In 1950, 27 students from Walker-Grant High School could not attend their graduation ceremony held at the Dorothy Hart Community Center, at 408 Canal Street in Downtown Fredericksburg.
Later, the city relented, saying they could attend their graduation but only if they promised not to use the front door while coming and going.
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A proposed budget presented to the Manassas City Public School Board would focus on adding new teachers, new school construction, and funding programs to help disadvantaged students and English Language Learning students.
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kevin Newman presented the proposed budget to the School Board on February 8. The total amount that the proposed budget is asking for for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 in order to meet the system's needs and requests is $121.5 million.
The Manassas budget would rely on the proposed budget made by former Governor Ralph Northam before his exit last month. Before taking office, current Gov. Glenn Youngkin said he wanted to pass Virginia's most significant education budget.
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At 12:09 p.m. Sunday, January 23, Deputy Edward Brooks responded to a call about a large bird in distress on the roadway at mile marker 146. The bird turned out to be a hawk, an animal typically dealt with by animal control unless it's sick or injured.
The caller said that an owl was potentially wounded and disoriented. Sheriff's office reported the animal was likely struck by a car.
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A road in Stafford County long plagued by flooding will be fixed, officials say.
The Stafford County Infrastructure Committee, made up of elected Board of Supervisors members, is formalizing a solution to solve the problem of extreme flooding happening on Brooke Road/Route 608. The road runs alongside the Accokeek Creek, which overruns its banks during heavy rains. It overpowers the culverts resulting in flooding the street.
In November 2020, a plan was presented to the county board of supervisors to elevate the re-align the road to keep it from flooding. The section of Brooke between Raven Road and Maplewood Drive would be the focus of the rebuild.
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The Patawomeck Tribe needs help to replace the roof of the Duff Green House which has begun to leak.
The tribe is looking to Stafford County to help them with the cost of replacing the slate roof of the historical house. The tribe is unable to afford the cost which an assessment made by their insurance provider estimated to be $60,000, an amount that the tribe cannot afford.
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A new Amazon Fresh location will soon open in Prince William County near Manassas.
According to information provided by Prince William County Director of Development Services Wade Hugh, the online giant will operate a 45,000 square-foot grocery store in Sudley Manor Square in a building that used to house a K-Mart store.
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After a snowstorm stopped Stafford County in its tracks, the Board of Supervisors is carving out a more prominent role for itself if the county is faced with a similar emergency.
The board is proposing an amendment to the County's Emergency Operations Plan that would include these new liaison positions and set the roles, responsibilities, and qualifications for those positions. Supervisors will vote on the matter at its next meeting on Tuesday, February 22.
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It's not your father's self-storage place.
Texas-based Greenspace will soon make its way to Stafford County while bringing unique ideas to market.
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Prince William County has begun planning to build a park in the neighborhood of Thoroughfare, near Haymarket.
The county purchased five parcels on 10 acres to build a park in the historic African-American neighborhood, a post-Civil War settlement of former slaves. Last year, an effort to grade a property thought to contain unmarked graves sparked an outcry among the community.
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In Stafford County, Jefferson Davis Highway is now Richmond Highway.
The county is taking the steps necessary to rename a large portion of Route 1 in the county following a new law requiring jurisdictions to drop Jefferson Davis from the name, who served as the confederacy president.
The county chose Richmond Highway, consistent with Fairfax and Prince William counties. The Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board adopted accepted the change in September 2021.
