STAFFORD — Stafford officials say they don’t want trailer classrooms to become the status quo at county schools.
The School Board failed to pass the Board of Supervisors’ appropriation of $99,500 for the purchase and furnishing of a modular trailer classroom unit for Hartwood Elementary School.
OCCOQUAN — Water rolled down the Occoquan River on Monday.
STAFFORD — Stafford County Public Schools will be welcoming a new face and leader to its school system.
Dr. Scott R. Kizner’s four-year contract with the school board was unanimously approved by the school board during Tuesday’s meeting.
STAFFORD — Leaders on the Stafford County School Board face a tough political decision if they want the funds to buy a shuttered Christian school.
The School Board earlier this year requested the Board of Supervisors, which funds the schools, give $10 million to buy the old Fredericksburg Christian School building off Garrisonville Road in North Stafford, and include the cost of renovations in this year’s Capital Improvement Plan.
DUMFRIES — The first in a series of abandoned, blighted houses came down this week.
Dumfries officials ordered a row of old homes along the town’s Main Street demolished in January.
This summary of the Masabi Research report from April 2018 was presented to the PRTC Board of Commissioners at its meeting on June 7, 2018.
Summary: “Key Factors Influencing Riders in North America: The emerging urban mobility ecosystem.”
Disney’s smash Broadway adaptation of the cult hit movie musical, Newsies, is coming to the Pied Piper Theatre in Manassas.
Winning the rights to do the show is a coup for the Center for the Arts at the Candy Factory Director Beverly Hess and Pied Piper Theatre Director Anne Ridgeway.
QUANTICO — The U.S. flag will once again fly over the Iwo Jima Memorial at Quantico.
During the windstorm in March, the hands holding the pole were damaged to the point that the flag was no longer stable. The statue greets visitors at the main gate to the base, as well as those who use Route 1 to drive past the base..
WOODBRIDGE — Some who have come in contact with Prince William police officers have become more brazen. Assaults on county police officers increased by 35 percent in 2017.
There were 148 recorded incidents of assaults on officers, up from 80 in 2016. Chief Barry Barnard said those statistics show just how dangerous policing profession can be.
FREDERICKSBURG — A new project to ease congestion on Interstate 95 south will double the number of lanes through Fredericksburg.
It’ll also include a new river crossing about 90 feet above the Rappahannock River.
