LAKE RIDGE, Va. — Despite rumors, Virginia transportation officials did not order a stop to the annual Woodbridge Senior High School Homecoming Parade.
The community event draws a large crowd of students, school staff, and neighbors in the Lake Ridge area, but it can also mean traffic headaches for drivers using a portion of the parade route on and around Old Bridge Road – a popular commuter thoroughfare.
By VERN McHARGUE
WOODBRIGDE, Va. – It’s true that the good Dr. Benjamin Franklin favored the turkey over the Bald Eagle as the national bird for the United States. But the residents of Dawson Landing, where the American Bald Eagle soars, are glad he didn’t get his choice of national bird.
DALE CITY, Va. — Neabsco District Supervisor John D. Jenkins will hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly constructed sidewalk across from Bel Air Elementary School, 14151 Ferndale Road in Dale City on Tuesday
Jenkins was joined by several key County officials to celebrate the opening of the sidewalk for students at Bel Air Elementary School.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
All after school and evening student and community activities are canceled due to the potential for severe weather beginning at 6:30 p.m. School Age Child Care (SACC) will close at its regular time.
MANASSAS, Va. — Vpstart Crow Productions will open its 2012-2013 season with the farcical, dark comedy, “Arsenic and Old Lace”, by Joseph Kesselring, on Friday, Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. in the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas.
The production runs from Friday to Sunday, Oct 7, with Friday and Saturday shows at 8 p.m., and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. The Pay-What-You-Can preview performance is on Thursday, Sept 27 at 8 p.m.
A tornado watch is in effect until 7 p.m. for the Potomac Communities.
The National Weather Service issued the alert as strong storms are forecast to blow through the area today, bringing heavy wind and rain.
The Court Appointed Special Advocates of Prince William and Fauquier cpunties, better known as CASA, decked out the Harris Pavilion in Old Town Manassas on Sept. 8 for their “Evening Under the Stars” fundraising gala. The black-tie event is their largest fundraiser normally nets the organization at least $120,000, and is attended by 1,000 people.
The first guest to this year’s event was Mother Nature, who brought unwanted wind and rain which destroyed tents, tables, and prompted the overall cancelation of the event.
STAFFORD, Va. — Officials are slated to make an emergency exception to noise rules for high occupancy toll lane construction on Interstate 95.
Stafford County officials tonight will vote on a proposed amendment to the county’s noise ordinance that limits daytime noise to 65 decibels, 55 decibels at night. Work to extend two express lanes down the center median of I-95 from Dumfries to North Stafford will exceed 80 decibels, according to a county report.
By KJ MUSHUNG
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — President Barack Obama will come to Woodbridge this Friday to speak at a grassroots rally at the G. Richard Pfitzner Stadium.
