Stafford County is Virginia’s fastest-growing locality, which means people choose Stafford as a place to call home and visit.
As the pandemic fades and more people venture outside, new playing fields, parks, restaurants, breweries, and hotels draw more people to our area. That means those who work in the hospitality industry need more resources to promote the great things happening in their businesses.
Prince William County Occoquan District Supervisor Kenny Boddye said the team’s option to purchase 200 acres of land at Interstate 95, and Prince William Parkway and Interstate 95 generated many concerns. Traffic congestion, affordable housing, and the effect on the environment are concerns Boddye noted in a newsletter to constituents.
“From what I have read, the Commanders’ search for a new site is still in exploratory stages. The Landing is reported to be one of several sites under consideration for mixed-use development and year-round entertainment venue that the team says could attract visitors in the off-season,” Boddye writes. “I have not spoken with team representatives, and no rezoning application has been submitted to the County for consideration. Additionally, the General Assembly has yet to approve the creation of a Football Stadium Authority — which state legislators have publicly identified as a necessary step for the team to locate anywhere in Virginia.”
Units were dispatched to the 4000 block of Jonathan Court just before 2 a.m Sunday, June 5, for a report of a townhouse on fire. Crews arrived with heavy fire showing and spreading to other residences.
Crews sounded a second alarm. Afterward, the fire was extinguished. No injuries were reported.
Prince William County Schools has partnered with Paper to provide K-12 students with unlimited tutoring, seven days a week and at no cost to families. The program was launched on May 19 and will be available for summer school and the 2022-23 school year.
Paper is an educational technologies company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and offers students with tutoring services such as help with their homework, receiving feedback on their writing assignments, or questions about any academic subject. Paper has experts available to assist students with any subject or content area via a secure, chat-based platform.
Prince William Public Libraries has announced its summer reading program as an “Oceans of Possibilities.”
This summer, the library system offers more than 150 in-person and virtual programs available for customers of all ages. The regional library system, which also includes Manassas city, brings back popular programs and events such as The Butterfly Guy and Dinoman Dinosaur Show for kids, Laser Tag for teens, and Master Gardeners for adults.
The Manassas-based charity House of Mercy has acquired additional space, which will allow it to expand its food pantry and community thrift store services.
On June 2 at 9:30 a.m, officers responded to an Exxon station at 4255 Seeton Square, near a Safeway grocery store, to investigate a robbery.
Video surveillance showed an unknown masked man entering the store and approaching the counter while brandishing a firearm. The suspect confronted the employee during the encounter and demanded money from the cash registers before fleeing on foot. At no time were shots fired during the incident.
Four children reported missing from Manassas were found more than 200 miles away.
Police found the children with a parent in Wildwood, N.J., with the help of authorities in that city, at 10:30 p.m. Thursday, June 2.
(The Center Square) – The Virginia budget deal, which passed both chambers of the General Assembly, would cut funding for a school choice tax credit program by more than half of its current funding.
The Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits Program provides a 65% tax credit for individuals or businesses who make donations for scholarships to students so they can attend certain private schools and nonpublic preschool programs. Current law caps the state funding for the program at $25 million per year, but a provision in the budget proposal would reduce that cap to only $12 million per year.
