Driver of Braemar Fuel Spill Truck Receives Probation, Fines — James Patrick Burless, the individual who drove the tanker truck that overturned at the Safeway Gas Station in Braemar Village Plaza July 11, 2013 causing a substantial fuel leak, was sentenced Thursday in Prince William District Court. [Bristow Beat]
Barriers going up to block I-95 noise — Alicia Izman can see – and hear – the traffic on Interstate 95 from her Prince William Estates home in Dumfries.[Insidenova.com]
Stafford School Board votes to give pay raises — Stafford School Board members drew applause Monday night from an audience of teachers, bus drivers and school retirees by voting to give raises next year and to keep a popular early-retirement incentive program. [Fredericksburg.com]
Feds revoke license of bus driver in I–95 crash — The driver of the discount bus that crashed on snowy Interstate 95 in mid-March has been taken off the road because of his language problems, according to court records. [Fredericksburg.com]
Base completes five-year noise study: Winter months see increase in noise — A recent study of noise generated by live-fire training at Marine Corps Base Quantico has concluded there is a reason why noise can be heard at greater distances during the winter and early spring than at other times of the year. [Quantico Sentry]
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To celebrate Air Quality Awareness Week (May 6-10, 2024), Clean Air Partners is working with A Few Cool Hardware Stores to exchange DC, Maryland and Virginia residents’ gas-powered lawnmowers, trimmers, and leaf blowers at select Ace Hardware locations in the region. DMV residents who turn in their gas-powered lawn tools will receive a FREE Ego Power+ replacement including batteries and chargers, while supplies last.
Compared to gas, electric lawn equipment can reduce emissions, noise pollution, health risks and maintenance costs and time. The program aims to remove about a hundred gas-powered polluting tools from yards in the greater Baltimore-Washington region.
The exchanges will take place the weekends of May 17-19, 2024, and May 31-June 2, 2024, at A Few Cool Hardware Stores network of employee-owned Ace Hardware stores in the DC and Baltimore metro areas. To participate and get your free Ego Power+ lawn tool, sign up at https://qrco.de/CAPExchange to reserve your tool and select your trade-in date and location.
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Free Irish Music Concert
Welcoming Spring with music from the Emerald Isle, the New Dominion Choraliers offer a FREE concert on Saturday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the First United Presbyterian Church of Dale City.
Joined by Legacy Brass and members of Old
Spring Ceili: An Irish Music Festival
The New Dominion Choraliers of Prince William County and McGrath Morgan Academy of Irish Dance invite you to join them at our Ceili, a grand celebration of Irish music and dance.
A gathering of performance groups throughout Prince William County
