WOODBRIDGE — The effort to spend nearly $1 million to dredge a recreational waterway in Woodbridge will move forward.
Prince William County leaders approved $750,000 in contingency funds to dredge the entrance to Neabsco Creek after the U.S. Coast Guard removed the navigational channel markers boaters used to enter the creek. The funds were approved as part of the fiscal year 2019 budget but will be pulled from a pot of money set aside a year ago.
From a press release:
Suspicious Incident – On April 28 at 7:42PM, officers responded to the 4500 block of Forestburg Ln in Triangle (22172) to investigate suspicious pamphlets depicting hate propaganda found on multiple residential lawns in the area.
From a press release:
There will be a full-scale exercise on May 7, 2018, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the planned incident site of Embrey Mill Community and Embrey Mill Park. Stafford County along with other localities, nongovernmental organizations, state, and federal departments and agencies will participate in the 2018 Virginia Emergency Support Team Exercise (VESTEX) as part of Atlantic Fury, a National Level Exercise (NLE), to test and evaluate response and recovery capabilities immediately following a catastrophic hurricane.
MANASSAS — The seventh annual airshow being held at Manassas Regional Airport this Saturday has a new name, one that recognizes its largest sponsor: The 2018 Leaseweb Manassas Airshow.
That big sponsorship is good for the 15,000 to 20,000 spectators expected to attend the free show, which can only be seen on site.
Virginia officials have launched an investigation into Minnieland Academy after an employee was charged with sexually assaulting four girls.
The Virginia Department of Social Services tells Potomac Local that it’s child protective services and child licensing divisions are now looking into the daycare center’s operations.
After morning frost across the region this morning, the risk of fire will prevail today as temperatures and wind speeds increase.
A Red Flag Warning is in effect today between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Winds gusting up to 35 mph coupled with low relative humidity will make for favorable fire conditions.
HAYMARKET — Elected leaders in Prince William County are voicing their displeasure with the way an external investigation into a longtime school administrator was handled.
The county’s school division on Friday notified parents via a letter that Ronald Reagan Middle School Principal Alfie Turner would not return to the school following an internal investigation into allegations she bullied teachers there. She was reassigned to the school division’s human resources office, and Roger Dallek, a principal who retired from Gar-Field High School in Woodbridge will serve as an interim principal until a replacement for Turner is hired.
