Blake Shelton Plays Patriot Center
The (George Mason University) Broadside reports The Patriot Center was packed Saturday evening for the Blake Shelton concert.
Mason Uses Energy-Efficient Heating
The (George Mason University) Broadside reports George Mason University is utilizing the latest, most innovative technology to provide students with energy-efficient heating and cooling on campus.
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FEMA gives $19M to help rebuild Louisa high school
WTOP.com reports The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded $19 million to help rebuild Louisa County High School, which was damaged during the Aug. 23 earthquake.
Va. Tech families want 1-gun-a-month law to stay
WTOP.com reports Parents of Virginia Tech survivors and victims of the 2007 campus massacre urged Gov. Bob McDonnell on Saturday to keep in place a law that allows the purchase of only one handgun a month.
Stafford, Va. — Stafford Sheriff’s Deputy James “Jimmy” Kingman will ride his bike this spring to honor fellow fallen law enforcement officers.
Kingman is one of 300 or more officers who will bike the 240-mile distance from Chesapeake, Va. to Washington in the “Road to Hope Memorial Ride” starting May 10th. The three-day ride has stops in Richmond and in Stafford County and will end at Washington’s National Law Enforcement Memorial, where officers will remember the fallen at a candlelight vigil.
Gas prices are on the rise, so do you think we’ll pay $4 a gallon gas by summer?
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U.S. Postal Service identifies 223 sites for closure
The Washington Business Journal reports The U.S. Postal Service has largely completed a five-month study into closing mail processing facilities and has identified 223 sites for potential closure.
Panera Bread plans more pay-what-you-want cafes
WTOP.com reports Panera Bread is opening at least two more pay-what-you-want cafes as part of its effort to help feed the hungry in a dignified way.
With a fare increase looming for Virginia Railway Express riders, would you pay more to ride the rails to work?
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Woman convicted in fatal crash
Fredericksburg.com reports A Stafford County woman with a history of drug abuse and DUI convictions pleaded guilty Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter for killing a Fredericksburg man in a crash last summer.
Boys’ basketball: North Stafford’s T.J. Jones makes a big move, fits right in
The Washington Post reports Moving out of state before your senior year to live with your other parent is not often the ideal way to cap a high school basketball career. There’s a new school, a new team, a new home situation, a new reputation to build.
Stafford, Va. — Mountain View High School in Stafford is presenting an original one act play “Blow By Blow: A Modern Morality Play” on Friday Feb. 24th at 7 p.m. It will be followed by an improvisation show by the MVHS Thunder- Acts. Tickets are $5. Half of all proceeds will go to an anti-bullying/ suicide prevention organization.
“Blow by Blow: An Original Morality Play” was conceived and devised and written by the director and cast. It deals with bullying.
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