Dr. Sam Hill announced his retirement at the end of the spring semester after a five-decade career in higher education.
Hill joined has served as provost at the Woodbridge Campus of Northern Virginia Community College since 2005. Over his 17 years, Hill has grown campus enrollment, adding to and updating the physical campus, expanding transfer and career programming, and welcoming signature student support programs like Year Up.
Kitty and Ben Wafle made a $250,000 donation supporting Germanna Community College’s Early College programs in honor of her late parents, Douglas Earle Quarles, Jr. and Kathryn “Kitty” Maddux Quarles.
In Germanna’s Early College program, students can complete and graduate with an Associate of Arts and Sciences Degree in General Studies while concurrently enrolled in high school.
The demolition derby will return to the Prince William County Fairgrounds this weekend.
The Crash ‘n Bash Demolition Derby starts at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at the expo and events center outside Manassas, at 10624 Dumfries Road. Tickets for the event are sold on the fairground’s website and are $15 for ages 11 and up, $5 for ages 2 to 10, and children aged two and younger are free.
On Tuesday, April. 5, School Board Chairman At-large Dr. Babur Lateef will present its 2022-23 operating budget during the Board of County Supervisors’ 7:30 p.m. meeting.
The school’s proposed $1.4 billion budget is $187.2 million larger than a year ago. It includes $80 million to furnish teachers and staff with a 4.2 percent cost of living adjustment and a step increase, resulting in an average pay increase of 7 percent.
Strong winds brought down a tree on two vehicles.
Emergency crews went to Joshua Road in North Stafford just before 1 p.m.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 10 PM for the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay, Tidal Potomac River, and I-95 corridor through central Maryland, northern Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
A Wind Advisory is in effect for portions of north-central Maryland, northern and central Virginia, and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia until 8 PM this evening.
