Prince William County Public Schools are working toward launching a hybrid learning schedule for many students next month, even though many questions remain about the details.
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The Prince William County Fire & Rescue System is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association the sponsor of Fire Prevention Week for more than 90 years—to promote this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen!”
The campaign, which runs October 4 to 10, educates the public about cooking hazards and how one can take small, yet important actions to prevent cooking-related fires — the leading cause of home fires and home fire injuries.
A man was shot while sitting inside a home in Woodbridge.
Police were called at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 29 to a home in the 13400 block of Greenacre Drive in the Marumsco Village section of Woodbridge to investigate a report of shots fired.
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Prince William leaders are considering using $2 million in federal coronavirus aid awarded to the county to help residents pay for daycare.
The money comes from the CARES Act and had been earmarked by the local government to be granted to small businesses in an effort to help them recover from the coronavirus pandemic. However, county employees and some residents have said they need help paying for childcare now that public schools are back in session.
Like schools and families throughout our community, the Prince William County Service Authority has adapted its classroom outreach program to meet the demands of a virtual-only learning environment.
The Service Authority has launched a remote learning program, H2Go Kids Virtual Classroom, to provide environmental education opportunities for Prince William County students in kindergarten through Grade 6.
Bluegrass is coming to Brentsville.
Bring your chairs, kick up your heels, and enjoy some Bluegrass and barbeque at the Brentsville Courthouse public lot on Saturday, October 3, 2020.
Starting today through Friday, October 23, paving for the Route 1 widening project will take place between Marumsco Creek and Annapolis Way in Woodbridge. The paving will occur on weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. each day as weather permits.
The paving will include the through lanes of northbound and southbound Route 1, as well as turn lanes. Paving on Occoquan Road, Route 123 (Gordon Boulevard) and Annapolis Way at their intersections with Route 1 will occur after the Route 1 mainline paving is completed.
The students in Rebecca Clement’s English class are finishing up reading the Greek play Medea.
Her students and Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Potomac Shores, both in class and learning virtually at home, took turns reading the book out loud. “I’m covering more than what I expected to cover so far,” said Clement, whose in her 14th year of teaching.
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An argument led to the arrest of a man who had multiple outstanding warrants.
Police were called to a home in the 8000 block of Ashland Avenue near Manassas on Friday, September 25 at 3:41 a.m., the Westgate Apartments. Officers arrived and found a man and a 29-year-old woman inside. The woman told police the man was stopping her from leaving the apartment, police said.