The Stafford County School Board has appointed new administrators for two schools in Stafford â Terri Rivero and Brian Fitzgerald.
According to a release, Rivero â a graduate of Stafford County Public Schools â will serve as the new principal at Rockhill Elementary School.
Prior to her appointment, she worked as an assistant principal at Rodney Thompson Middle School, as well as Falmouth Elementary School. Rivero began as a teacher at H.H. Poole Middle School and Dixon-Smith Middle School.
This article is FREE to read. Please Sign In or Create a FREE Account. Thank you.
[ngg_images gallery_ids=”413″ display_type=”ds-nextgen_royalsliderâ]
Project Mend-A-House (PMAH) is an area non-profit that helps provide home maintenance services to those in need in Prince William County, Manassas and Manassas Park. The organization has been able to provide assistance to seniors, veterans and the disabled for more than 30 years.
Currently PMAH is being lead by Executive Director Jennifer Schock-Bolles.
PL: Who does your organization serve?
Schock-Bolles: Project Mend-A-House (PMAH) helps low-income residents of Prince William County, Manassas and Manassas Park. Our clients are primarily seniors and over half have a disability. Many are veterans. Our clients are homeowners who need help with basic home maintenance issues â leaky faucets, broken windows, falling gutters. When you are having difficulty putting food on the table and providing basic necessities for yourself and your family, maintaining your home is often put on the back burner, sometimes for years. Clients requalify every year but once qualified, can ask for help as often as they need. Read More
Wondering what the schedule for the Express Lanes will be like for Memorial Day weekend?Â
Here’s the schedule from Transurban:
Friday, May 22:  95 Express Lanes reversible lanes will be southbound starting at noon
Saturday, May 23:  95 Express Lanes remain southbound until 2 p.m. and open northbound by about 4 p.m.
Sunday, May 24:  95 Express Lanes will be closed from 7 a.m. to approximately 11 a.m. for the Rolling Thunder motorcycle ride. When the lanes re-open, they will remain northbound for the remainder of the day
Monday, May 25:Â Â 95 Express Lanes remain northbound all day
[ngg_images gallery_ids=”410″ display_type=”ds-nextgen_royalsliderâ]
Last weekend, a homeless outreach group in Dale City hosted a âSpring Flingâ event in order to provide services and supplies to the areaâs population.
Hosted at the PRTC Commuter lot, the event was meant to serve as a kick-off for the Dale City Civic Associationâs Homeless Outreach groupâs spring and summer services.
According to Luci Cahill, an organizer for the group, their winter outreach is mostly helping the homeless individuals survive the winter in harsh conditions â but the spring and summer are a time to provide them with more services.
âIt was a major event for the homeless outreach. We had [the Greater Prince William Community Health Center] to sign people up, we had the League of Women Voters to sign people up â other organizations came out with supplies,â said Cahill.
Cahill stated that this event allows them to assess the needs of the homeless people living in the tent camps around the county, to see what medical and housing needs they have. Read More
The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) will launch their new VRE Mobile ticketing application tomorrow.
VRE is the first transportation system to offer an app in the area. Riders will be able to use the app to pay for their fares, but paper tickets will still be sold, said a release.
âVRE Mobile is part of our ongoing effort to make the commuting experience more convenient and today we take a significant leap forward for our passengers. We are excited to get VRE Mobile into the hands of our passengers, adding a new easy-to-use option to buy and use fares,â said VRE Chief Executive Officer Doug Allen in a release. Read More
[ngg_images gallery_ids=”407″ display_type=”ds-nextgen_royalsliderâ]
This morning the Prince William Chamber of Commerce hosted their annual Legislative Wrap-Up breakfast in Woodbridge.
The breakfast was an opportunity for members of the chamber, business owners and elected officials to interact with one another and speak about issues that impact residents in Prince William and Manassas.
Each year, the chamber issues a legislative report card to each of the countyâs elected officials, giving them a grade of A to F â based on their voting record in Richmond, and how well it aligns with the chamberâs business platforms.
During the program, two longtime incumbents â Senator Chuck Colgan and Senator Toddy Puller â were both commended for their service to the state. Both will be retiring this year. Read More
An animal control officer for the Stafford County Sheriffâs office had a unique rescue experience this week on Driftwood Lane in Stafford.
Animal Control Officer Anthony McCall was dispatched to a home in the Widewater district, to investigate reports that an American bald eagle was seen on a pier.
According to McCallâs report, he arrived on scene and met with the caller, who showed him the area where he saw the eagle, saying that it had swum out to a tree.
McCall continued along the bank near the Potomac River, before sighting the eagle â which ran back into the water while he pursued it.
The officer was able to help catch the eagle, and bring it back away from the bank.
Bringing it back to the home of the caller, the officer was able to show them the eagle.
âThe [callerâs] small child wanted to name the eagle âSteveâ and I advised them that the eagle would be taken by the Game Warden and taken to a rehabilitator,â said McCall in a report.
McCall then put the eagle in the custody of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, where it will receive medical care.
On May 16, the Occoquan River Maritime Association will be hosting their Sail Occoquan event.
The event, which begins at 9:50 a.m., will include a boat parade and âThe Blessing of the Fleetâ.
During the day, shops in Occoquan will also be hosting events and activities to give residents a chance to be entered in a drawing to win 4 tickets for a cruise on The Miss Rivershore boat.
Additionally, there will be free round-trip boat rides on The Miss Rivershore from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., leaving from Mamie Davis Park. Read More
The cost for a government employee booking a hotel in Prince William County may be changing, as organizations fight to raise the rates.
When a government employee travels, they book a room using a âper diemâ rate â a rate set by the General Services Administration (GSA), that is different from the rate any other traveler would pay.
Using a formula, the GSA looks at these rates each year, and despite Prince William Countyâs proximity to Washington, D.C. the current per diem rate for the county is far lower than other localities.
