The theme of the meeting is Partners in Equity and Inclusion. The goal is to extend an invitation to community leaders who work with underrepresented communities to learn the needs of the community, distribute information on government services and events, and expand opportunities to collaborate in partnership with community events, according to a county press release.

Participants are asked to register to attend before 6:30 p.m. The virtual meeting will begin at 7 p.m.


Several fine and performing arts organizations are about to get some needed cash infusions in the form of general operating grants.

In July, the Prince William County Government awarded $193,000 of county taxpayer funds as grants to the Prince William Arts Council. In turn, the non-profit organization will dole out funds to organizations that applied for the funding.


Mountain Road (Route 600) between Quaker Road and Ridge Road will be closed to through traffic, weather permitting, from 7 p.m. Friday, March 11 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 12 to replace a culvert pipe, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.

Those needing to reach properties along Mountain Road will have access; however, traffic will not be able to go beyond the point of pipe replacement in either direction.


On Saturday, March 5 at 11:20 p.m., police went to a home located in the 14400 block of Lamar Road in Woodbridge to investigate a shots fired call.

A resident said they saw a green laser light shining into the living room before hearing a loud noise followed by the sound of glass shattering. A bullet shattered the home’s glass front door, said police.


Police said a man tried to grab the 20-year-old woman while she was walking toward her home in the 10400 block of Butterfield Street, located about a mile from a Home Depot, and Oh! International Food Market near Interstate 66.

The woman drove parked her car outside her home at 9:05 p.m. Before she got out of her car, she saw a man pull up in a tan-colored sedan, park, get out and walk toward the apartment complex.


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