DUMFRIES, Va. — Art, gift baskets, gift certificates, and historical memorabilia were silently auctioned off in Dumfries on Saturday night.
Historic Dumfries’ 2nd Annual Victorian Holiday Silent Auction was held at the Dumfries – Triangle Rescue Squad. About 200 people came to the event, each purchasing a ticket for $5 each to support the town’s museum, the Weems-Botts House, which served as the home of George Washington’s biographer.
DUMFRIES, Va. — A water main break has closed a portion of Possum Point Road in Dumfries.
STAFFORD, Va. — Stafford County no longer remains in the running to be the next location for a new FBI headquarters.
Prince William County, along with neighbors in Fairfax, Loudoun, and Arlington counties will still be considered. So will cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Herndon, Manassas, and Vienna. Washington, D.C., and Montgomery and Prince Georges counties in Maryland will also be considered.
HAYMARKET, Va. — A town hall meeting to address class size in area schools will be held Thursday night.
Prince William Gainesville Supervisor Peter Candland announced the forum on his website to take place at 7 p.m. at Alvey Elementary School at 5300 Waverly Farm Drive in Haymarket.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Gov. Robert F. McDonnell made one of his final appearances in Prince William County as governor on Friday. He got serious about planting trees.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — A total of 31 people were arrested in a special police operation this week dubbed “Operation Blue Dragon.”
The suspects are accused of taking to the streets to buy prescription narcotics and heroin, according to police.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A man was shot in the head during a robbery at a tobacco store in Woodbridge.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. – From national headlines to state discussion, standardized testing has been a hot topic among educators, parents and the general public as a whole. Are standardized tests, or the SOLs as they’re known in Virginia, the right option to track the performance of our students, teachers and schools? Are there better alternatives? Or is the current education system responsible for “overtesting” students and putting extra pressure on teachers?
On Wednesday night, the Prince William Committee of 100 held a dinner and forum to address the use of SOLs and consideration of other standards for Prince William County Schools and Virginia as a whole. One of the most notable alternatives that was discussed was the Common Core, an educational initiative across the nation that sets the bar for math and English at the K-12 levels. Northern Virginia Community College Woodbridge Campus Provost Dr. Sam Hill moderated the event. He says that the basis of a thriving community comes down to the quality of education.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — School buses cannot leave Potomac View Elementary School in Woodbridge this afternoon.
School officials said all students are safe but a fire in a nearby neighborhood has blocked off the routes out of the school.
LAKE RIDGE, Va. — Police in Lake Ridge are investigating a murder.
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