It’ll be the evening of January 21 when the Prince William Board of County Supervisors takes up the discussion of gun rights for the third time in the past two months.
At its first meeting of the New Year on Tuesday, the Board voted unanimously to wait on a proposed resolution that urges legislators in Richmond to pass a red flag law allowing judges to temporarily restrict the gun rights of those they deem a threat to themselves or others.
Elected officials in Prince William County were sworn into office — officially — at the Hylton Performing Arts Center.
The ceremony was held at the Manassas area preforming arts center at 6:30 p.m. It included members of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors and its sheriff.
Press release | Out of concern for the health and well-being of our patients, Novant Health UVA Health System is asking the community to keep visitors age 12 and under out of all acute care facilities, unless seeking treatment, due to widespread outbreak of the flu virus throughout the area. Restrictions are effective beginning at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 8, and last until further notice.
Restrictions apply to the following Novant Health UVA Health System hospitals:
Press release | Businesses in Prince William County must complete and file an annual recycling report with the Department of Public Works by February 15.
Section 22-169 of the Prince William County Code requires all businesses and other non-residential properties that produce trash within the county to report on its activities by February 15 of each year for the previous calendar year. Home-based businesses and businesses located within the incorporated towns of Dumfries, Haymarket, Occoquan, or Quantico are exempt from filing this report.
We’re on winter weather watch today as drivers tomorrow afternoon could be faced with wet and snowy conditions.
There won’t be much in the way of accumulating snow, however, here’s more from the National Weather Service:
A new Prince William Board County Supervisors will meet for the first time at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, and it will begin where the last Board left off — gun rights.
The newly elected Board members that took office January 1 have put forth a new resolution urging state legislators to pass so-called red flag laws that limit residents’ ability to get firearms and provide more money to law enforcement which is on the front lines dealing with those who have a mental illness.
The Prince William County Police Department turns 50 years old this year.
It plans to mark the milestone in a series of social media posts throughout the year.
Six weeks before a father of two was killed at a Manassas Denny’s restaurant the morning after Christmas, another man stood before a Prince William County judge for violating his probation.
From Prince William police:
Armed Robbery – On January 1 at 6:59PM, officers responded to investigate a robbery that was reported to have occurred in the area of Stoney Ridge Pl. and Lady Catherine Ct. in Triangle (22172) earlier in the evening.
Teachers take pride in their classrooms. Cleaning, dusting and decorating to provide the prime learning atmosphere for the students.
Andrew Miller, the turf management teacher at Brentsville District High School, took that effort to the next step when he and his students cut an award-winning design on the Brentsville football and soccer field.
