From the Prince William Times:
“Prince William County officials will not move forward with a plan to build a $130 million indoor sports complex with taxpayer money and instead are returning to the idea of trying to recruit a private company to build it as part of a larger development dubbed “The Landing Town Center.”
Both the facility’s price tag and the county’s obligation to potentially cover millions in annual operating expenses led to the decision, according to Kenny Boddye, vice chair of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors.”
The Pence Group is getting closer to breaking ground on its long-awaited 45-acre mixed-use development on Garrisonville Road in North Stafford.
The Reston-based developer is working with Stafford County to finalize the site plan for The Garrison at Stafford, said Pence Group President Geoff Pence. He is hoping that will be approved by the end of the year. The company will then start announcing firmer plans and timelines for the project.
The Pence Group had planned to build apartments by 2023.
Pence promised a mixed-use center with apartments, restaurants, and a 12-screen movie theater to replace the demolished movie house at Aquia Town Center.
From North Stafford High School’s Facebook page:
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The principal of Hayfield High School announced Monday night that the football team will withdraw from the postseason, according to a statement written by Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid and addressed to Fairfax County Public School families.
The statement said Reid has “asked Tom Horn, Executive Director, Activities and Student Athletics, to work with VHSL to take any and all appropriate next steps.”
Fairfax County Public Schools officials are embroiled in controversy surrounding former Prince William County varsity football coach Darryl Overton, who previously coached at Freedom High School and Woodbridge Senior High School.
Allegations of illegal recruiting and exploiting homeless student loopholes have led to Hayfield Secondary School’s ban from playoff participation, Where Overton is the head coach. While a court injunction briefly reinstated the team’s eligibility, other Fairfax County high school football coaches threatened to boycott the playoffs if Hayfield was allowed to compete.
Text messages obtained by the Fairfax County Times implicate Hayfield’s athletic director, Monty Fritts, in a potential scheme involving illegal recruiting practices and motivations tied to personal ambition and financial gain.
The Prince William County School Board appears set to adopt a bell-to-bell cellphone ban policy.
The board discussed three possible options ahead of its Dec. 4 meeting, where members are expected to vote on a policy.
Support appears to be coalescing around a bell-to-bell policy.
“The Virginia High School League has banned Hayfield High School’s football team from the 2024 and 2025 postseasons, according to a source deeply familiar with the situation,” reports InsideNova.
Hayfield High School’s football team was previously investigated for possible recruitment violations. Fairfax County Schools found no violations occurred, but the Virginia High School League has the authority to complete its own investigation.
From The Center Square:
The districts most likely to shift Virginia’s current balance of power in the House of Representatives from Democratic to Republican would be District 7 or 10, according to the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project – but that may prove a tough feat for District 10’s Republican Mike Clancy.
Clancy is a lawyer, tech executive and “national media commentator,” according to his campaign website. He was the clear winner of the district’s Republican primary, capturing nearly 65% of the vote. But he has never been elected to state-level office before. At the same time, his competitor is Sen. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Loudoun, elected to the state Senate after two terms in its House of Delegates.
A sign for Republican Senate Candidate Hung Cao and Republican Derrick Anderson, running to replace the outgoing Abigail Spanberger in Congress, was spotted defaced today at Prince William Parkway and Ridgefield Road in Woodbridge.
