Don’t be alarmed, but in case you hadn’t heard summer is over and the Thanksgiving season is here.
Now is the season where people make a special effort to recount all the things they are thankful for in their lives. For many, it has become a tradition to share this list at the dinner table on Thanksgiving before eating.
Police said shots were fired into an unoccupied vehicle in a Woodbridge neighborhood.
Here’s the latest:
New commuter bus service from Woodbridge to the Mark Center in Alexandria is delayed.
The Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission on Monday said plans for new buses between Dale City and Lake Ridge to the Mark Center would start in mid-January, about a month later than originally planned. A new ramp from Interstate 395 to Seminary Road was supposed to have been constructed by this fall, but work continues the ramp, according to PRTC.
On Saturday, October 17, hundreds joined together at Pfitzner Stadium in Woodbridge to raise funds and awareness for families struggling to make ends meet. The 5th Annual IWALK for ACTS, hosted by ACTS of Prince William and Image Church, raised $44,000 to support ACTS programs and services.
“We are beyond grateful for the outpouring of support from the community for the 5th Annual IWALK for ACTS,” said Steve Liga, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director at ACTS. “Thank you to Image Church for leading the effort. Funds raised will make a direct impact for individuals facing crises in our community.”
The Natural Science and Mathematics Division at Northern Virginia Community College’s Woodbridge Campus has partnered with Prince William County Public Schools and SySTEMic Solutions to offer on-campus Air Conditioning and Refrigeration dual enrollment courses to Prince William County high school students.
The program began this semester with students from Gar-Field, Freedom, Potomac, Woodbridge, and PACE East high schools. Five days a week the students attend HVAC classes at the NOVA-Woodbridge Campus in the morning and return to their respective high schools in the afternoon to complete their high school coursework.
School officials will move ahead with a plan to use a 20-year-old design for the county’s newest high school.
The “13th high school” will be built somewhere in western Prince William County — either at a proffered site at the yet-to-be-approved Stonehaven development or Rollins Ford Road on a site bequeathed to the county by its former owner to be used for parkland.
Scott Surovell will replace the long-serving Virginia State Senator Toddy Puller.
Puller served in the Senate since 1999, and seven years in the House of Delegates before that. The Democrat will retire this year.
Police are searching for armed robbers that hit a 7-Eleven store on Featherstone Road in Woodbridge.
Here’s more in a police report:
Traffic is one the most common complaints from those who live around here. That means officers in the Prince William County Police Department Traffic Unit have job security.
The 21 police officers that make up the traffic enforcement unit are easy to spot on their blue motorcycles.
Volunteers are needed for the Dumfries Annual Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 5, 2015.
The parade will start at noon, and the tree lighting will start at 5 p.m.
