Press release:
The Virginia Health Care Foundation (VHCF) has awarded $40,348 to Northern Virginia Family Service for a medication assistance caseworker (MAC) at the Greater Prince William Community Health Center to help obtain prescription medicines for their sick, uninsured patients.
The grant is a portion of $1.6 million awarded to 37 organizations throughout Virginia as part of VHCF’s RxRelief Virginia (RxRVa) initiative, which was expanded in 2016 with an increase in state funds. It now funds 51 MACs in 80 of Virginia’s 134 localities.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. --Â Hundreds of choral students from middle and high schools across the county are practicing for the upcoming All-County Chorus event on October 28 and 29 in the auditorium of Freedom High School. The event will challenge the singers as they rehearse new music with guest conductors.
The Middle School Men’s Choir will perform at 7 p.m. on Friday, October 28. Performances will continue on Saturday, October 29 at 2 p.m. with the High School Treble Choir, followed by the Senior Mixed Choir. The Middle School Women's Choir will perform at 4:30 p.m. All performances are free and open to the public.
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Press release from VDOT:Â
STAFFORD, Va. -- The intersection of Route 628 (Ramoth Church Road) and Route 651 (Kellogg Mill Road) in Stafford County will be converted to an all way stop during the early morning hours of Wednesday, Oct. 19.
Stop signs will be installed on each corner of the intersection between midnight and 5 a.m. Wednesday. Stop bars will be painted on the pavement.
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Signal lights are flashing at intersections in Woodbridge following a brief p;ower outage.
Signals at the intersections of Route 1 and Dale Boulevard, Route 1 and Neabsco Mills Road, and Route 1 and American Eagle Boulevard are reported to be flashing.
Police have been notified about the flashing lights. They are working to restore the signal lights to normal operation.
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STAFFORD, Va. -- Food Lion has closed its doors in North Stafford.
The grocery store at 950 Garrisonville Road, at the Market at Shelton Shop, reopens on Friday as Weis Markets. The move comes as the Pennsylvania-based food chain purchased 10 Food Lion stores in the Stafford and Fredericksburg areas.
Other Food Lion stores in Stafford County to be converted are located at 2612 Jefferson Davis Highway, 736 Warrenton Road, and 282 Deacon Road.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. -- Keep Prince William Beautiful dedicated Serenity Park, the culmination of a months-long beautification project at the Prince William Adult Day Healthcare Center in Woodbridge, on Wednesday, October 12, 2016. The park was dedicated to families dealing with Alzheimer’s and other degenerative neurological diseases, as cared for by Adult Day Healthcare.
“Keep Prince William Beautiful inspires collective action to keep our communities vibrant and green, and to bring out the beauty and serenity of the Earth,” said KPWB Executive Director Jason Parsons, “The Serenity Park project is very special because it is a reminder of the important obligation we all have to care for our planet and for each other.”
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. -- Prince William police are investigating a series of shots fired at houses over the weekend.Â
Two of the reports are about shots fired at homes in Dale City, specifically in the Hillendale and Kerrydale sections of town.Â
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. -- A worker inside a Walmart at Manassas Mall was robbed over the weekend.Â
Prince William police press release:Â
Strong Armed Robbery – On October 15 at 2:28PM, officers responded to the Wal-Mart in Manassas Mall located at 8386 Sudley Rd in Manassas (20109) to investigate a robbery. An employee of the business reported to police that she was walking with a cash bag to another area of the store when an unknown man approached and forcibly grabbed the bag from her before fleeing from the business on foot. No injuries were reported. A police K-9 searched for the suspect who was not located.
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MANASSAS PARK, Va. -- Road crews in Manassas Park will begin work to re-stripe lanes at the intersection of Route 28 and Manassas Drive.Â
The work will take place between 9 p.m. and 4 a.m. each night this week.  Crews anticipate finishing the work by 4 a.m. Friday, according to a press release from the city.
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Updated
Fire crews reported the boat fire extinguished at 1:55 p.m. Flames did not damage a nearby house in the area where the boat caught fire.Â
Crews called for booms to prevent fuel run off from the burning watercraft from seeping onto properties in the neighborhood.Â
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Stafford County fire and rescue crews were called to boat fire in the 500 block of Hope Road.
