Nearly 50 years of working to give back to the community have paid off.
“It is one thing to receive an award. It is another to know that our volunteers and members of the community were the ones to nominate us and our peers in the business community that chose us. We are both humbled and grateful, said Steven Liga, ACTS CEO, after winning the Prince William Chamber of Commerce’s 2018 Health & Human Services Award.
From a press release:
Deputies with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office arrested a suspect on Friday for leading deputies on a pursuit following an attempted traffic stop on southbound Warrenton Road.
From VDOT:
Work to reconfigure slug lines and create new bus-only travel lanes at the Pentagon Reservation’s South Parking Lot “Pork Chop,” located east of Eads Street and north of I-395, will begin on or about Monday, March 19. Pedestrians and motorists should exercise caution while traveling in the area.
The John Mathis Entrepreneurial Spirit Award, named after the father of One Degree Capital co-founder Jenn Mathis, is now accepting applications for the 2018-19 academic year scholarship award.
Established in 2016, the scholarship award seeks to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit of youths. The inaugural scholarship award went to then-high school senior Destini Sapp, owner of two-year old custom craft business Crafted by Des.
TRIANGLE — It was almost as if a tornado cut a path through Prince William Forest Park.
Park Chief Chris Alford said major damage from a violent windstorm that struck the region on March 2 and 3 could be seen in a straight line from the Oak Ridge tent campground area, south over Mawavi Road in the park, and over cabin camps two and five.
MANASSAS –What is a world-class education? And, is Prince William County Public Schools living up to that motto?
That was the question posed at the March 18 meeting of the Prince William Committee of 100 at City Tavern in Manassas.
The cameras have finished flashing, the festivities at the Hylton Performing Arts Center have long since been cleaned up and everyone is back to work. But for FirstLight Home Care, the Prince William Chamber of Commerce’s Emerging Business of the Year award winner, it is never business as usual.
Based in Woodbridge, FirstLight helps care for seniors, veterans and others with disabilities, and loved ones recovering from surgery. And though they won the Emerging Business of the Year Award, they were also nominated for the Innovative Business of the Year award.
From the Prince William police report:
Homicide Investigation *CASE RECLASSIFIED – On March 16, the body discovered inside of a burning vehicle at Veterans Park located at 14300 Veterans Dr in Woodbridge underwent an autopsy at the Medical Examiner’s Office in Manassas. Based upon further examination of the victim’s body and the preliminary investigation, police detectives and fire investigators are now investigating the victim’s manner of death as a homicide. Due to the condition of the victim’s body, further DNA analysis will need to be completed to confirm an identity. The cause of the victim’s death and the fire continue to be investigated. This case remains a joint investigation with the Police Department’s Homicide Unit and the Department of Fire & Rescue, Fire Marshal’s Office. More information will be released when available. The investigation continues.
From the Prince William police press release:
Strangulation | Domestic Related *ARREST – On March 15, members of the U.S. Marshals Task Force located and arrested Marcus Dewayne HENRY at a residence in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The accused was wanted for a domestic assault that occurred at a residence located in the 14700 block of Dodson Dr in Woodbridge on June 28. The accused remains incarcerated in North Carolina pending extradition back to Virginia.
