The Prince William County Minority Business Network held its Holiday Social on De
The monthly socials provide an opportunity for local business owners in our community to learn from one another, fellowship, network, and hear from the monthly featured speaker. The December Social featured Mrs. Nicole Chamblin of Visions Productivity Solution in Woodbridge, Virginia.
Did you know, that Mary Kay Consultants all over the United States, host “Adopt A Grandparent” programs during the holidays?
About a month ago, Mary Kay Independent Senior Sales Director Ann Alexis-Hamilton began organizing in Prince William County to support the “Adopt-A-Grandparent” program for senior citizens residing at the Westminster at Lake Ridge.
Action in Community Through Service of Prince William County has received a $20,000 grant from the Stafford Hospital Community Benefit Fund located in Fredericksburg. The grant period is Jan. 1, 2015 through Dec.31, 2015.
This grant supports staffing for the ACTS Helpline, which provides services directed toward crisis and suicide prevention. Helpline is a 24/7/365 telephone crisis hotline, which is certified for suicide intervention by the American Association of Suicidology. ACTS Helpline also provides Senior Link, a free call reassurance program providing scheduled phone calls to senior citizens or physically disadvantaged shut-ins.
The Lake Jackson/Mid-County Lions Club would like to thank all of its patrons who helped to make their annual citrus and shrimp sales a big success.
A special thanks also to Yellow Freight Systems, Food Lion and Ace Hardware for their continued support.
On December 11th, members of our community gathered at the Dumfries-Triangle Rescue Squad for “A Community Conversation.”
In light of the Grand Jury decisions in the cases involving Michael Brown and Eric Garner, members of the community gathered to discuss ethnic relations in Prince William County, and how citizens can become more involved in civic engagement opportunities in our communities.
The National Center for Urban School Transformation has announced that Weems Elementary School is one of 22 schools from across the country chosen as a finalist for the National Excellence in Urban Education Award. Weems was recognized for generating strong test results, high rates of attendance, and excellent student behavior among each demographic group of students enrolled. “These schools are among the best urban schools in the nation,” stated Dr. Joseph F. Johnson, Jr., Executive Director of the National Center for Urban School Transformation (NCUST), the organization that administers the award program.
“We are extremely proud of this honor,” said Weems Principal, David Rupert. “To be among the finalists for this award is definitely due to the incredible Weems staff and students who work very hard towards high achievement.”
Construction is substantially complete on a new 4-lane bridge on Route 1 over Aquia Creek in Stafford County.
Weather permitting, the new bridge will open to traffic on Saturday, Dec. 20. If inclement weather postpones aSaturday opening, the bridge will open to traffic on Monday, Dec. 22.
Usher in the New Year with a First Day Hike at a Virginia State Park. On Jan. 1, all 36 parks will offer hiking opportunities, contests and special events.
This is the fourth year Virginia State Parks has participated in this America’s State Parks initiative to get people outdoors and into parks.
After all the holiday festivities are done, don’t toss your holiday greenery to the curb. Give your Christmas tree, wreath and other cut greenery a fitting final resting place. Simply remove all ornaments, decorations, tinsel, nails and the tree stand and take the greenery to one of locations listed below to be recycled or repurposed.
For more information on recycling in Prince William County, visit https://www.pwcgov.org/trashandrecycling or call 703-792-4670.
The Prince William County Service Authority will launch a major water and sewer main construction project along Davis Ford Road in January 2015.
The construction of a new water main on Davis Ford Road will help improve the reliability of the water system in the Occoquan Forest residential community. The new sewer main being installed will convey wastewater from the existing treatment plant off Davis Ford Road to the H.L. Mooney Advanced Water Reclamation Facility in Woodbridge for treatment. Currently, wastewater from the Occoquan Forest community is treated at a small, localized water reclamation facility. A new pump station will be constructed to replace the aging treatment plant in order to meet stringent Virginia Department of Environmental Quality requirements.
