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Prince William County
— Prince William County Public Schools will be closed due to inclement weather in certain areas. Code Red for employees.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Children in Dumfries will soon have a free ride to after-school activities. But how long that service lasts will depend upon how much the town and the community buy into the new transportation program.
The Prince William County / Manassas Boys and Girls Club has agreed to provide a trial bus service that will pick up children each afternoon and take them to the General Heiser Club on Old Stage Coach Road. The bus service will begin April 2, run the Tuesday through Friday afternoons, and will be able to take as many as 14 children per bus, twice a day — once at 4:30 p.m. and again at 5 o’clock — from Ginn Memorial Park on Graham Park Road to the General Heiser Club.
Three hundred plus Gainesville District citizens attended a Town Hall meeting Mar. 4 organized by Gainesville Supervisor Pete Candland and Delegate Tim Hugo to discuss the Bi-County Corridor with VDOT and elected representatives.
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The first significant snowstorm of this winter season is forecast to bring at least four to six inches of snow portions of Prince William and Stafford counties, and the Greater Manassas areas.
OCCOQUAN, Va. — On a cold February morning, the first Frigid 5K Run was held in Occoquan.
Area residents and runners filled the streets in the tiny village on Feb. 23 for the inaugural run to benefit the Optimist Club of the Occoquan, Woodbridge, and Neabsco districts in Prince William County.
Prince William County Schools may have to revise its budget for FY14, since the county has reduced its average tax bill from what was presented by county staff, and the Virginia General Assembly is deliberating on even deeper budget cuts.
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MANASSAS, Va. — A 16-year-old student at Osbourn High School in Manassas has died from complications with the flu.
Schools spokeswoman Almeta Radford said school officials spoke with the family of Joshua Long who died last night. Those counselors are there to help Long’s friends in dealing with the grief of his loss.
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By URIAH KISER
DUMFRIES, Va. — The honeymoon period may be over for newly elected members of the Dumfries Town Council not used being on TV for every public meeting.