Seniors at the Westminster at Lake Ridge retirement community hosted their first pickleball tournament last week.
Pickleball – according to the tournament organizer William Spengler – is similar to tennis, but uses paddles and wiffle balls on a badminton sized court.
The Prince William Public Library Foundation, an area non-profit, has awarded the Prince William library system more then $14,000 to fund two new programs.
The first program, 1000 Books Before Kindergarten, is a national early literacy program. The program provides books and ways to incorporate reading into a family routine. With the Library Foundation’s full funding of the program, around 2,000 preschoolers will be able to participate within the first year, said a release.
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On May 1, the Prince William County Department of Parks and Recreation will be hosting a grand opening and ribbon-cutting at the Lake Ridge Golf & Marina.
The ceremony will take place at 11 a.m.
The field of candidates for local elections in Prince William County is getting smaller.
Republicans held their “firehouse primary” in Prince William County on Saturday. The results of those races tell us which member of the GOP will go on to face their Democratic challengers in the November General Election.
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A fire broke out at a home at 12509 Queensbury Drive in Lake Ridge about midnight Tuesday.
Early in the morning on April 19, Prince William police responded to a call at Brittany’s Restaurant at Dillingham Square in Lake Ridge to investigate an assault.
According to Prince William police, the victim – a 35-year old Woodbridge woman – stated to officers that she was inside the bar area of the restaurant when she was approached by the suspect, 21-year old Alexandra Kala Parson, and hit in the head with a beer bottle.
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The Prince William County Board of Supervisors will approve the final budget and tax rate tomorrow, April 21, at their regularly scheduled meeting.
The approved budget will now include $1 million allocated specifically for reducing class sizes in Prince William County Public Schools.
