WOODBRIDGE – Republican D.J. Jordan is celebrating after his campaign raised the most money of all first-time Republican challenger candidates for the Virginia House of Delegates, according to a campaign press release.
The campaign raised $100,166 during the first quarter, which also ranks as the fifth highest for any candidate overall – Republican or Democrat – in the state.
We’re hearing from the Virginia Department of Transportation which is telling Interstate 95 travelers to anticipate daytime and overnight work zones on the north and southbound sees of the highway this week.
Here are the construction projects and work zones to watch :
WOODBRIDGE — Delegate Elizabeth Guzman says she’s on her way to winning back her seat in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Guzman issued a statement Monday saying’s raised $66,000 since ending the legislative session the last week of February. Guzman has drawn support from Virginia donors since her election in 2017, raising over $200,000 toward her re-election effort on November 5, she says.
Malachi, our 12-year-old student reporter, met with Dumfries Mayor Derrick Wood at town hall.
He got a lesson in small-town politics and heard from a long-time public servant whose been working to make Virginia’s oldest, continuously-chartered town more than a dot on a map.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — The Prince William County Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing on the design of the proposed project to widen Balls Ford Road to four lanes between Doane Drive and Ashton Avenue.
The public hearing will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at The Life Church, 11234 Balls Ford Road. The formal presentation will start at 7:00 p.m.
ALEXANDRIA — (Press release) Positive train control (PTC) is fully operational on all Virginia Railway Express (VRE) trains, according to the railroad’s Chief Executive Officer Doug Allen.
The safety milestone was achieved April 11, 2019, when each of VRE’s 32 inbound and outbound trains on the Fredericksburg and Manassas lines ran under PTC operation. PTC is designed to automatically control train speeds and movements should an engineer not take suitable action for a given situation.
MANASSAS — Amy Ashworth picked up the endorsement of Virginia State Senator Scott Surrovell.
The Democrat is running for the job of Prince William County Commonwealth Attorney, the top prosecutor for cases in the county and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.
Sunny skies near 70 today, storms tomorrow
The Prince William Board of County Supervisors has approved the purchase of 17.68 acres near Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center to build a commuter parking garage.
WOODBRIDGE — There was an uncommon display of solidarity on the Prince William County School Board this year: Its proposed fiscal year 2020 budget was passed unanimously with little debate.
Prince William County School Board Chairman At-large Dr. Babur Lateef presented its 2020 budget to the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, which fund the schools with an annual automatic budget transfer of 57% of its total budget.
