From a press release:
The Fall Occoquan Arts and Crafts Show will be held rain or shine on Saturday, September 23, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, September 24, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in downtown Historic Occoquan. A 48-year tradition, this award-winning outdoor street festival features more than 300 artisans and crafters, fun interactive activities for the kids, live entertainment and great food! Be sure to stop by Mamie Davis Park to listen to live music.
Prince William County School Board Chairman At-large Ryan Sawyers was censured by his Board on Wednesday.
The School Board passed this resolution put forward by Gainesville School Board Member Alyson Satterwhite.
Police say they have a suspect in custody — the person who is suspected of robbing two area banks, one most recently in Montclair in Prince William County, and the other in Manassas.
From police:
WOODBRIDGE — Police officers will have to wait longer before they can occupy a new police station in Woodbridge.
Construction of the county’s new Central District Station is running 60 days behind schedule due to a delay in the installation of electric and gas lines, as well as construction delays caused by weather. Instead of a November occupancy, officers and staff should be able to move into the new building by Jan. 1, 2018.
If you get an email from someone claiming to be from the Virginia State Police telling you about an automated traffic ticket, it’s a scam.
From Virginia State Police:
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center announces its newest addition to help you get back in the game!
Today, Monday, September 18th, the hospital launched the Sentara Back and Neck Center during a ribbon cutting attended by doctors, nurses, volunteers and members of the team.
WOODBRIDGE — In the words of Prince William County Board of Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart, At-large, ‘the board is finally going to, at last, take action on the animal shelter.”
And tonight it did, voting 7-1 to spend $14 million to replace the county’s 40-year-old animal shelter on Bristow Road. The new facility that will include everything from new adoption center, 56 doubled-sided kennels for cats and dogs, a full veterinarian space, offices for animal control officers, and a community room for training pets and their owners.
Respondents to Corey Stewart’s animal shelter survey like the $14 million “Option C.”
The Chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 6, 2017, sent an email to voters soliciting input from county voters.
The reverend will discuss “healing and rebuilding after Charlottesville” at First Mount Zion Baptist Church outside Dumfries. The church is led by Pastor Luke E. Torian, who also represents Prince William County in the Virginia House of Delegates.
The roundtable discussion will take place at 4 p.m., and is expected to draw about 25 people. The event is not a rally, we’re told
Opening Ceremony MDMME @MCB_Quantico pic.twitter.com/s5Z3DyehjT
— MCB Quantico (@MCB_Quantico) September 19, 2017
