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.
Victor Angry appears to have made history tonight by becoming the first African American elected to the Prince William County Board of Supervisors in the board’s 150-year history.
LAKE RIDGE — The Chinn Park Regional Library on Saturday played host to Astronaut, NFL player, and author Leeland Melvin.
Meeting Leland Melvin @PrinceWmLibrary was inspiring! Fantastic speaker – in person and in the series @onestrangerock on Netflix. @Astro_Flow pic.twitter.com/CHLR8Zfnud
WOODBRIDGE — (Press release) The Prince William County Solid Waste Division will host its annual Compost Awareness Day Event on Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will be held at the Sean T. Connaughton Community Plaza, located at 1 County Complex Court in Woodbridge.
The event supports International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW), the largest most comprehensive education initiative of the compost industry. ICAW promotes composting efforts in the back yard and at large scale commercial composting facilities, like the county’s Balls Ford Road Compost Facility, which is undergoing construction.
