plan to add 152 acres of land to the county's Purchase of Development Rights program was discussed at a recent meeting of the county's Community and Economic Development Committee meeting.
The county is considering two parcels called the Jones and Moore properties. The Jones property is 70 acres, while the Moore property is 82.
Both parcels sit in the rural George Washington District, in the southeast portion of the county. The recommendation to acquire these lands was made in January 2018 by the county's Agriculture and Land Conservation Committee.
According to its website, the program enables Stafford County to acquire voluntary conservation easements given voluntarily by property owners to ensure that local resources are protected and used efficiently. The program already has 1,035 acres of local land under its auspices.
The parcels' inclusion in the program would also limit any further residential development on the property.
According to the county spokeswoman Shannon Eubanks, the properties would be acquired to preserve prime agricultural soils, farmland, forestland, and other significant natural resources.
The county would pay $362,500 for both pieces of land. The Jones parcel will cost $152,500, while the Moore parcel will cost $200,000.
Once a government buys property through a purchase of development rights program, the property owner may continue to live and farm on the land or sell it. However, the owner may never build on the property.
The county has applied for funding through the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It will also use its funds for costs such as appraisal and closing fees. According to county documents, that revenue will need to be appropriated from Roll Back Tax revenue, which has been earmarked for the land purchase.
Stafford County is currently accepting new submissions for the program. New applicants have until September 30 to apply for the program.
The county's acquisition of the parcels is currently in progress and is expected to be completed by December 2022.
*This story has been corrected.
Virginia voters can cast their ballots for the November election starting Friday, Sept. 23.
Voters can submit absentee ballots by mail or in person at their local registrar’s office, commonly referred to as early voting. No application or reason is necessary to vote early. Some jurisdictions may have additional satellite locations, according to a press release from the Virginia Department of Elections.
Riding the E-ZPass Express Lanes will cost you as the grace period ends.
The Virginia Department of Transportation and I-66 Express Mobility Partners (EMP), builders of the I-66 E-ZPass Express Lanes, will institute the tolling and HOV rules as planned on Saturday, Sept. 24, on the recently opened western section of 66 Express Lanes.
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Lynn Forkell Greene is seeking her first full term on the Manassas City Council.
Last fall, she beat David Farajollahi in an election to a seat on the Council to complete the final year of Michele Davis Younger’s term. Davis Younger was elected mayor and took the job in January 2021.
