From a press release:
Chief Barry Barnard of the Prince William County Police Department will host a “Conversation with the Chief” on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at Rockledge Elementary School located at 2300 Mariner Drive in Woodbridge beginning at 7:00PM.
Being early is ideal for a lot of things, but it can be a game-changer when it comes to a stroke.
The American Heart Association estimates someone in the U.S. has a stroke nearly once every 40 seconds.
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.
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.
WOODBRIDGE — The proposed Rays Regarde development in Woodbridge would tax an already overenrolled elementary school, according to county documents.
The new housing development that would be located at the end of Horner Road would bring about 160 new students to Woodbridge-area schools when it is built and then more in the following years, according to those same documents. The closest elementary school is the new Kilby Elementary which opened last year, which is already over capacity and cannot handle any new students, documents state.
WOODBRIDGE — The work to replace a water line from Fairfax to Prince William County went off without a hitch.
Prince William County Executive Christopher Martino said the project wrapped up last Friday and resulted in no loss of water for any customers in the eastern portion of the county, despite fears from officials and declaration of a water emergency made ahead of the scheduled work.
For millions of women, it’s an issue they’re all too familiar with and it’s something they deal with every day.
April 22-28 is designated National Infertility Awareness Week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate 1 in 8 couples have trouble conceiving, that’s 15% of American couples.
WOODBRIDGE — Prince William County leaders may be ready to part with nearly $1 million to dredge Neabsco Creek.
The U.S. Coast Guard ordered the leisure waterway in Woodbridge closed earlier this month when it found the waters were too shallow for boats to safely enter and exit the creek’s channel.
WOODBRIDGE — Students at Potomac Senior High School are focused on how to prevent a mass shooting at their school.
About 200 gathered in the school’s Woodbridge auditorium at 3401 Panther Pride Drive on April 20, the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado, to talk about the threat of shootings, as well as mental health issues.
